In March, the situation in northern Xinjiang finally stabilized.

Zachary commanded a legion of redeemers, stationed at Harden Castle.

The news that Baron Harden was a member of the Venus family was not leaked, and it seems that Baron Harden fled the territory because he was deeply involved in the rebellion and failed in the political struggle.

If King Roger is overthrown, in the system of the Grant Kingdom, Baron Harden still has the possibility of turning over.

Baron Harden ran away with his family, and the three baronies of the Harden family became royal domains, and the two baronies in northern Xinjiang were under the jurisdiction of the province of Gascoigne.

Because Richard had moved Barony Harden's lords away, it was very difficult to supply the Ransom Legion.

In desperation, Zachary had no choice but to report to the Governor of Gascoigne.

When the Governor of Gascoigne received the news, he immediately felt a great deal of trouble.

It is already difficult to do things across provinces, and Richard is still a well-known thorn in northern Xinjiang.

Back then, Baron Harden robbed the people of Stupa in Geda Province, and it was impossible to hold Richard accountable for this kind of thing.

There was no way, the Ransom Legion had no choice but to settle the fields on their own.

If you fail to take sides politically, you can only consider yourself unlucky. Now the troops under the command of Zachary are like motherless children, and they can only find ways to solve their own difficulties.

The positioning of the Atonement Legion in Nolan is directly a front-line cannon fodder, and the treatment is not as good as that of the city defense army with weak combat effectiveness.

Unless you make war achievements, you will have a chance to turn over.

Especially during the reign of King Roger, it can become difficult to turn over.

No matter how hard it is, no matter how hard it is, no matter how much money is lost, if you want to survive in the Grant Kingdom, the defeated nobles can only endure it and find a way to change it when the next king comes to power.

Patience is a survival skill that nobles must have, and another survival skill is admitting defeat and compromise.

The first generation of aristocrats like Richard often had a very tough personality, preferring to bend rather than endure and compromise. Most of the time, the first aristocracy and the aristocracy that have been inherited for many years are almost two political creatures, and it is difficult to integrate into a circle of friends.

For example, Richard had the best relationship with the nearby nobles, and Baron Sharp had the best relationship. They are all the first generation of military nobles, compared with their uncles Baron Dark, Baron Rice and others, Richard and Sharp are also more straightforward in personality.

March is the season for spring ploughing, and the Barony of Dirham has cultivated 160,000 acres of farmland after several generations of operation.

In recent years, the orcs have chosen to invade from the Haaland Valley, the Pratos Mountains, and the Barony of Dirham has suffered heavy losses, eventually losing its hereditary territory.

Because of the loss of so many people in the war, a large amount of farmland has been abandoned in recent years.

However, it is relatively easy to restore abandoned farmland to cultivation, and it is far easier than reclamation. With these 160,000 acres of farmland, Richard is not ready to reclaim the land this year, and he has 16,000 strong laborers in his hands, which is enough for Richard to resume production.

Not long after the spring ploughing began, Richard received an unexpected message.

Twenty kilometers north of the fort, a large gray fog suddenly appeared.

A scout strayed into the gray fog and didn't hear anything from it.

After receiving this information, Richard was shocked, and his face suddenly changed.

The action of going to the undead realm to block the passage of the plane three years ago was an unforgettable experience for Richard in his life.

In that battle, he was almost robbed of his body by the legendary lich and fused with his soul. Looking back on it now, I feel scared.

Now that he heard the news of the gray mist again, he couldn't help but think of the undead realm.

Thinking of the undead realm, Richard immediately paid attention to it, and immediately wrote a letter to the Dawn Church in Geda Province, informing him of the unexpected situation.

I hope to get the help of the church to solve this problem together.

The Church of Dawn is very powerful in the Kingdom of Grant, with legendary magicians in charge. If the matter really can't be handled, the sky will fall and the big man will go to the top.

can't stand it, Richard can also take his family and subordinates to other areas for development.

The Dawn Plane is vast and boundless, there is always a safe place, and according to the current strength of the Haaland family, they can live well wherever they go. It is not too difficult to obtain nobility.

After receiving the information sent by Richard, the Dawn Church did not dare to slack off, and the provincial bishop Dun Lekin personally led the team and brought four church personnel to the territory of Haaland.

Richard and Sophia were also ready to go with the church staff to check on the vicinity of the gray fog.

Fort Soldier Station is already the northernmost part of Haaland's territory, and further into the unowned territory, there is no human population at all.

Twenty kilometers north from the fort, the terrain gradually sloped downward, forming a mountain basin of several hundred square kilometers.

The basin is not very well drained, there are swamps everywhere.

A gray mist shrouded the swamp and came into view.

In the thick gray fog, there was no sound, and nothing could be seen in silence.

Seeing this gray mist, Richard was immediately sure that it was related to the necromantic realm.

"I've felt the power of the undead."

Dun Legin sighed, sat down cross-legged and began to recite the Word.

The power of the Holy Word, Richard had seen with his own eyes.

This magic is very restrained from undead creatures.

As the holy words were recited, a stream of holy light emanated from Dun Legin's body, which immediately dispelled the gray mist.

As the gray fog cleared, Richard spotted hundreds of undead creatures as far as the eye could see.

These undead creatures hobbled towards the crowd, and there were still countless undead creatures behind them, hiding in the gray mist.

All the souls of the dead who heard the words of the Holy Word were instantly liberated, and the souls of the dead turned into a cloud of smoke.

Although these undead creatures are low-level skeletons and zombies, they are constantly numerous, according to Richard's estimates, at least a few thousand.

Although Dun Lekin was a seventh-order priest, he had no chance of winning if he consumed it.

If it was just a few pastors from the Dawn Church who came to investigate, an accident might happen under the carelessness.

But Pastor Dun Legin was also accompanied by Richard, Sophia, Wendy and other members of the Harland Mage Association, and dozens of Warcraft cavalry were protecting Richard and others.

As soon as Richard gave an order, the Warcraft cavalry drew their bows and arrows and shot feathered arrows at the skeletons and zombies.

Unless the arrow hits the soul fire of the undead creature, the restraint on the undead creature is very small.

Shooting off an arm bone or shin bone does not affect the movement of the undead at all, unless they are completely shattered and the soul fire is extinguished.

There are only a few archers who can hit the head and heart with every arrow.

Most of the Warcraft cavalry, the archery level is roughly at the second level. This level is not up or down, although it can aim at the opponent and shoot the target, it is difficult to bring too much damage to the undead creatures.

Seeing that the arrow attack effect was not good, the Warcraft cavalry urged the Iron Wildebeest one after another and shot a magic missile.

The power of the magic missile is very good, and it instantly beats the undead creatures to pieces.

But the Iron Wildebeest could only release three or four rounds of magic missiles, and after killing and injuring more than two hundred undead creatures, he ran out of magic power and had a feeling of malaise.

Richard didn't let the Monster cavalry melee with the undead creatures.

The Warcraft cavalry in Haaland's territory are all carefully selected backbones, and Richard is unwilling to put them in danger unless it is absolutely necessary.

Seeing that the undead creatures were approaching, the four church personnel who followed Dun Lekin were all mid-level warriors, and they all drew their enchanted swords and blocked in front of Dun Legin.

Dun Le Kim immediately unleashed an auxiliary divine technique, the Holy Flame Attachment Technique. This fourth-order divine technique is a group auxiliary divine art, which can attach the Holy Flame to the enchanted weapon, and the Holy Flame carries a trace of divine fire power, which is very strong against the killing of undead creatures, and the effect is also very good.

After the spell was released, the swords of the four church knights immediately ignited with holy flames.

The four Dawn Church warriors held their flaming swords and cut off an undead creature with a single swipe, and the flames attached to the undead creature's body, and immediately burned violently, and in the blink of an eye, an undead creature was burned to ashes.

Whenever it is hit by the Holy Flame, the undead creature will immediately burst out with a pale golden divine fire, and it will instantly turn into a fire man, and the soul fire will be extinguished in an instant.

The four Dawn Church warriors were so brave and invincible that they emptied a large area of undead creatures in an instant.

Richard, Sophia, and the others haven't made a move yet, and the number of undead creatures has been reduced by half.

However, at this moment, a strong spiritual fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the swamp, directly falling on the four Dawn Church warriors.

Their movements suddenly stopped, and they let out a cry of pain. It was as if a needle had been pierced into the depths of the soul, and the brain seemed to be emptied in an instant.

"Everyone, be careful, it's soul magic, spirit whipping!"

Seeing this scene, Sophia seemed to think of something and immediately reminded everyone to be careful.

Soul magic has always been unpredictable, not only difficult to learn, but also especially difficult to guard against.

Because Richard received a materialist education in his previous life, he formed a complete three views, and it was very difficult to learn this kind of idealistic magic.

The few soul spells he learned were almost all given by the goddess of Dawn, which was equivalent to the divine magic released by the priest. Richard's divine ability is roughly equivalent to the third order.

Sophia and Wendy, on the other hand, did not accept the full materialist values, and it was easy to self-recognize idealistic things, and it was easier to learn soul magic.

The necromancer hidden in the shadows used a soul spell to control the four Dawn Church warriors, and the remaining undead creatures swarmed up and grabbed the four Dawn Church warriors.

Seeing this, Richard immediately released the two-ring magic requiem.

A faint magical aura fell on the four warriors, and their souls immediately felt warmth, and immediately regained consciousness, and immediately brandished the Holy Flame Sword to drive away the undead creatures.

In the last two years, although Richard has not been able to advance, he has learned several new spells.

The first one is the Two-Ring Magic Tracking.

Although this magic is of a low level, it is very useful in actual combat.

It was thanks to Sophia's use of this magic that they were able to find the Rhinoceros, and they obtained a very crucial amount of money for killing the Rhinoceros.

Sophia used the materials on the rhinoceros to refine a batch of Radiant Elixir and cultivate the first batch of backbones in Haaland's territory. Without this group of soldiers, Haaland's territory would not have developed so quickly.

The second spell is the Ray of Weakness, which is a very good field-controlled spell that instantly falls into a state of weakness when hit by this magic.

If you want to capture a creature alive, the Weakening Ray is definitely a very good spell.

The third magic is the Dimensional Anchor, which is a typical four-ring magic that can block the opponent from opening another dimensional space.

The fourth magic is lightning magic, which is also a four-ring magic spell with very strong single body lethality.

With four new spells learned, Richard's combat effectiveness has reached a higher level, and in the battle of the magician, it has also become more comprehensive.

Seeing that the spiritual whipping failed, the necromancer hiding in the shadows struck again, and a powerful spiritual fluctuation came from the depths of the gray mist.

This powerful spiritual force was directly aimed at Richard.

In an instant, Richard lost control of his body, and although the loss of control was only for a short moment, it made him perceive the essence of this mental fluctuation.

Soul control, soul system six-ring magic.

After using this method, relying on strong spiritual power, you can control your opponent spiritually.

If it is an ordinary four-ring magician, although the spiritual power is strong, the soul is also very condensed. In the face of the mind control of a high-level necromancer, he can't resist it at all, and he will lose control of his body in an instant.

If this magic is aimed at Sophia and Wendy, it will become very troublesome for the two of them to resist.

Sophia, one of Wendy's encounters danger and immediately makes Richard scramble and can't spare his hand.

It's a pity that this spell is aimed at Richard, Richard's soul is very special, and the power of the three gods is hidden in the depths of his soul.

The god of killing, the goddess of the dawn, and an unknown deity who makes panels.

These three gods are equivalent to signing a special soul contract with Richard, and if they want to control Richard, they are equivalent to controlling the three gods.

Although the three gods are not in a good state, the fall of the fall, the fall of the sleeping, the missing of the missing.

But how could a nine-ring necromancer control three gods?

Moreover, Richard's mental power is very strong, already equivalent to the eight-ring magician, and his will is very tough, and his resistance to soul spells is very high. Normally, you can resist this soul control spell.

Even the legendary lich who wanted to fuse his soul was absorbed by the power of the god of killing. This necromancer, who was hiding in the shadows, was not even a legend, and after using soul control on Richard, he was immediately consumed by magic.

Suddenly, a powerful spiritual power fluctuation exploded, and a faint roar was heard from the depths of the swamp, and then all the undead creatures stood still.

The necromancers hidden in the shadows were killed by magic, and the remaining mid- and low-level necromancers were leaderless.

Necromancers are notorious and are a wanted evil force in the Dawn plane.

Whether it's the Church of the Seven Gods, or the secular kingdom, or the magical organization, it's all the enemy of the necromancer.

Necromancers have too many enemies and no allies in the Dawn plane, so they can only hide in the sparsely populated shadows.

These necromancers, hidden in the swamp, come from an organization of necromancers called the Tower of Death.

The Tower of Death was hidden in the Magic Kingdom of Makholm some time ago, and probably the most dangerous place was also the safest, the Tower of Death was disguised as a small magical organization and had been in the Magic Kingdom of Makholm for seventy or eighty years.

It's a pity that Baimi finally revealed his feet, attracting the attack of the Magic Council.

Although the strength of the Tower of Death is not weak, it is far from being comparable to the Magic Council, the leader of the Tower of Death, the legendary mage Tarasia was killed by the President of the Magic Council, Albert Sacco, and even his soul was annihilated by Albert, a fourth-order magician.

The Magic Council was so fierce that the Tower of Death could not afford to provoke it, and the remaining necromancers hid and fled to the deserted Eagle Mountains under the leadership of the nine-ring necromancer Savio.

The necromancer did not dare to approach the legendary black dragon and legendary ogre that occupied the east and west ends of the Eagle Mountain Range, so he could only choose to gain a foothold in the middle of the Eagle Mountain Range. He also didn't dare to get too close to the Orc Empire, so he carefully selected and found this mountain swamp basin.

Through some records, they found that a floating city had fallen in this area in ancient times, and the ruins of the floating city had not yet been found, and a part of the mage tower had just been built, only to be discovered by the scouts of Haaland's territory.

The Tower of Death didn't have time to move before it was blocked at the door by Richard and the priest of the Dawn Church.

The priest of the Dawn Church was very restrained with the necromancer, and Dunlegin, although he was only the seventh order, suppressed Savio.

After being defeated by the Magic Council, there are only two high-level necromancers left in the Tower of Death, Savio and Dun Legin, and another nine-ring magician, Yura, manipulates the undead to fight Richard and others.

Yura is proficient in soul control magic and wants to control Richard's soul, but she is devoured by magic, and the mental power space is directly exploded.

As soon as the nine-ring necromancer died, he lost his powerful helper, and the temporary leader of the Tower of Death, Savio, immediately had plans to escape.

As soon as he opened the dimensional space, he was nailed by a dimensional anchor by Richard.

The dimensional space can't be opened, and it has to fight against Dun Legin's holy words. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer undead creatures in command, Savio had no choice but to desperately release a nine-ring magical banshee's howl.

Banshee's Howl is a group soul attack spell that consumes a lot of mana.

After this magic was issued, even Dunlegin had to stop chanting the holy word.

After seizing the opportunity, Savio immediately opened the space door and managed to escape before Richard could stop him.

Although Savio managed to escape, the remaining mages of the Tower of Death were reduced to captives.

There are more than twenty of these magicians in total, including one five-ring magician, six beginner-level magicians, and the remaining dozen magicians are all apprentices.

After capturing the captives, Dunlegin used the Truth Technique to interrogate the necromancers, killing the necromancers who had a lot of blood debts, one five-ring, two three-ring, three second-ring, and four apprentices burned to death.

The remaining necromancers were not guilty, so Dunlegin let them live.

Savio has a dimensional bag on his body, and he has taken some of the most precious resources with him.

However, as a legendary magic organization, the Tower of Death has a very deep heritage, not only seizing a batch of magic materials for building the Mage Tower, but also a lot of undead magic materials.

Necromancers, though evil, are at the forefront of their study of the mysteries of the human body.

Orderly organizations such as the Harland Territory and the Church of Dawn will not use human beings for magical experiments on a large scale. Although they also do autopsy studies, they generally only dissect condemned prisoners. Occasionally, some enemy soldiers who have been killed in battle will be dissected.

When it comes to the study of the mysteries of the human body, the Church of Dawn is actually far inferior to the Tower of Death. In addition to the data from human experiments, Richard also found some magic books, which recorded many soul spells.

These soul spells have made up for the foundation of the Harland Mage Guild.

(End of chapter)