Knight with Wand

Red blood eyes, a mouth full of sharp fangs, fingers and feet that are gradually turning into claws, and horns that are slowly growing from under the skin of the forehead. No matter how you look at it, the "Lohak" in front of you is far from human.

The angry demon attached to the boy's body roared harshly, and the hollow and distorted sound shook the air around him.

But no matter how angry the demon was at this moment, the mysterious rune magic had already been successfully activated in the formation under its feet.

The spirit-repelling runes floating in the air rotated quickly around the circular trajectory formed by the magic light, and the magic power suddenly rolled up hurricanes around.

The "Lohak" possessed by the demon seemed to be bound by an invisible force. It could only struggle and roar in vain, but could no longer take a step towards Leon's position.

Outside the magic circle, Azerien hid in the windswept woods, staring wide-eyed at the shocking magic spectacle.

I saw a red flame-like phantom being drawn out of Lohak's body bit by bit.

As the visible twisted phantom gradually took shape, a translucent phantom of a dazed and sluggish boy was also pulled out of the body by the red demon phantom.

At the same time, the scattered and dismembered limbs of the corpse knights nearby also had strands of broken and turbid shadows, which were pulled out of the zombies' bodies by the rune magic.

The repelling rune has taken effect. Leon's left and right thumbs and index fingers are facing each other to form a triangle circle. Using the hand seal gesture taught by the girl's voice, he aimed at the exposed demon projection.

Reciting the exorcism spell loudly and quickly, Leon's Gulorelit language became faster and smoother.

The red flame-shaped demon shadow silently screamed to shock the soul, but it was powerless to reverse this powerful and ancient exorcism ritual. In the nested chain formation, the pure magic light gradually evaporated its projection.

Azerien raised his hands with a bitter look on his face. He tried his best to block his ears because of the demon's scream, but he still couldn't block the harsh roar of the soul. He felt dizzy.

In a trance, he seemed to see a flash of illusion on Leon's body in the magic circle.

The pure white hair like snow fluttered in the wind, and the white robe blown by the magic wind fluttered on her petite body.

Azerien blinked in confusion, thinking that his eyes were blurry, and Leon was still in front of him.

Leon watched the demon's shadow being expelled by the formation. He continued to start the last step of the ritual, driving the soul into the previously buried container.

The magic light on the periphery quickly gathered with the operation of the spell formation, but before it completely gathered into a point, an invisible force cast Lohak's soul into his original body.

But the zombie knight was different. His frantic soul was forced to follow the guidance of the magic to gather in the center of the magic formation, quickly condensed into a dazzling ball of light, and then plunged into the ground and was sucked into the simple earth vein spirit lamp.

The wind gradually subsided, and the magic light dimmed again. Leon sat down on the ground and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"~ Good job."

The girl's voice gently praised Leon in his heart: "You didn't make a mistake in the spell once. It seems that you do have some talent."

Leon smiled bitterly. Perhaps the life-and-death crisis stimulated his potential for survival. He didn't expect that he could recite those spells so smoothly.

Leon stood up and walked to Lohak's side not far away. The strong boy fell to the ground. The demonic features on his body had disappeared, and at least his hands and feet had returned to human form.

Leon squatted down and stretched out his hand to pry open Lohak's lips.

Yeah, the teeth are normal.

Then he rubbed his eyelids.

His eyes also returned to their normal color, except for some bloodshot on the whites of his eyes.

"Is this considered a success? Will there be any sequelae?" Leon asked the girl with lingering fear.

"Maybe there won't be any sequelae, or maybe there will be? For example, you may often have nightmares in the future. Hey, don't be ungrateful. Compared with the soul being devoured by the devil, even if he pays a little price, it's nothing."

"That's true." Leon understood that he and others were lucky to be able to survive.

After calling Azerien back to help him look after his companions, Leon turned around and quickly came to the center of the magic circle and dug up the earth pit where the earth vein spirit lamp was buried.

The white light immediately came out from there.

Even through the rags that prevented the earth from spreading, the light of the spirit lamp was still particularly bright at this moment.

Leon reached out and took it out carefully, as if holding an extremely rare treasure.

This is the key to whether they can leave the "quasi-spiritual field" and return to reality.

"Did it succeed? Is this the guide you mentioned?" Leon asked in his heart: "How should this thing be used to point the way?"

He took off the linen cloth on the wooden cage. Without the obstruction, the light was dazzling.

"It seems that you are lucky. The closer the soul as the wick is to the place where he longs to return to sleep, the brighter the light will be. Now this brightness means that the reality that the dead soul longs to return to should be very close." The girl's voice answered.

"So, I just need to use this thing to see which direction is brighter, and go in that direction?"

"Well, it's that simple." The girl's voice affirmed.

Leon was relieved. He picked up the spirit lamp and shone it around. Sure enough, the light of the spirit lamp was completely different in different directions.

"Leon! Lohak is awake." Azerian shouted.

Hearing the call, Leon hurried back to his companions and saw Lohak lying on the ground with a dazed look on his face.

"How is it? Are you awake?" Leon squatted down and waved his hand in front of Lohak's eyes.

"What is this? Why am I lying on the ground? I fainted?"

Lohak covered his head and sat up in a daze.

"You kid slept well, but we were almost chopped alive by you all the way." Azerian laughed and scolded with a bitter expression.

".Ah?"

After a simple explanation, Lohak finally understood what happened before, but he really didn't remember any process. He just vaguely felt like he had a nightmare.

Seeing Lohak's apologetic face, Leon didn't continue to dwell on this issue. After all, they were not out of danger yet.

After waking up from his dream, Lohak stood up from the ground. He looked at the horrible blood stains on his body and the tattered chainmail, and realized how serious the terrible change his companions had said was.

The crisis was temporarily over, and Leon immediately called on his companions to work together to pick up the scattered body parts of the zombie knight.

He wanted to touch the corpse to get the equipment.

The armor on the dead knight was obviously a high-end product of the nobles. After so many powerful attacks from the demon-possessed Lohak, there were only a few dents. Wouldn't it be a loss if he didn't leave?

But the reality was cruel. After a few struggles, they had to give up the idea of ​​wearing the armor.

First of all, their physical strength could not bear the heavy knight armor on the road.

Secondly, this tailor-made armor did not fit the three of them. Although the teenagers were well-nourished and their height and body shape were not much different from ordinary adults, the knight was still too burly and strong.

Fortunately, even if the armor cannot be taken away, it is not a problem to take the gorgeous knight sword that Azerien picked up.

Leon took off the scabbard tied to the waist of the knight's armor, took the long sword from Azerien, and looked at it carefully.

This is a very beautiful weapon, with a shape close to a half-hand sword. The end of its handle is inlaid with an unknown gem. The surface of the cross sword guard has a gorgeous and complex relief pattern, and the blade is engraved with an inscription that looks like a family motto.

This is not a showpiece. Its previous battles have proved its excellent quality. In the head-on confrontation with the demon host, there is still no gap or broken edge on the sword. As a former cold weapon enthusiast, Leon is really surprised by its extraordinary material strength.

He couldn't help but wonder, is this the so-called enchanted weapon in the online article in the previous life? Maybe it's unscientific, but it's definitely magical.

".It should be dwarven steel. I don't know if it was made by dwarven craftsmen, but the material of the blade may be dwarven steel." As a descendant of the nobility, Azerien saw some clues.

Leon could only express that he didn't know how powerful it was. Anyway, it was good to use. Compared with the blank mercenary sword that had been chopped off, this noble knight sword would have to be of blue quality if it was put in the game, which was worth his life and death.

This time, Leon took the responsibility to sheath the knight's long sword, and then hung it on his waist with the belt.

The reason why he didn't give up the equipment like in the past was not because of greed.

But after experiencing the incident of the demon possessing his partner, Leon understood that he was in this strange and unpredictable field, and he had the mysterious magician lady to assist him in his heart. He was the one with the lowest risk of being possessed by evil spirits among the three.

It was better for him to keep this sharp weapon than for his partner to accidentally go crazy and use it to cut his own people.

Needless to say, Lohak and Azerien also fully agreed with Leon's decision. He had seen the powerful ability of this "wild sorcerer" partner many times, so of course he had no objection.

Just as Leon and Azerien were talking about the sword, Lohak turned over a roll of parchment that was only two palms in size from the leather waist bag on the knight's belt.

Spreading it out, everyone found it was a map. Unfortunately, there was only a symbolic outline of the terrain and a triangular mark on the parchment map. Apart from that, there was no text and no reference.

Treasure map?

Leon suddenly remembered the classic plot of the literary works in his previous life. Based on the principle that it would not get in the way anyway, he put it in his pocket.

Before leaving, the three pushed the knight's body and armor into the previous trap pit, and simply filled it with soil, which was considered a burial.

Although the zombie knight had posed a considerable threat to the group, they had no grudges against each other before they died. Moreover, Leon was holding the soul of the person and was going to use it to guide the escape, so it was only right to help him rest in peace.

Bury the body.

Leon held the earth vein spirit lamp in one hand and the long sword in the other, walking in front of the team to lead the way.

Azerien held the long dagger, and Lohak followed closely with the broken sword that was about to be scrapped.

The three followed the direction where the spirit lamp was brightest and walked into the dense forest again.