Travels of the Necromancer

The next thing to do is wait.

So I went back to the place where Lan was just now, and the vines that had fallen to the ground had turned gray and were obviously dead.I carefully inspected the dead vines, and finally found that there was a small wound on each of the vines, and it could be seen that the gray was spreading from the wound.

poison?And it's not just poison, my hand brushed over the wound, and I felt the curse.This kind of curse is not the same as the curse magic commonly used by necromancers, maybe I should find a time to communicate with Lan.

"Ah!" Freya's exclamation from a distance made me realize that now is not the time for research.I immediately flew in that direction, and saw that Freya had been entangled by a tree vine and was being dragged deep into the forest.

I cast a few low-level ice spells on the vine instantly.Ice magic had little effect on these vines, and the superimposed effect of several low-level ice magics only made the vines slightly stiffer, but it was enough for Freya to take the opportunity to break free.She sat on the ground and took a breath, then immediately stood up relying on the staff, and signaled to me that she can continue to fight.

What a strong woman, I admired it, and went to help other mercenaries who were struggling.However, due to the limitation of magic power and physical strength, there are not many mercenaries that I can help. As time goes by, when more and more mercenaries are physically exhausted and in danger, there is nothing I can do to help.Why is Lan still not healed? I took the time to glance at the core, and the squirming vines haven't changed at all. Could it be that he failed?

"Chris, how many people can you take out with your flying technique?" Ley tried several times to find a gap and break out of the encirclement of tree vines, but all failed. It seemed that he had to prepare for the worst.

"Five at most." I knew what Lai wanted to do, and replied after glancing at the endless forest, "If I still want to use fire magic."

"Then take the right team members out first, and then burn this place down!" Ley had no expression on his face, and slashed at the vine with his sword, and the dark green juice splashed out immediately.

I looked at him, and suddenly remembered the boy in Ford City who asked me why I didn't save my companion.I can precisely control fire magic, but what I was worried about before was that the fire caused by fire magic could not be controlled.If such a vast forest were to burn, except for the five people I took out, the possibility of the remaining people escaping...is impossible to predict.

The so-called suitable people do not refer to those team members who are in danger now, but refer to the team members who are superb in martial arts and still have the power to fight.The choice at this time has nothing to do with things like feelings. Who knows what enemies we will face when we leave the forest. We must leave the opportunity to those who are most likely to survive.

Undoubtedly, Ley is eligible to be taken out, and undoubtedly, he will not be willing to be taken out by me.

Suddenly, I landed next to Ley and started chanting mantras.As I chanted, the translucent light curtain slowly unfolded above my head, covering Ley and me, blocking the attacks of the rattan, forming a temporarily safe space.

Ley looked at me with some doubts, and I said to him, "Hold out your hand."

Magic barrier consumes more mana than flying technique. This is common sense. Ley would naturally think that there was some important reason why I suddenly used the barrier, so although he still had doubts in his eyes, he stretched out his left hand.It's just, is it really okay to believe in an evil necromancer so much, or a necromancer that I hate?

So, I grabbed his hand and quickly put my ring on the middle finger of his left hand.

This ring is different from the metal texture of the space ring, but is made of pure black crystal. If you observe carefully, you will find that there is a faint mist flowing in the middle of the ring.

"What is this?" Ley withdrew his hand violently, trying to take off the ring, but the ring remained motionless as if it had grown on his hand.

"The ring of binding, if you die, your soul will not be reborn and will be bound in this ring." I stared at Ley, "So, if you don't want to become what people call an 'evil creature', be careful not to die gone."

Bondage, but also protection.This ring was given to me by my teacher when I left the swamp, and he told me to wear it when I face a strong enemy, so that even if I lose, my soul can live in the ring completely, so that I can be resurrected in the future.However, the complete preservation of the soul still requires voluntary. If the person wearing the ring is very reluctant, the part of the soul that is forcibly left will not be much more than with other spells.This realization made me feel very depressed, and the fact that I would feel depressed is itself puzzling.

When I was in Ford City, I realized that I don't care about death, but I care about whether Ley will die.But now, under the premise of being able to be resurrected, I still worry about whether he will become an unconscious puppet, whether he will lose his memory, and whether he will lose his emotion.Ley always seemed to stir my mood more than anyone else.

Of course, now is not the time to analyze this phenomenon. In fact, after speaking, I quickly cast the flying spell to escape, er no, away from the magic barrier.Any sane magician would never put himself in the same space as a violent warrior.

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I decided to take back my previous comments about the organization and discipline of mercenaries, and now I realize that mercenaries are indeed free-spirited and willful guys.

I spent a lot of time and magic, carefully avoiding vines, and shuttling through the man-eating woods, just to find the scattered mercenaries.But when I told them to take them out, the mercenaries refused, even Ted and Nick.As for Noah, I don't need to waste time and magic power to ask.No matter how many reasons you have, with the structure of the knight's brain, you will never accept the proposal of "leaving your companions and escaping alone".

So in the end, I, who was already in a bad mood, didn't waste any more words, and directly stunned the mercenary, packed it up and threw it out.After dealing with Ted, Nick, and a mercenary whose name I don't remember but who has good martial arts skills, I hesitated for a while. After all, I didn't use the same method with Ley and Noah.

One is because of their superb martial arts skills; the other is that they have a certain understanding of me, even a sneak attack may not be successful; the third is... I seem to understand their stubbornness.I can't empathize with it, and I don't necessarily agree with it, but I can already understand it. For me, I don't know whether it should be regarded as progress or regress.

So I found two more mercenaries with good martial arts skills, stunned them out of the forest, and woke up the five people with freezing techniques.

"Be careful!" Throwing this sentence, I flew back to the forest before they protested.

I didn't have much magic power left due to the excessive use of fighting and flying in the previous rounds.So the next spell, I can't fail.Floating above the center of the man-eating tree forest, I began to chant the incantation of Pyroblaster.

But when I was halfway through the incantation, the tangled vines under my feet suddenly changed.They were shaking violently, different from the twisting when attacking, but the dying struggle like a fish thrown to the shore.

I slowed down my chanting, staring at the forest below me.Among the twitching green vines, a black figure flashed past, it was Lan.