Travels of the Necromancer

After looking at the compass, I have arrived at the designated location, and now I am waiting for the group of people in the temple.

It has been a month since the adventure of Silvermoon Castle today. After I have arranged the affairs of the family and the mercenary team, I bid farewell to the others in the name of visiting relatives, and came to the designated place on the edge of the Devil's Forest alone to meet with Merkel. They meet.It's just... I glanced at Lai with a calm face, and then at Noah with a somewhat embarrassed expression.Who can tell me how these two guys also appear here!

"Why you came is probably why I came." Obviously, Merkel copied the lines used to threaten me to threaten Ley.

"Merkel said that your mission this time is very dangerous, so you want to act alone." Mr. Knight is even more easy to deceive.

Now that they are here, they will not give up halfway. When facing certain things, the two guys are somewhat stubborn.In the end, I gave up trying to persuade them to go back, but I still don't understand why Merkel wanted them as hostages?But I can't use undead magic in front of Noah, and my combat power will be greatly restricted. I can't knock Noah unconscious every time I fight.

"Sorry for keeping everyone waiting." When I was thinking, I heard this familiar and annoying voice.

But when I turned around and was about to sneer, I was stunned for a moment. Although Merkel’s voice was still familiar to me, but the face had become, er, it couldn’t be said to be unfamiliar, because the temple once used this face Posters are plastered all over the streets.

"Chris, did you recognize us when we changed our clothes?"

Well, except Lan still disappeared, Oskar and Irwin both took off the conspicuous white armor and white robes of the temple, and put on ordinary mercenary servants, but the point is you bastard, you can't change it. It's just clothes, and a face!

So I said: "I'm just thinking about what to call you, you obviously won't continue to use the identity of Merkel, so should I call you 'the legendary high priest Lucian', please forgive me for calling you so simple , after all, your current title can already fill a whole page."

"Merkel is handling affairs in the family's fief, as written in our contract, he will fully support the new patriarch Alice; Lucian is of course still staying in the capital temple of the Kingdom of Versailles, after all, as the high priest, he cannot Running around; with my current hair color and eye color, you can call me Julian." Facing my ridicule, Merkel, no, the guy who should be called Julian now introduced his Various identities.

"Julian... double black." I took a look at his black hair and black eyes, which was different from the blonde image on the poster of the temple, and realized the origin of this alias.

Just as white is a symbol of the Temple of Light, black always represents darkness and evil. Therefore, there has been prejudice against double-black people on the mainland for a long time, and Julian is the first black-haired person recorded in the "Apocalypse" Black-eyed hero.Although he was constantly being discriminated against, misunderstood and hurt, he always maintained a kind and righteous heart, resolutely chose to sacrifice himself at a critical moment, and saved countless lives.Since the King of Heroes fell from the sky, the mainland's evaluation of Shuanghei has been completely reversed.

As for why I know such boring and old-fashioned stories in "Apocalypse" so clearly now, it is completely a sequela of the Silvermoon Castle incident last time.It's hard to read boring stories, but it's even harder to be looked at with "you don't even know this, how did you grow up" look.

Anyway, our team of seven, including the weird mix of temple priests and necromancers, finally entered the Devil's Forest and started our adventure.

Oska was in charge of opening the way in front, Julian, Irwin and I walked in the middle, Ley and Noah were in the rear, and Lan was still missing.

Although this arrangement is reasonable, Noah naturally walked to the farthest position from Oscar, which made me a little concerned.Although I took the initiative to ask about their past last time, I knew very well that Julian would answer in such detail so that I could pass it on to Noah, and I did.

Of course, I'm just repeating Julian's explanation of the original perjury incident. As for whether you believe it or not, it depends on Noah's own judgment.At that time, Noah left in silence for a moment after listening to my report, and did not express any opinion. Is his current behavior distrusting Oska's explanation? It doesn't seem to be the case.

Julian's comments on this were still very disrespectful to his knights: "There were many ways to solve the problem at the time, and Oscar chose the stupidest one. Now this situation can be said to be completely self-inflicted."

"Then why did you gather such a flawed team? I think with your ability, you can definitely find more reliable teammates." I took this opportunity to ask.

"I said long ago that there is no better way than fighting side by side." Julian looked at me with an innocent expression, "I'm just a boss who cares about the mental health of his subordinates."

Hey, how long are you going to talk about this pretense!

Our group gradually walked from the edge of the forest to the depths.This forest is made up of unknown tall trees. The crowns of these trees are graceful, the branches and leaves are dense but not gloomy, and the sunlight casts spots of light through the gaps in the leaves.The thin and tough vines are wrapped around the trunk, and dewdrops drip from the green leaf tips and onto the mushrooms at the root of the tree.Out of nowhere, a small animal resembling a hare dug out a mushroom, hugged it with its fat front paws and gnawed happily. On top of its head, a bird with bright feathers spread its wings and slid across it, making a clear cry.

No matter how you look at the scene in front of you, it looks quiet and peaceful, and it is impossible for people to connect it with the cursed land here. However, the animals and plants in front of me are not found in the "Encyclopedia of Animals and Plants", so I have to be concerned about these seemingly innocent things. Be vigilant against harmful animals and plants.

Julian, on the other hand, introduced these strange creatures to us very energetically, as if they were familiar with his own back garden, which gave me the illusion of "actually we are here for a picnic".

"This kind of tree is called 'Greyfool' by the elves, which means 'eternal green'. It is a rare and evergreen tree species; although those mushrooms look like shiitake mushrooms, they are highly poisonous and have A very vivid name is 'Poisonous Black Mushroom'; the Tata Beast is the one that is eating mushrooms. It is not poisonous in itself, but because it has been eating poisonous black mushrooms for a long time, it is also poisonous; the bird that just flew over called Lilan Bird, named for its gorgeous blue tail feathers, you ask if you can eat it? God, would anyone really want to eat such a beautiful bird? Well, it’s not poisonous, and the meat is said to be very tender.”

After hearing the answer of "delicious", the beautiful feathers of Lilan Bird have become transparent in my eyes. I carefully observed every part of its body and thought about what cooking method should be used.It wasn't until the figure of the bird disappeared into the dense forest that I reluctantly looked away, and at the same time made up my mind to call two after the task was completed.

"The creatures here don't seem to exist outside the forest?" At this time, Ley asked the question I wanted to ask.

"As the oldest of the three cursed lands, the Devil's Forest has been isolated by the magic barrier of the temple for thousands of years, so there are many extinct creatures in the forest, and there is nothing particularly dangerous among them." Zhu Lian explained.

Being able to enter the Devil's Forest is probably the benefit of this adventure. This forest has been strictly controlled by the temple so far. If I didn't hold the token given by Julian, even I would not be able to break through the magic barrier and break through.

"By the way, have you heard the story of the Storm Squad?" Julian asked suddenly.

"The storm team in "Apocalypse"? I've heard of it." It's the "touching" story of releasing demons while searching for treasure, and finally sacrificing all of them to seal the demons. In Silvermoon Castle, Lai also used it as a lesson for the past. with.

"The Storm Squad is undoubtedly real, and the mercenary guild has kept records of their missions to this day, but the location of the story in "Apocalypse" has been blurred. And I have some very reliable evidence here that the story It happened right here."

"In other words, the demon in this forest here is the one that was sealed again by the storm team." Noah was a little excited, and I could tell from his expression that as a child who grew up reading "Apocalypse" Good boy, Team Storm must have been his idol.

"Is it really a demon in this forest?" Julian smiled, and every time he smiled like that, I felt ominous.

"Let me tell you another secret. For a long time, the King of Heroes traveled the mainland as a mercenary, and the mercenary team he created was named 'Storm'."