Chapter 494 Death Wizard
After entering the forest for only half an hour, Frederick felt the difference in the Northland forest.
A comprehensive sense of coldness made him feel like he was being immersed in cold water from body to soul, and he couldn't help but shudder.
After confirming that the other party mixed poisonous mushrooms with edible mushrooms, Frederick decided to inform the other party, so he formed a team with Jin Li and other six people, riding in a car pulled by a big-antlered deer. Follow the newly opened path to the depths of the forest.
The forest is full of tall pine trees. All the needles and pine cones on the branches have fallen off, and a thick layer of pine needles has fallen on the ground. From time to time, small animals are looking for pine nuts among the fallen leaves.
The north and south directions are easy to distinguish here. The tree trunks in the south are covered with moss, while the north side is bare and occasionally has some naturally dried mushrooms.
It was quiet along the way, with the occasional call of grouse.
Lu Li was driving the car and listened attentively from time to time.
About two hours after arriving, she said to Frederick: "I suggest you be prepared for the worst."
Frederick thought that he would not be able to catch up. But I still asked curiously: "Why?"
Lu Li replied: "Usually there should be crows in the forest. I haven't heard it for so long. It's obviously gone."
Frederick asked again: "Is it winter? Have they all gone to the south?”
“No.” Lu Li shook her head, “They will stay in the forest even if it snows.”
“It’s probably the forest. All the people in the depths were dead, and they were attracted by the smell."
Frederick's heart sank. It was indeed possible that when he divided the whales, he attracted many crows in the distant mountains and forests. I also grilled two.
Lu Li continued: "In the past, the cry of our big-horned deer would attract wolves or bears, but now there is no movement at all. They may also follow the body odor of the corpse."
"Yes. It must be a lot to let so many animals go.”
Frederick nodded slightly, just do your best and listen to fate.
Jin Li, who was sitting next to him, said to him: "The forest is very dangerous, and you will lose your life if you are a little negligent."
Frederick nodded.
Lu Li continued: "Not just mushrooms, but also some meat that is not cooked properly can cause problems."
"I once saw a bear whose stomach was full of worms because he ate fish with worms. , it was dragged out from the butt longer than the carriage, and finally it was pulled out after walking around the tree several times."
Frederick didn't dare to think what that scene would look like.
Brie also said: "People can also get such bugs. Fortunately, in the past few years, you have developed capsules for expelling bugs. Basically, patients can be treated in time."
Big Horned Deer The cart did not move very fast, comparable to a normal human walking, but it had good stamina when walking on forest paths, and could walk for four or five hours continuously without any problem.
Frederick chatted with the girls, mainly about how to survive in the forest.
From time to time he took out the compass and looked at it. There was a big deviation between the direction of the pointer and the direction of the growth of moss on the trees. As he walked, the pointer would turn a little by itself, and he could conclude that there was an iron ore vein nearby.
Suddenly, Lu Li stopped the car and signaled that there was something going on ahead.
A group of people got out of the car and came to the front of the car and found messy footprints on the path.
These footprints are very strange, some are from humans, some are from beasts, some look normal, and some are bones stepped directly on the ground.
Frederick had not seen such a thing, but had heard of it.
In the history of the development of magic, Friedrich von Wesson is a name worthy of being recorded in history. It was not that he developed any magic theory that changed the world, but that he single-handedly led the undead away. The development direction of the mage takes them from the gloomy cemetery to the bright food processing factory. In the large slaughterhouse of the Principality of Wesson, the pigs were bled and then walked to the rack and entered the cutting assembly line.
Necromantic magic, which has been spread privately for thousands of years, opened its own professional magic academy for the first time in Oak City. The location of the academy is just across the street from the seminary of the Church of Light. street.
One of the consequences of this is that the necromancers from time to time contribute some short stories in newspapers and magazines to earn royalties. Among them are the "Army of the Undead" and the "Army of the Undead" of the necromancers. An important distinguishing feature is mentioned - footprints.
The dead people and animals controlled by the Necromancer have a characteristic that their strides are shorter than those of living animals when walking, and sometimes they drag the ground.
Necromancers control skeletons, and the footprints on the ground are directly in the shape of bones, making them easier to distinguish.
Judging from the footprints on the ground, a short time ago an army of undead and undead came out of the nearby forest and walked forward along the path.
Jin Li and others murmured for a long time, and finally came up with a guess.
"Gray Crow?" Frederick asked with a question mark on his head, "Who is he?"
Jin Li replied: "The Gray Crow is a death wizard inheritance that has a history of one or two hundred years in the north. It has not appeared in the past twenty years. It may be that a new generation of inheritors has appeared."
Frederick asked again: "What's the reputation of this inherited wizard?"
Jin Li replied: "They can't be said to be good or evil. They do whatever they want. Sometimes they exchange some supplies with hunters, sometimes they sit back and watch the hunters being killed, and then Seize the hunter's body."
Frederick decided to continue setting off to see what was going on.
The group walked more than ten kilometers and found a sentry tower ahead. There was no one inside. However, more than ten meters away, they found a corpse that had been eaten by animals with only bones left. A fist-sized white slime.
After surveying the scene, Jin Li said to Frederick: "He was poisoned after eating poisonous mushrooms."
She handed Frederick the bowl she found in the sentry tower. There was still a little bit in it. Stewed beans, and half a mushroom.
Herli took one look at the mushroom and said: "Eating this kind of mushroom will cause scary hallucinations, the heart will beat very fast, and eventually you will die."
Brie continued. Said: "If this mushroom is used to make wine, dilute it in water and drink only a little bit, it can be used as a cardiac tonic. If you eat so much, it will definitely be fatal."
Frederick sighed, this kind of stew The food is cooked in a large pot at a time and shared among many people. Even if the sentry here died, no one collected his body. It seems that the main camp is in danger.
This place is not far from the main camp. Not long after walking, a strong smell of blood wafted from the front.
Jin Li stopped the car, and she and Heli went to see the situation, and Frederick followed.
The main camp ahead is built next to a large lake that is one or two kilometers away. All the trees in a large circle around it have been cut down. It is not small in scale, and it is not a problem to station hundreds of people.
The gate of the camp was open, and there were more than ten corpses outside. Like the corpses in the sentry tower, they had all been eaten by animals.
There are many controlled dead people and dead beasts near the camp gate. Among the dead are men, women, old and young, and there are also many beast skeletons with dark magic muscles attached to their bodies.
Among them is an ancient deer-drawn carriage, with a large wooden cage mounted on the carriage, which seems to contain a person.
There are many freshly killed beasts around, probably attracted by the smell of corpses, and the smell of blood comes from them.
A man wearing black bear skin is using necromancy magic to control them to stand up, cursing in his mouth.
Heli gently tugged on Jin Li's clothes and motioned for her to look to the other side.
Jin Li suddenly opened her eyes angrily. Among the dead was a monk from the Church of Nature wearing a crown of thorns.
(End of this chapter)