Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 21 Probing
Everyone gathered around the largest table in the tavern to listen to Rhodes tell his discovery.

"I just used the spell I learned in the diary of a necromancer in the town, which is the necromancer named Otto last time." Rhodes said, "I found a magic circle on the ground in the town It has something to do with that magical gravitational force that resonates, that I use to be able to pull objects at my will.

And the magic circle on the ground is very similar to my magic. It can make people or animals on the magic circle involuntarily go to the place set by the magic circle maker, just like sleepwalking. "

"Are you sure? Then do you know where the creator of the magic circle told the residents to go?" Harvey asked quickly.

Rhodes nodded: "The total amount of my magic power should be enough for me to maintain this magic until we find it."

"Let's start now without further ado!" Baron stood up from the bench and walked out.

After going out, he turned around again, scratched his head embarrassedly, looked at Rhodes and asked, "Which direction are we going?"

A purple-black light cluster appeared on Rhodes' palm, and he closed his eyes to sense it carefully.

"Follow me." After Rhode finished speaking, he walked in one direction.

"It's already so dark, why don't we go for a day off?" Rhodes asked after leaving the tavern.

He felt that his current state was not suitable for fighting. He was still very tired from practicing basic sword skills just now, and he just wanted to lie on a soft bed to rest.

"We don't know what's going on there. If we go earlier, maybe someone will die there every second. Going earlier can save many people." Harvey replied.

"Did you come on horseback?" he asked again.

"No." Baron shook his head.

Harvey looked at Rhodes and said, "Your name is Rhodes, right?"

"Swen will lend your horse to Rhodes first, and the three of us will ride first. We will leave marks along the way, and you will follow on foot." Harvey said again.

"Give my horse to a commoner? Let me walk across as a nobleman?" Sven said angrily.

"We have to constantly determine the direction on the road. Only Rhodes can lead us to find the location. If we ride there, maybe we can save a few more people." Harvey said.

"Then why didn't you ask him to lend him the horse? He is..." Shi Wen pointed to the "Silent Knight" who was already sitting on the horse.

Harvey quickly interrupted him and said, "Don't waste your time, he is more useful than you."

Shi Wen said reluctantly: "Okay then, I promise to lend my horse to that commoner. Remember to protect it."

"Master Noble will go with us poor commoners in the end." Hamer teased beside him.

"You have said so much, and you don't even consider whether I can ride a horse." Rhodes said beside him.

Shi Wen looked at Rhodes in disbelief, as if seeing someone who couldn't ride a horse for the first time.

"I'm not an aristocrat, and I haven't seen a lot of horses before I became an adventurer." Rhodes explained.

"It was my negligence. For those of us who grew up in the Roman Empire, even adventurers from free folk can ride horses." Harvey said, "Fortunately, I know a magic technique that can make you and horses ride horses." Simple communication, so that you can ride a horse even if you have never learned how to ride a horse."

Sven was relieved when he heard that Rhodes couldn't ride a horse, and his face collapsed again after hearing what Harvey said.

However, he still brought the horse to Rhodes and handed the reins to Rhodes.

Harvey put a hand on Rhode's shoulder, and a strong golden light emanated from his palm, and soon the light didn't enter Rhode's body.

Rhodes felt his body start to heat up, and his face was terribly hot. He took a few deep breaths before the temperature returned to normal.

Harvey got on the horse and said to Rhodes: "Don't be in a daze, get on the horse!"

Rhode imitated Harvey's posture and sat on the horse. As soon as he got on the horse, he felt a vague connection with the war horse under him.

"Don't be nervous, although it can't understand your words, it can know what you are thinking." Harvey said.

"Hurry up, we can keep up with you." Baron urged.

Rhodes nodded, and communicated with the horse under him with his mind, and the horse ran up.

……

It was cold for Rhodes to ride a horse for the first time, and it was strange that he couldn't ride a horse at night in winter.

It’s no wonder that most Nord people don’t know how to ride horses. Riding a horse in winter is colder than riding an electric car in winter. If I equip a quilt similar to the windshield that was necessary for electric cars before the horse, will that lead to Nord’s success? Horse riding fever?

Rich people use bear skins, ordinary people use goat skins, but it's a bit stupid to think about getting such a thing in front of a horse, so let's forget it.

But it seems that for those who can afford a horse, buying another carriage will solve all problems.

Along the way, Rhodes used gravity from time to time to feel the magic that attracted him. Harvey didn't need to make marks deliberately. The marks left by the three men on horses and in armor in the snow were too great. Obvious.

They stopped under a mountain peak. When they got here, there was no need for Rhodes to use magic to sense it. They could directly see the strange blood-red light on the top of the mountain with the naked eye.

This ray of light cannot be seen in the distance, but it suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain.

"Should we wait for them or go up and have a look?" Rhodes asked.

Harvey got off his horse, took his two-handed sword from his back and said, "It takes a lot of energy for a horse to go up the mountain. Let's walk up the mountain first. If the situation is not right, we will quickly retreat here and join them on horseback.

Rhodes, you just stay here and take care of these horses, just go up with him. "

After hearing that he didn't have to go up to take risks, Rhodes was a little happy, but at this moment, a black figure fell from the tree and rushed towards Harvey.

Before Rhodes had time to remind him, Harvey had already thrown the black figure to the ground. The black figure grabbed his neck with one hand and pressed him to the ground, and raised the other hand high, wanting to Kill Harvey.

The creature in front of him made Rhodes a little surprised, and he even wondered if he was dazzled. It didn't seem to be a human being, but a werewolf covered with black hair.

Before the werewolf's attack landed, the "Silent Knight" next to him slashed over with a sword. In order not to cut off his own neck by the sword, the werewolf could only choose to block the blow with the claws that were originally prepared to attack.

The two-handed sword slashed on the werewolf's arm, leaving only a bloody wound, and did not directly cut off the werewolf's arm.

Being pressed to the ground, Harvey took advantage of this opportunity, clenched his right hand wearing the steel gauntlet into a fist, and punched the werewolf hard.

The werewolf jumped back to avoid the blow, and distanced himself from the two knights for an attack.

Harvey picked up the two-handed sword from the ground, bowed his head and said a few prayers silently, and then charged towards the werewolf.

Seeing this, the werewolf turned around and ran away. Harvey's charging speed was not as fast as the werewolf's running speed.

So Harvey stopped and checked the armor on his neck. The armor was pressed into several dents by the werewolf's claws.

"It's really terrifying power. Fortunately, some rare metals were added to my armor when it was forged, otherwise I have just returned to the embrace of God." Harvey said happily.

"There are such dangerous creatures as scouts at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain must be even more dangerous. We'd better wait here for Baron and the others to come over." Rhode suggested.

Harvey nodded and said, "There is a difference between bravery and recklessness. I didn't expect this place to be so dangerous. We wait for our comrades to arrive together and go up together. It doesn't violate my oath."

Although Rhodes was a little curious about the oath he made, he was embarrassed to ask. He found a place he thought was safe and sat down to conserve his strength. He didn't sleep at night and ran out to fight, which made him sleepy very much.

He didn't notice a pair of eyes watching him from the shadows not far from where he thought it was safe...

(End of this chapter)