Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 161 Caravan
The cold moonlight sprinkled all over the barren cemetery among the valleys, reflecting circles of dilapidated tombstones exposed on the ground, like a ferocious smile from missing rotten teeth.

At this moment, human anger mixed with painful roars pierced the deep darkness, resounding in the wild swaying wild grass.

This was like the cruel howl of a predator, and in an instant it turned into a blood-chilling howl of a wolf.

The roaring predator in the dark arched its back under the moonlight, its figure changed strangely, and its body was covered with a layer of gray smoke like a wolf cat.

His height became higher visible to the naked eye, and his size became even larger.

With a howl, he landed on all fours, crouched on the ground, his ears were tucked behind his head, his tail flicked in the air, and his mighty wolf-shaped hind legs accumulated strength, like a sharp arrow stretched on a bowstring.

As an adventurer who traveled far and wide, it was impossible for Brian not to have seen wolves.

The winter wolves and wargs of Niluskan, the dire wolves of Blackman, and even the subterranean rock wolves of Thrane Kingdom all fell under his sharp sword.

However, to his surprise, he had never seen a wolf of this size on the land of Asno Continent.

Judging from its size alone, this giant wolf is as tall as a person, and its thick fur is shiny and shiny, shining brightly under the bright moonlight.

At this moment, the giant wolf's whole body was tense, and it locked on him coldly with its predatory eyes, and its thick tail swung behind it provocatively, as if it would pounce on him at any moment, launching a deadly chokehold.

He knew how terrifying and dangerous this ferocious beast was, and he even knew that the other party was not a giant wolf in the true sense, but an illusion of a werewolf.

If not, it would not have caused such a great sense of oppression to him.

Just now, in this barren cemetery, he had fought fiercely with the half-human, half-wolf form of this giant wolf.

However, he was both surprised and shocked by the unfinished battle.

He was shocked that this werewolf was stronger than he expected, and it was very difficult to deal with it.The surprise is that killing the opponent means that you can get rich experience points.

Moreover, during the fight between the two, out of his intuition for magic, he clearly felt that this werewolf definitely came from the Sword Monastery in the Starfall Mountain Range.

Because apart from the werewolf's quick and deadly attack, the opponent also has a very high level of immunity to spell control and toughness, even his tried and tested "Colorful Jet" is directly immune to it.

What made him even more unbelievable was that even though his evocation spell successfully hit the werewolf, the damage it caused was not as significant as he imagined.

This made him realize that this werewolf whose rationality had been suppressed by animal nature came from the taboo research of the group of evil wizards in the Monastery of the Sword.

This mutant werewolf, in addition to the blessing of the moonlight curse of beastification, also successfully survived the death journey of the blood mutation potion.

The only pity is that, like Snake Eye, he can't keep his sanity and mind.

The bestiality has already firmly grasped all the pain of the werewolf, and is motivating him to fight uncontrollably and violently.

He felt the giant wolf's body shrink back suddenly, ready to pounce on him.

Brian leaned against a dilapidated tombstone unmoved, and put the sharp sword in his hand into the scabbard at an extremely fast speed. With a slight tremor of his arm, a fine gold dagger gleaming with cold light slid from his sleeve into his palm .

In the battle with the half-human half-wolf form of the opponent just now, in order to kill the opponent, he used the second-ring spell "Mayoufu Strong Acid Arrow" released by the divine-like spellcasting ability to hit the werewolf's chest head-on.

And when he was casting the spell, the opponent took the opportunity to rush to him.

The werewolf's armor-ripping claw attack not only broke through his confident protective barrier, but also left a bloody wound on his left arm.

There were three claw marks, and the bones were visible. His entire left arm was almost stained red with blood.

Brian originally thought that what he got in exchange for the serious injury was the death of the enemy in the spell.

Who would have thought that when this werewolf's chest was corroded by strong acid, his bones were exposed, his wildness was suddenly aroused, and under the influence of the curse of beasts and moonlight, he successfully counteracted the damage of the strong acid, and turned into the wolf man in front of him A giant wolf who has completely lost his mind.

Facing the impending short-distance sprint and pounce of the giant wolf, even though he has the recently mastered second-level conjuration spell "Dimensional Leap", he can avoid it instantly.

But he didn't choose to do that because it would make no sense.

Temporary evasion is impossible to avoid the pursuit of a crazy giant wolf, just based on his moving speed, he will be easily caught up soon.

Then in an instant, you are thrown down by the giant wolf, which mercilessly bites off your throat.

Besides, it was just a wild beast that had lost its mind long ago, there was no need for him to run away, he could handle it completely.

Accompanied by the body of the giant wolf tensing up, obvious muscle contours can be seen on the sturdy body, and the pupils looking at Brian instantly burned with anger.

With a low growl, this gigantic giant wolf, shaking its bristling hair like an iron brush, began to run wildly.

——"Second-ring spell: Whirling Blade!"

Bryan whispered quickly, and the blade, which he had infused with strength and magic, came out of his hand with a whoosh, and stabbed at the giant wolf's left hind leg.

The moment the giant wolf was about to use the force of its charge to jump onto Brian's body, the pure gold dagger exuding magical aura tore through the air, and flashed across the left leg of the charging giant wolf like lightning. Scarlet blood flowed from the thigh Deep wounds with visible bone erupted.

Brian stood calmly on the spot. With a thought, the dagger shone with magic aura trembled in the air, quickly turned the blade, and swiped around the giant wolf's blood-flowing left leg with a miraculous attack route. Pass his right leg and return to the master's hand.

Tearing pain surged from the giant wolf's hind legs all over his body, and he let out a painful howl. His huge body collapsed like a house that suddenly lost its support pillars.

The giant wolf's eyes widened, fixedly staring at the enemy leaning against the tombstone in front of him.

At the same time, he tried to stand up, but at the same time he stood still, blood spurted out from the deep bone wound on his hind leg, causing him to sway in pain, whimpered, and had to re-stabilize his body again.

And at this moment, Brian's second attack was ready to go.

Seeing the embarrassed look of the giant wolf, he also secretly let go of his heart.

With rich combat experience, he knows very well that the biggest characteristic of these beasts is their speed.

If they can't abolish their advantage in the first place, then it will be a hard battle next.

But now, the giant wolf, whose two hind legs have been crippled at the same time, has no way to activate the throat lock by relying on speed like before.

Then, for him, the next battle will be much easier.

Brian unsheathed his sword and rushed forward with a lunge.

The severe pain from the amputation of two hind legs made the giant wolf finally regain his sanity. Facing the enemy's attack, he did not become panicked, but calmed down quickly, staring at the target in front of him, predicting what he was going to do. attack trajectory.

The moment Brian struck straight with his sword, the giant wolf endured the severe pain and kicked off his injured hind leg. At the same time, he raised one of his front paws and swung it down hard at him.

Facing the giant wolf's counterattack, Brian was secretly surprised. If he was really careless because of this, he would definitely take this fatal blow firmly.

However, he, who was always vigilant, had obviously already predicted his next move from the giant wolf's calm gaze.

Facing the piercing claws, he didn't panic.

On the contrary, he flipped his right hand, and the flashing sword edge slid along the giant wolf's claws, bringing with it a splash of blood.

——"Zero Ring Trick: Flash!"

And at the moment when the giant wolf retracted its claws in pain, the sharp sword in Brian's hand suddenly burst into a dazzling sharp blade under the moonlight, clearly reflecting the interlaced runes on the blade.

Facing the flashing dazzling white light, the giant wolf whimpered and subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp blade of steel afterimage flashed, piercing the giant wolf's body precisely, tearing his original hard fur with ease.

Accompanied by howling in pain, the giant wolf fell to the ground, its limbs twitched a few times, and then it died.

With the help of the light pouring down from the moonlight, it can be found that half of his body has been torn by a sharp sword, leaving a bloody wound, and he can even see the dense white bones and internal organs that are slowly flowing out.

After completely losing the vitality of life, the giant wolf's body began to shrink like a punctured ball, and finally turned into a ferocious human man.

His bare chest had been corroded by strong acid until nothing but white bones remained, and the deep and long wound just stabbed by Brian still remained in his abdomen.

It looked like it had been disemboweled, and the disgusting blood was gurgling from the wound, and soon formed a small pool of water on the wasteland, shining faintly in the cold moonlight.

"Target is dead!"

"Draining magic energy..."

"Get 200 points of magic energy!"

"Get 800 experience points!"

……

Brian was not surprised to see what he had gained after his efforts.

He didn't care about the bloody and bloody corpse of the werewolf at all. After tossing around on his blood-stained clothes for a while, he put away the two bulging money bags in satisfaction, then sat on a broken tombstone next to him, and took out the ointment and bandages , frowned, gritted his teeth, and dealt with the wound on his left arm.

In fact, there is still a very dangerous place to deal with lycanthropes like werewolves.

That is, in the case of being injured by them, there is about a 10% chance of being infected with lycanthropy disease.

At this time, a mandatory Will saving throw must be made.

If the save fails, it is possible to be infected with the beast virus.

After going through a feverish and painful transformation process, it is possible to transform into a real lycanthropy on a certain full moon night or by chance.

In the process of transformation, there is also a mandatory physical fitness judgment. If it fails, it will directly lead to complete loss of sanity or death.

However, most of this veterinary virus is carried by low-level lycanthropes. Even if it is transmitted to ordinary people, the chance of success is not as great as imagined, let alone a professional like him whose six-dimensional attributes far exceed ordinary people.

Therefore, he didn't have to worry about the sequelae of being injured by a werewolf at all.

Moreover, having the powerful characteristic of "natural barrier" can make him immune to almost all diseases and toxins.

During the period of time when he was simply treating the wound, his magic pet flew back quickly.

"Is everything cleaned up?"

Brian asked vaguely. At this time, he was biting the bandage in his mouth, and he was bandaging the treated wound with his right hand.

On the way to the Bloodstone Double-Door Fortress, he accidentally heard that there were undead creatures and ghosts wandering in this barren cemetery.

So out of the pursuit of experience points, he came here at night.

Who would have thought that the additional hidden boss of the werewolf would be discovered.

In order to ensure that the battle between himself and this powerful werewolf would not be disturbed by ghosts or skeletons, he chose to let the little devil stand guard nearby to avoid sudden situations without warning.

"It has been cleaned up. They are all a group of undead creatures that were disturbed by negative energy and awakened naturally." The little devil flapped his wings and landed on the werewolf's body, amazed.

Immediately afterwards, a scarlet light flashed in his small eyes.

Vaguely, Brian saw a gray smoky human figure being sucked into a black spar in the little devil's hand.

Obviously, the soul of this lycanthrope who successfully withstood the genetic mutation satisfied the little devil's request for tempering the soul crystal.

In this regard, he did not stop it.

Because his current destination is the city of Abrera in Amastaxia.

After arriving here, in addition to going to the chamber of commerce to purchase the upgrade materials used to enhance the arcane fire, he also needs to take a piece of defensive equipment he carefully designed from the dwarf Broto.

At that time, it is inevitable to enchant and etch runes on this equipment.

According to his estimation, without the assistance of the magic net, if this piece of equipment is upgraded to "purple" excellent quality, it will consume at least 2000 points of magic energy.

For these consumptions, it is naturally impossible for him to use the energy accumulated with difficulty in the arcane fire.

After all, this is related to his progress in mastering the three-ring spell.

Then, at this time, the soul spar made by the little devil came in handy.

Moreover, based on his current financial resources, he can hardly afford many precious gems and materials.

In fact, Brian had already thought of a way to get money quickly.

That is to make a few rare magic equipment, and then put them on the auction to sell them. If the quality is good, it can be said to be sold at a high price easily.

Obvious.

These magic equipment also consume magic energy, or extract the energy of the soul spar.

"Let's go." Brian treated the wound briefly, looked at the little devil, and said, "Go and help me find a suitable place for camping. I'm going to rest."

"Two kilometers to the southeast, there is a small lake sheltered from the wind. It's a pretty good place."

The little devil blinked and said with a smile: "However, it was occupied by a caravan. My little master, do you still want to go?"

A caravan?
Brian was stunned, feeling the pain in his arm, he ordered again: "Why don't you go, lead the way."

His original plan was to reach the 'Bloodstone Double Door Fortress', the first barrier against the Tasha people in the Kingdom of West before dark.

In this case, he can enter the Amastasia Kingdom the next day.

But when he set out, he was unexpectedly stopped by the wood elves in Ashenvale Forest, which delayed him for a long time, so that now he can only sleep in the wilderness at night.

Hearing that the little devil said that there was a caravan camping nearby, he immediately thought that the wound on his arm was only treated with ointment by him, and only a simple treatment.

If you want to heal quickly without leaving sequelae, at least you need to suture again.

But in this wasteland, time obviously did not allow him to do so.

Since there is a caravan nearby, he intends to take the initiative to contact them.

If he could get along well, not only could he ask the professional physicians among these merchants to help him deal with his injuries, but he could also have a good night's rest to relieve the fatigue caused by the fierce battle just now.

Thinking of this, Brian didn't waste any more time, and immediately greeted the horse hiding in the distance, and led it to the direction pointed by the little devil.

(End of this chapter)