The Necromancer in the Wizarding World

At the first light of dawn, Matthews was ready to go. With his order, the guards quickly mounted their horses, and the carriage slowly started, following the sound of the guards' horses' hooves and leaving the castle. They drove along the wide southbound avenue and began their journey to Rio Castle.

The entire journey is expected to take at least five days. The convoy will depart from Albert Castle, pass through a viscount's fiefdom, and finally arrive at the core of Rio's territory - Rio Castle.

Taking into account the various challenges and security risks that might be encountered during the journey, Matthews ordered the convoy to be fully prepared and remain highly vigilant, ready to deal with sudden severe weather, poor road conditions and possible local conflicts at any time.

Matthews noticed that the atmosphere of this viscount's fiefdom was completely different from that of Albert's territory, and the air was filled with a sense of tension and chaos. The roads were busy, horses were passing by in an endless stream, and cries could be heard from time to time.

Despite the chaos around him, Matthews was calm. The carriage he rode in was magnificent, showing his noble lineage and status. The guards who accompanied him were armed with swords. Their majesty and strength provided Matthews with solid protection, allowing him to remain calm in the face of any threat.

Under the close protection of the guards, Matthews seemed to be in another world, and the hustle and bustle of the outside world had nothing to do with him. He was fully focused on his own thinking and meditation, and the pen in his hand flew on the paper, recording his exploration and understanding of the unknown field.

However, when Matthews and his party were passing through the dense forest, they unfortunately encountered a group of greedy robbers. These robbers were attracted by the property of the caravan and suddenly appeared from the shadows of the trees with sharp knives in hand, intending to intercept the caravan.

Facing the robbers' attack, the guards responded quickly, immediately formed a defensive formation, drew their swords and shields, and strictly guarded their positions, ready to fight. The captain of the guard decisively issued an order, commanding the guards to form a tight defensive circle to protect Matthews and the carriage firmly in the circle.

The robbers saw that the situation was not good and began to shout and curse loudly, trying to destroy the guards' calmness and discipline. However, the guards had been strictly trained and remained calm. They ignored the robbers' provocation and patiently waited for the best time to attack.

Matthews looked unhappy and frowned, obviously extremely dissatisfied with this sudden harassment. He leaned out of the carriage, his sharp eyes like winter ice, scanning the front, as if all obstacles would solidify under his gaze. He asked the captain of the guard: "Can it be solved?"

The captain of the guard felt the strong pressure emanating from Matthews. He answered respectfully and carefully, "Master Matthews, those thieves are not to be feared. We have more than enough manpower to deal with them. However, the two powerful opponents were beyond our expectations. We plan to take a defensive stance first and wait for the opportunity to counterattack."

He tried to keep his tone even to avoid causing further anger when Matthews was in a bad mood.

Matthews followed the captain's gaze and noticed two distinctive figures standing out among the bandits. Their temperaments were completely different from the rude bandits around them, and they looked more like well-trained apprentice knights.

At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed through Matthews' mind, and inspiration came to him. He realized that these two people might be the ideal experimental subjects he was looking for, and they could be used to supplement the experimental mice that Professor Lieben had always lacked. Their appearance just happened to solve Matthews's imminent problem. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Matthews was secretly delighted.

A cunning light flashed in Matthews' eyes. His voice was low and powerful, revealing unquestionable majesty: "Go and negotiate with them immediately, and ask these two knights if they are willing to join my Albert family and serve me."

The guards moved quickly, walked towards the two extraordinary apprentice knights, loudly announced Matthews' identity and conveyed his invitation. Although the two apprentice knights seemed a little nervous, their eyes flickered with desire for the glory of knighthood.

As the negotiations went smoothly, the two trainee knights successfully left the bandit group and joined Matthews's escort team. The bandit group, which had lost its leader, fled in chaos. Matthews achieved his goal and nodded with satisfaction.

Matthews' mind began to become active. He planned to find more apprentice knights in the Viscount's fiefdom and use them as experimental subjects for Leben's training.

The next day, the bandits attacked again, and Matthews was very excited because he finally got the chance to select experimental mice. The two new trainee knights significantly enhanced the team's combat effectiveness, making any surprise attack less of a concern.

Although the bandit leader rejected his offer of surrender and was determined to attack the convoy, Matthews was not afraid. The bandits were led by two strong men who were obviously apprentice knights.

As he was about to enter Rio's territory and fight Hunter again, Matthews felt it necessary to practice his combat skills through actual combat. Since returning from the Andes Mountains, he had not conducted any actual combat drills, and his swordsmanship training was limited to defense and attack skills, but he had no interest in more advanced sword fighting skills.

Matthews quickly assessed the strength of his opponents and decided to personally fight one of the stronger looking strong men, while assigning two apprentice knights to restrain the other strong man. He reminded the others to pay attention to weaker enemies and avoid being impatient to reduce unnecessary damage and losses.

After a brief and clear command, he drew his sword without hesitation and rushed towards the enemy, followed by the other guards and started fighting.

Matthews did not rush to launch a fierce attack, but tried to master his fighting skills through fighting and find the feeling of fighting. However, the strong man on the opposite side attacked more and more impatiently, with loopholes one after another, which made Matthews gradually feel bored.

So, he skillfully used the sliding step of Lieben's acupuncture technique to quickly approach the strong man, and before the other party could react, he decisively locked his throat and ended his life.

Matthews was shocked to find that when faced with killing, he not only had no psychological barriers, but also felt a strange pleasure from it. He began to reflect on whether this feeling was because the powerful force made him lose himself, or whether his nature was so cold and ruthless.

This scene of the battle stunned the two apprentice knights and the other strong man. They couldn't believe that the strong man who had just had an absolute advantage in attack had his life ended in an instant.