Knight with Wand

“.I am sincere and wish you to bless me. May my heart be as solid as a rock under your light.” Lohak recited the prayer in his heart. Sometimes he couldn’t remember the paragraph clearly, so he had to use other prayer words to pass it by.

It’s not that he is not pious enough, nor that he doesn’t believe Leon’s warning, but he is limited by his cultural level and it is difficult for him to memorize the long and long text sung by the church priests.

In the collective prayers in the past, he only needed to follow the reciter to pray, and there was no need to remember all of it. After all, he had imagined that the future was just to become a sergeant in Rolandar City like his father, and he never expected to become a clergyman of the church to preach one day.

The boy picked up the inconspicuous broken stone from the rubble, and muttered in his heart, is this thing really useful?

It’s not that he doubts it, but the gloomy and evil environment around him makes him gradually anxious, and the story of this place also floats in Lohak’s mind again and again.

In the past, it was just a folk legend to fool children, but now it makes the boy worried.

It is said that countless greedy people have longed for the treasure in the cursed land, but no matter whether they were ambitious kings, noble and brave knights, or greedy and resourceful explorers, they all ended up lost in the terrible land of despair and never returned to the world.

Even in some special versions of the story, there are protagonists who can return to the world with treasures, but no matter how brave and noble the heroes who returned were, they were no longer the same when they returned to the world.

Those people will degenerate into evil demons with curses without exception, which is why the fictional wilderness that serves as the stage in the story is called the cursed land.

With palpitations in his heart, Lohak looked up at Leon who was drawing on the open space not far away, and he felt a little relieved.

Along the way, if it weren't for this partner he met in the cage, he would probably still be wearing shackles and being ordered around like a beast, or he would have been beaten to death by the slave owner in a reckless conflict.

Although he is still in danger, he still believes that this magical partner must have a way to overcome the difficulties.

But, even if he gets out, what will happen?

Lohak couldn't help but frown.

Looking at the meaningless stone in his hand, the boy suddenly felt a strong disgust in his heart.

Yes, I survived, but what about my sister?

The miserable scene he saw in that village not long ago hit the boy's heart like a nightmare.

The body of the girl who was insulted and killed by the mob, the cruel scene stimulated Lohak's spirit like a knife.

In a trance, the face of the pitiful girl seemed to have turned into the appearance of his sister.

The headless male corpse rolled down and turned into the face of his father. On the painful and twisted face, the decayed eyes were filled with deep disappointment.

I fled from Kantadar, and I left my sister alone in the hands of those beasts!

How long will it take to find my sister?

Is she still alive?

How long can she survive in the hands of those bastards?

Lohak lowered his head in shame, tears of sorrow flowing out uncontrollably.

I am the only one left.

My body suddenly felt the familiar warm embrace.

The boy looked up blankly and saw the gentle face of his mother.

"Stop crying, my lovely little wild horse. My brave child." The mother called the boy's nickname affectionately and looked at her child with care.

"Mom, mom." Lohak closed his eyes and hugged his mother lovingly.

The piercing laughter scared the boy and he opened his eyes in horror.

He suddenly felt that he was falling, and countless hands stretched out from the darkness dragged his mother into the abyss. His loved ones were ravaged in front of him, and his broken bodies were cut by the sharp blades of the thugs.

Lohak howled fiercely, but his open mouth could not make any sound.

Everything was quiet.

The boy stared at his sister in front of him in a daze.

The blood-stained loved ones just smiled sadly at their brother.

"You are the only one who is still alive. Why? Lohak~ why don't you come to save me."

In the blood-red vision, only that back figure is so eye-catching and hateful at this moment.

Yes, it's him

He is preventing you from saving me

No. No, he has been helping me

The boy's face was distorted and hideous in the struggle.

Because he needs your help, he is so hypocritical. He just needs you to work hard for him~ and you are just a coward who was given a reason to live a miserable life by him.

No! I am not! I am not.

The scarred girl hugged the boy from behind, and her beautiful and gentle face whispered in his ear:

Prove it to me, my dear brother

"Saint Sol, we bow our heads and look up, its light is like a torch, blessing all things, the beginning of heaven and earth, the mother of all things. We pray to the sun to see, give wisdom, give courage, obey Ilarial, show mercy, entrust the light to cleanse the soul forever, guide me to be innocent, unobscure, pure as before, and finally reach heaven"

Azerien recited the church's prayers skillfully, and his hands and feet were also nimble in searching for the green stones with the characteristics described by Leon on the rocky beach beside the stream.

Although he didn't know what to do with these things, he still didn't dare to neglect his attitude. After all, the hope of everyone leaving this strange forest now rested on Leon.

After two unimaginable escapes from death, although Azerien silently avoided talking about the power displayed by his partner and did not make it clear, he was convinced in his heart that Leon must be a wild sorcerer outside the church's magic circle.

The power he used was not a miracle of the Holy Sun's appearance, but a spell released by magic power.

As a descendant of the nobility, Azerien was not as ignorant as a civilian boy like Lohak. He had a general understanding of what kind of existence spellcasters and magic were, and he knew more clearly what the church's attitude was towards folk wild sorcerers outside the magic circle in Serian.

In Serian, regardless of status, gender, age or age, all those who were found to have the ability to cast spells would be forcibly taken in by the church and sent to a church institution called "Magic Circle" for recruitment and supervision.

Those who disobeyed were all capital crimes and could be executed on the spot. As for those who did not resist and were honestly taken into the magic circle,

I heard that some people seemed to be able to return to society as church clergy many years later, while others were completely lost.

Azerien now understood why Leon had proposed to go north to Orland when discussing the escape route.

The Northern Kingdom heard that unlike the harsh and tough treatment of spellcasters in the Kingdom of Serian, the Kingdom of Orland, which did not believe in the Holy Sun, was more lenient towards warlocks.

After covering the dark green stones with water patterns with rags, Azerien stood up and prepared to return to his companions.

But as soon as he looked up, he was frightened by what he saw and shouted loudly: "Leon! - Watch your back!!!"

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Lion, who was squatting in the woods and drawing runes with stone powder, suddenly heard his companions screaming at him. He was stunned at first, but reacted instantly.

He fell to the side and rolled over, rolling and dodging in a very embarrassed manner.

There was only a sound of "Puff", which was the muffled sound of the sword blade deeply slashing into the mud, and the rune pattern that had just been drawn was also destroyed.

Leon, who was frightened and sweating, saw that Rohak, who was looking for materials by the stream, stood behind him silently.

If it weren't for Azerien's exclamation just now, he would have been cut open by Rohak's sword.

".Are you crazy? Rohak!"

Leon rolled and crawled to the side, still in shock.

Compared with all the dangers he had faced on the way, the backstab of his companion just now almost cost him his life.

However, Leon's rebuke was turned a deaf ear by Rohak. The strong boy raised his head with a ferocious face and stared at Leon, with two lines of blood and tears flowing from the corners of his red eyes.

The angry and unfocused eyes were as if staring at his enemy.

"Rohak!"

Leon shouted loudly at the crazy boy in front of him, and was forced to retreat continuously, and was finally blocked by the tree trunk behind him.

Seeing the slash coming at him, Leon ducked in fear.

Amid the terrifying sound of wood and metal colliding, wood chips flew everywhere.

The ordinary armed sword actually cut the tree trunk behind Leon, which was thicker than his thigh, in half.

With a loud bang, the tree fell, shaking up fallen leaves and dust.

Leon and Azerien looked at Lohak's right arm in disbelief.

The boy's arm was bent and deformed exaggeratedly because of his inhuman strength.

But then, Lohak's twisted arm, which was tightly grasping the hilt of the sword, made a crackling sound, and in the blink of an eye, it twitched to complete the bone reset and corrected itself.

"Tsk~ It's so fast. Hey, if you don't want to die, run quickly. He is no longer your friend."

The girl's voice suddenly sounded a warning in Leon's heart.

Leon always listened to advice. He shouted to Azerien, who was at a loss and had not figured out the situation, and turned around and fled into the dense forest: "Lohak is possessed! Leave him alone!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" The angry boy with blood and tears on his face roared and chased after him.

Hearing the life-threatening roar behind him, Leon accelerated his escape.

At the same time, he asked anxiously in his heart: "Do you know what happened to him? Why did he suddenly go crazy without any signs?"

"This is what I told you before, a danger worse than death." The girl sighed: "The child's soul has been targeted by the demon in the spiritual world."

"Demon? Can it be exorcised? Can he still be saved?"

"You can't even save yourself, and you still want to save him? He almost split you in half." The girl's voice was slightly surprised.

"It was a demon who attacked me, not Lohak. Tell me if there is any way."

"It's obvious that I can just get rid of him. Well, forget it. It's not impossible. Anyway, just in case. Anyway, just focus on escaping first~" The girl's voice turned relieved.