Knight with Wand

"You audacious shorty, I wasn't dead yet, yet you dared to sneak into the French court.

The idiots in the Astronomy Department are the same, they only stare at the stars above their heads and always forget that there are stars under their feet. They don't know how to take a closer look. "

Walking on the way to the wounded camp, Leon listened to Laura's mumbling in his mind.

"Don't be angry. There is an old saying in my hometown, Xixiwu, uh, I mean, it is not necessarily a disaster for a herdsman to lose a horse. Maybe the horse will run away and bring a group of wild horses home." Leon comforted: "If it weren't for the Edel Chamber of Commerce's bold and reckless behavior back then, how could we have an extra secret passage leading directly to the Rolandar area now?"

As he spoke, he followed the Sea Eagle Knight to Master Harvey's ward.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Corvis sitting by the bed, casting a spell to heal the warlock consultant.

Leon looked at Harvey, whose face seemed to have been blown beyond recognition. He still remembered the elegant and handsome appearance of this high-level warlock.

"How is Sir Harvey's injury?"

The golden light in Corvis' eyes gradually extinguished. The young man turned around and said helplessly, "The magic on the robes and armor has resisted many attacks, but the injuries are still serious, especially the burned eyes. I can't repair his blind eyes."

"Don't mind, Lord Corvis, thank you for your help. You have reduced a lot of pain in my body." Harvey said with difficulty on the hospital bed: "If I can return to the north, my warlock friend will heal my eyes."

After saying that, Leon found a chair and sat down, asking what happened to them last night.

Harvey narrated: "I didn't expect that Lord Balfe was still alive, but he had already been transformed into some kind of monster."

After describing last night's nightmare, he couldn't help but sigh: "To be honest, I don't know how we survived and why that monster didn't kill us all. The terrible magic power it possesses is hundreds of times more terrifying than the most powerful spellcaster I have ever seen. Its existence itself is like a walking magical disaster."

During the conversation, the door of the ward was pushed open, and David, covered in bandages, walked in, enduring the pain in his heart and body.

When he saw Leon in the room, his furious brows relaxed a little.

"Lord Leon." David greeted in a low voice, then looked at Harvey on the bed.

"Master, what on earth was the monster that killed my father? Where did he go? How can I find that bastard?" The voice of the second son of the Lord of Thorn Flowers rose uncontrollably.

Upon learning that Master Harvey had regained consciousness, he could no longer suppress his rage to seek revenge on the monster.

"Please forgive me, Sir David." Harvey remembered the young man's voice and said helplessly, "I know nothing about those vampires."

"How could you not know? You are a knowledgeable northern sorcerer. Don't you always claim to know the truth of the world?!" David's voice trembled with uncontrollable excitement.

"Calm down! David, if Harvey knew that monster, how could he be so defenseless?" Leon raised his voice.

Hearing Leon's scolding, David finally sobered up a little. He gritted his teeth, lowered his eyes, and took a deep breath: ".Sorry, Master Harvey, everyone, I lost my composure."

He turned and left.

Leon looked at the young knight who seemed to be losing all his mind, thought for a moment, stood up, held the other's shoulder and stopped him.

David looked back silently, his eyes unfocused.

Leon didn't want to tell the other party so early, but he was afraid that David would be blinded by hatred and do something impulsive, so he had to whisper ambiguously, "I can't guarantee anything, but we haven't found the bodies of Lord Elliver, Lord Balfe and other lords."

David was stunned.

"We will find them, no matter what they have become." Leon looked straight at the other party.

David felt a surge of hope in his heart, but he also felt terrified when he thought of Baron Balfe's crazy appearance last night.

"I understand. Thank you, Lord Leon." The young knight's eyes were slightly red.

"Why thank me? Lord Elliver is my benefactor and the lord I am loyal to. I will try my best to find him and save him." Leon sighed.

David nodded gratefully, said no more, and quietly left the ward.

At this time, Leon saw Azerien at the door.

Azerien looked at David's lonely back, guilt on his handsome face. He turned around and said to his partner:

“Is it convenient now, Leon? I have something I want to talk to you about in private.”

After experiencing a fierce night battle with the vampire army, the soldiers in the army now have psychological trauma about the night. Many patrolling coalition soldiers will overreact to dark corners from time to time, and false alarms will frequently sound in the fortress all night.

It was not until the next day when 3,000 reinforcements arrived from the north of the pass to relieve the exhausted army stationed in Kilmerton that they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when several Pegasus knights arrived from the horizon and returned to the front line, Sir Angol not only failed to bring reinforcements for the king, but instead brought extremely heavy news to the coalition forces.

".Your Majesty was seriously injured in Mamor County, and the flying dragon 'Overlord' died in battle.

The army was suddenly besieged by millions of undead. The corpses poured out from a huge dark gate that appeared out of nowhere. The kingdom's army was forced to retreat to the west of Mamor County.

The area north of Baldim is completely blocked by the Undead Realm. Your Highness, the two armies are now separated, and General Trosa cannot send reinforcements through the Undead encirclement.

What's worse is that the army of zombies that appeared in the north of Baldim County may move south at any time!" Angor anxiously reported the predicament in the north.

This is a nice way of saying it. In reality, even if there is a road here, the kingdom’s army in Mamor County cannot send any troops to support.

The guards who now followed him to Kilmerton were ordered by the king to bring Her Highness Ines back to the kingdom.

Ines looked at the Dusk Blood Guards who bowed in greeting and understood what her father meant without asking.

She nodded slightly to express her gratitude, but said to them, "Leave one knight behind, and the rest of the guards please return to my father and keep him safe. I will leave when I have to, but not now."

"Your Highness! Please return to Orlande, it is too dangerous here!" The Sea Eagle Knights on the side could not help but advise.

Ines chuckled, tilted her little head, and looked at them with her blue eyes.

"Don't my knights have the courage to protect me anymore?"

"!"

"No! We swear to the gods that we will defend your safety until our death!!"

The blood of the young and energetic Xiwan knights was boiling.

They were all ashamed of the feudal lord's provocation and swore that they would never let the princess suffer any harm.

They were either the youngest sons of the family or illegitimate children, and some were even warriors of commoner origin. If it were not for the princess's canonization and favor, they would have had no chance of becoming noble royal knights.

Now, because of the war in Magya, she owns a large fiefdom of her own, and the family genealogy has begun from then on. Everyone has long regarded the princess as an existence more important than life, so they can't stand such doubts.

Several Dusk Blood Guards looked at each other, troubled by Her Highness Ines' decision.

But the little princess successfully persuaded them not to force it by leaving a Pegasus knight behind as a final compromise.

After all, no matter how noble Ines' status is, she is just a princess and her right to inherit the throne is very low. The crown prince, the second prince and many of the king's young sons are all in the country. Even if Princess Ines really encounters an accident, it will not have any impact on the political situation in the kingdom.

One of the king's guards stayed behind and stood beside the princess, while the others bowed to Ines and Baron Leon at the head of the hall, then left in a hurry.

After meeting the Pegasus Knight sent by her father, Ines looked at Leon helplessly and said with a wry smile: "It seems we have no choice."

Leon, who had been listening quietly, nodded and looked at the Dusk Blood Guards who remained.

"Sir Sarmat, what is this dark gate that Lord Angor mentioned?"

Hearing that the famous snake slayer still remembered him who had met him once on the battlefield of Usato, the King's Guard felt honored. He explained, "Although Your Majesty did not punish us, it was all our fault for not noticing. We did not find any ambushes around the battlefield, but when the battle was about to be won, circular dark shadows appeared everywhere on the earth.

The enemy seemed to appear out of nowhere, and our army was caught off guard. After the battle, the warlocks were helpless against the Dark Gate from which countless evil things poured out. "

Leon's heart tightened.

Without Laura's reminder, I had a feeling that this was not as simple as a phenomenon similar to magical teleportation.

"I disrupted their plans. Those guys may not be able to wait any longer." Laura's voice sounded helplessly.

Leon leaned back in his chair, lost in thought.

There is no doubt that the souls harvested by the dark clouds are far from enough to accumulate the power to allow the unknown alien dimension connected to the underworld to descend on this land.

To successfully merge the great magic of two different worlds, unimaginable magical power is required.

The intervention of himself and Laura further delayed the expansion of the undead realm. In the altars that were separated from the dark cloud realm, the cut-off soul torrents continued to flow away, like a hole opened in a pool that was storing water.

Now, the sudden attack of the vampire army and the heavy setback suffered by Redwin III almost at the same time may be the enemy's awareness of the power to obstruct the great magic.

Sir Angor's worry about the undead army in Baldim County is probably not a possibility, but a necessity.

The blood-sucking monster remembered the truth told by Azerien, and Leon sighed inwardly.

Since the blood-sucking monster went mad and retreated due to the accident, it failed to complete the task of the person behind the scenes.

The other main force of the undead that defeated the huge Orland army will surely move south soon to replace the vampire baron and annihilate this group of stubborn troublemakers.

Just as Ines said, they only have one option left.

Although it is not impossible to escape back to the north through the underground webtrail that the dwarves came from.

However, the entrance to the secret mine leading to Rolandar is not within the territory of Orland.

Instead, it is located in the territory of Sobornitz, which once belonged to the French court a thousand years ago.

If you lose this opportunity, it will be difficult to get it back.

The undead army in the north may move south at any time, or even on its way south right now.

A decision must be made quickly.

Leon raised his head and summoned all the generals of the army to come to the hall for discussion.

Soldiers of the coalition forces arrived one after another, and the two dwarf kings took their seats at the top seats specially added for the kings. Ines looked around the hall from a seat on the side.

The Orlanders, the Serians, the Cantardars, the Dineshines, and the Herans.

She had never seen so many warriors from all over the world fighting side by side for the same goal. Crisis seemed to be the force that could unite everyone.

But. The girl looked at Leon, knowing very well that all the people here were gathered here because of her.

".That underground mine tunnel has many narrow passages, highlands and stairs. I'm afraid it's not suitable for your war horses to pass through, especially the second half. The Chamber of Commerce certainly didn't want to make too much noise and disturb the people in the Court of the King of Law. Many of the places built later are not wide. Especially now, I dare not say whether there has been a landslide in the middle after such a long time." The ancient dwarf Hem, folded his arms and reminded in a loud voice.

Although he did not carry the secret mine map as a messenger between the two tribes, his professionalism as a member of the mining team still enabled him to clearly remember all the data markings and routes on the backup map.

Leon touched his chin and couldn't help frowning. He thought the dwarf mines were as spacious as the underground mines in Avalon.

This means that neither the knights' horses, nor the dwarf army's furnace golems, scorpion-tailed lions, nor even the two powerful dragon beasts can pass through the secret passage.

"Is there a trap in the secret passage?" Leon asked just in case.

"I can guarantee that I don't have that." Hem waved his hands.

Leon nodded, scanning the hall.

The coalition's spellcasting team suffered heavy losses from the vampires. Master Harvey lost his ability to move, and nearly half of his warlock apprentices were killed. The size of the troops that could use the holy lamp for protection was greatly reduced, and he had to leave two spellcasters behind to protect the troops that did not participate in the action.

At present, the total number of troops that can actually join the operation is only around 4,500.

"Your Majesty Gorim, Your Majesty Kamoz." Leon glanced at the two dwarf kings.

"How many warriors can the Herans provide to help me attack Rolandar?"

The King of Steelforge pondered, then shook his head: "One thousand Heraen Guards, no more."

Leon nodded in gratitude, which was much more generous than he expected. At least he was more generous than the second captain named Siwatus, who didn't just give "three".

"Me too, but," Kamoz said, glancing at Gorim, and said rudely, "I will personally go with you to that Rolandar! If I find out that you lied to me in the end, I promise to smash your head into your chest with a hammer."

Lohark's burly figure stood up with his eyes wide open, and the Avalon knights behind him tightened their grip on their swords, filled with anger at the barbaric dwarf king who had rudely offended his lord.

But Kamoz didn't even look at these weak and tall people.

But suddenly he felt a fierce murderous aura, and his eyes glanced at the blonde girl standing behind the knights.

Leon reached out and quickly dragged the angry Lohak back to his chair, and nodded to Kamoz with a smile: "It is my honor to fight alongside the King of the Barren Mountains, and I promise to fulfill my promise to the Helan people."

Gorim looked at his cousin with disgust, sighed, and said to Leon: "I will go to Rolandar with you. I don't want you to die in anyone's hands before you fulfill your promise."

Leon bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

These two dwarf kings, who had lived for more than a hundred years, were both very powerful warriors. He could feel that with the two of them leading the royal guards in person, the pressure on the coalition forces would be greatly reduced.

Now, there is only one last question.

If this crisis was indeed the work of the demons from the spiritual world, then there was a high possibility that Rolandar had become a quasi-spiritual place by now.

Even if we only count the urban area, Rolandar is a very large city.

That city had a population of over one million when Laura was alive, but after her death and the disappearance of the Court of the King of Law, during the early days of the establishment of the Kingdom of Serrian, the city's population dropped sharply year by year, and at one point fell to a scale of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand.

It was not until the rise of the Holy Sun Church, which regained control of Rolandar and established the Holy Land City as the headquarters of the Serian Diocese, that the population gradually recovered to four or five hundred thousand.

If such a big city fell into time and space chaos, it would be undoubtedly a dead end for him to lead more than 4,000 people to deal with possible attacks from demons and undead while trying his luck to find the way to the great temple.

However, the pathfinder lantern can only point the way to where the soul wick most wants to go. Generally speaking, it is a means to leave the cursed land, and it cannot open a way for the army to reach the Great Temple.

Unless one can find a soul that longs to go to the Great Temple to serve as a wick.

But where can we get such undead, which are so rare? Even if we capture them in Rolandar, the undead who died tragically in the city probably just want to escape from the Holy Land City.

Do we have to find volunteers from the coalition forces who are willing to go to the Great Temple to end the disaster and are willing to sacrifice themselves to show the direction for the army?

Not to mention that I would never do such a shitty thing as killing my own people.

Even if he took a step back and made up his mind to do it, among the current crowd, only himself, Lohak, and Azerien, as residents of the Rolandar area, had been to the vicinity of the Great Temple and met the requirements.

Do we have to commit suicide as martyrs? That won't be enough.

"What should we do? Laura, where can we find several undead spirits who can guide us to the Great Temple?" Leon had to ask for help in his heart.

Then, he heard the little teacher's funny voice:

". Stupid disciple, you are only considering this issue now? But I have already made preparations. The Soul-Fixing Device can be connected. Just one such soul is enough."

Leon suddenly realized what he had subconsciously overlooked.

"Don't you already have a soul that meets these requirements? Go ahead and I will show you the way forward."