Arcane Lord

Next, Xia Duo cast all the spells that he thought could be used on creatures, and then he quit the spell-casting concentration state, picked up the skinning knife that he had not returned before, and killed the injured goblin with his own hands.

Xia Duo felt quite emotional as he watched the fragile lives disappear from his own hands one by one, from the initial discomfort to becoming accustomed to it later.

Before time travel, he had never killed a chicken, but now he was able to kill every living thing without changing his expression.

It’s really the environment that shapes people!

Since the recruits all fought with spears and were not proficient in actual combat for the first time, most of these goblins were killed by Sha Duo, except for those who were shot at the beginning.

However, having experienced the feeling of sending a spear into the enemy's body with your own hands, these recruits also got a good experience. Xia Duo could feel that they had begun to gradually transform from farmers into soldiers.

After a battle, even though Xia Duo only killed the injured goblins who fell to the ground, he was still very tired, and the black iron spears of the new recruits must have been even more tiring.

The key is the change in mentality, which requires an adjustment process.

"All recruits, rest where you are for a while! Drink some water! Jesse, leave two of you to be on guard around, and the others should also rest for a while."

After saying that, Xia Duo found a slightly flat place nearby and sat down. After hearing the order, everyone else began to rest in an orderly manner.

Some of the recruits sat directly on the goblin corpses, while others found a tree trunk to sit against because of the smell.

When the veterans went out to be on guard, someone found dry firewood and leaves, built a fire, and roasted the previously cut wolf meat on the fire.

Completely ignoring the scattered goblin corpses around, it was as if a barbecue party was about to take place.

Xia Duo pointed to the people who were having a barbecue and asked Gibb in a low voice, "Captain Gibb, are you usually like this?"

"We usually bring some dry food, such as fried flour, dried bacon, etc., and sometimes we also use local materials."

"..."

Xia Duo felt that Jibu's answer was completely wrong, but it could be regarded as solving Xia Duo's question. He originally wanted to ask about discipline, but it seemed that the army in the territory did not have such detailed discipline.

Soon, in the stinky environment, the smell of barbecue came. It was not very fragrant, but compared with the surroundings, it still made Xia Duo swallow secretly.

At this moment, Dean came to look for him. Dean had been well protected by Captain Uk before, and he only stabbed the goblin a few times. Just now, he was giving Captain Uk a cold war!

"Xia Duo, I have made a discovery. Come with me." Dean said mysteriously.

"What discovery?"

"I can't tell you, you'll find out when you come!"

Not long after Shado sat down, he stood up again and came to the place he mentioned with Dean - seven or eight goblin corpses piled together.

These were the ones that the veterans had moved away just now for the barbecue. Xia Duo took a look and found nothing strange. If there was anything, the veterans should have discovered it just now.

"what have you found?"

Dean didn't say it clearly, but gave a hint, "Enter the spell-casting concentration state and take a look. Look at these corpses!"

Xia Duo did as he was told. Although he had cast magic during the battle just now, Xia Duo, who had experienced excessive spell casting, had never done so again since then and always retained a certain amount of magic casting ability.

In a state of concentration, these corpses are still inextricably linked to the magic network, but these connections are somewhat different from when they were alive. It seems that there is a kind of energy being slowly guided out of the magic network by these corpses.

Negative Energy!

Sha Duo thought of this word immediately. In the magic network theory class in the Mage Tower, Sha Duo knew that although the magic network covered the entire world, it itself did not have energy.

Its energy source actually comes from the inner planes, which are commonly known as the elemental planes of fire, wind, earth, and water, as well as the positive and negative energy planes, as well as the quasi-element and side-element planes that they combine with each other.

The positive energy plane is the source of life energy, while the negative energy plane represents the inevitable passage of life.

It is the natural opposite of life!

The energy emitted by the goblin corpses in front of him gave Xia Duo a feeling of life fading. If nothing else, it was definitely negative energy.

"That's it? Negative energy?" Sha Duo said with some dissatisfaction.

Dean should have also taken a magic network theory class, so he shouldn't be able to guess that this is the phenomenon of negative energy gathering!

"That's it! I've only seen similar descriptions in books before, but I've never seen a real energy gathering phenomenon!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Duo knew that Dean had missed some classes, or simply hadn't taken them. Generally speaking, the phenomenon of enrichment of the four major elements or the accumulation of positive and negative energy was too common.

For example, waters will attract the water element, and in turn, water will gradually appear in places where the water element is enriched. The same is true for other elements. As for positive and negative energy, negative energy is now encountered.

Positive energy can be encountered every day, and light is positive energy.

Xia Duo casually released a [Light Technique], which dispersed the negative energy that had just gathered around the corpse.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it was late autumn and there was less positive energy in the environment, these few corpses would not be enough to cause the accumulation of negative energy.

"Okay, come on over, don't you want to taste the fresh roasted wolf meat?"

"okay."

Wolf meat was still somewhat attractive to Dean. At this time, these corpses were lightly purified by Sha Duo. There was no negative energy to study, and Dean no longer stayed.

Speaking of which, it would be best for such a smelly goblin to die.

…

Beside the fire, the wolf meat was already roasted. Although Dean and Shado did not participate in the killing, they still got the most tender part due to their status as stationed mages.

However, Xia Duo didn't like such a rough flavor. He just tasted a small piece and no longer needed it. Rather than eating wolf meat, he wanted to learn some wild survival skills from Gibb.

He asked, Gibb answered, and occasionally others chimed in, and the atmosphere was quite friendly.

"By the way, Captain Gibb, how did you dispose of the corpses when you were cleaning up goblins in the forest?"

"We basically don't deal with it. There are too many predators in the forest. As for us now, as long as we leave, these corpses will be found and eaten by wild beasts and even goblins in a few days."

Hearing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel nauseated. The piece of wolf meat he just ate might have been eaten by a goblin. Dean simply threw away the wolf meat in his hand.

On the other hand, the veterans and former adventurers still ate with gusto.

"Captain Gibb, have you seen undead creatures?" Sha Duo asked again.

Theoretically, if a few corpses appear in a dark place in the forest and are not disposed of in time, undead creatures may be born.