Rise of the Dark Witch

at dusk.

The clouds on the western land turned red under the baking sun.

The members of the garrison patrolling around Silla Town looked at the approaching figures in the distance and shouted excitedly.

"Captain Roja is back——"

People who heard the shouts rushed in the direction of Roja.

On the road a few hundred meters away from Silla Town.

Roja led five members of the defense team and looked at the crowd swarming towards them, with a happy smile on his tired face.

After a day of fierce fighting, even Roja, who had an intermediate knight's combat power, awakened his bloodline, and recovered his physical strength much faster than ordinary knights, felt exhausted.

Not to mention the five members of the garrison who followed him - although the main force of the battle was Roya.

Dozens of people rushed up and surrounded Roja.

People looked at Roja's armor which was covered with bite marks and scratches, and when they saw that the armor was stained with coagulated blood, they all showed worried expressions.

"Captain Roya, are you okay?"

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Come here! Send Captain Roya to Barney Medical Center quickly!"

Facing the nervous crowd, before Roja could explain, the five younger brothers who had been following him spoke.

"How could Captain Roya be injured?"

"Those coagulated blood are the blood of ferocious wolves!"

"If you haven't seen Captain Roya's battle with your own eyes, you can't imagine how powerful Captain Roya is. Even junior monsters will not be Captain Roya's opponent."

Seeing others exclaiming and looking at him with admiration, Roja scratched his head shyly.

After he asked the people around him to calm down.

He pointed at the pile of wolf skins brought back by the five younger brothers, "Pick out the few that are quasi-warcraft and send them back to Kaitri Castle. Let's all divide the rest."

As soon as Roja finished speaking, the crowd immediately cheered.

The reason why they ran hundreds of meters to greet Roja was because they were worried about and admired Roja, but more importantly, it was because of these wolf skins.

A complete common wild wolf skin can be sold for more than twenty silver coins.

The wolf skin of a quasi-warcraft is worth more than ten gold coins.

As for the wolf skin of a high-level monster, you may not be able to buy it even with hundreds of gold coins.

Although the best and most valuable wolf skins were picked out by Roja, there are still hundreds of wolf skins left!

In the past half month, Roja has hunted thousands of wolves and distributed thousands of wolf skins to members of the garrison.

This is worth hundreds of gold coins!

Even if it is divided evenly among dozens of members of the defense team, it is definitely a huge sum of money.

After the wolf plague is over, everyone can make a lot of money by taking the wolf skins to the city and selling them.

How could they not love Captain Roya like this?

Due to Roja's strong strength, he has defended Silla Town from wolf attacks many times, and distributed the wolf skins he hunted, Roja's reputation has reached its peak.

In the entire Silla Town, there are probably only a few people such as Baron Horn, Captain Luke, and Witch Doctor Barney who can surpass Roja in terms of prestige.

Seeing the admiring eyes of the people around him, Roja raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Sure enough, when disaster strikes, not only is it easy to get money, but as long as you have the strength, you can even get prestige."

Surrounded by the crowd, Roja returned to Silla Town.

At this time, a man dressed as a servant trotted towards Roja.

The people around him wanted to scold the rude servant at first, but when they saw the servant's attire, they immediately moved out of the way.

Because that servant is from the Baron Okomen family!

The servant trotted to Roja's side and whispered: "Lord Roja, please go to Okoman Castle."

After Roya was stunned for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay."

Roya followed the servant towards Okomen Castle.

Okoman Castle is located in the deepest part of Silla Town.

It is backed by a 100-meter-high cliff, and in front is a flat plain without obstacles.

Okomen Castle is divided into an inner castle and an outer castle.

The outer fortress is surrounded by a three-meter-high earthen wall and is the size of a high school. It is where the servant guards live.

The inner fort is a three-story fortress made of huge rocks.

This stone fortress is so strong that it has almost no windows.

Roja had been invited to the inner castle several times before. There was no sunlight inside, and it was extremely dark even in broad daylight. You had to light a candle to see the surroundings clearly.

It's even more uncomfortable when it's humid weather, with water all over the walls and floor.

Living in the inner castle is simply a torture!

But the inner fort is not a place for people to enjoy. The inner fort is essentially a military fortress.

There are huge underground warehouses in the inner fort to store food and wells for water supply. People can live there for a very long time.

It is said that a hundred years ago, the Okomen family was besieged by enemies and fell into desperate situation.

In the end, they relied on the inner fort for three months to wait until reinforcements arrived.

Looking at the heavy fortress made of huge rocks in front of him, Roja felt a sense of peace of mind.

Although the living conditions are terrible, no one wants to live in them.

But in times of danger, there is no safer building than this stone fortress.

"I wonder who asked us to come to Oakman Castle?"

Along the way, Roja met several people who were invited like him.

Those people had the same doubts on their faces as him.

"Is he the younger brother of Baron Horn? When Baron Horn sets out to attack the Wolf King, is he the knight Giroud who temporarily acts as Baron's agent?"

"I wonder why he summoned us?"

Under the leadership of the servants, Roja and others came to the hall in the inner castle.

Under the illumination of the torches stuck on the wall, everyone's face in the hall was dyed red, looking extremely solemn.

Everyone present looked solemn.

Biting her lips tightly, her eyes were filled with uneasiness.

As soon as Roja entered the hall, he immediately felt the heavy atmosphere that enveloped the entire hall.

"What exactly is..."

Roja was thinking and looking towards the center of the hall.

When he saw clearly who was sitting on the main seat, Roja was suddenly startled.

"What?"

"Captain Luke?"

The person taking the main seat in the hall is surprisingly the son of Baron Horn, heir to the Okomen family, captain of the garrison, and the strongest knight in Silla Town—Luke Okomen!

Didn't Captain Luke set out with Baron Horn to defeat the Wolf King?

Why are you here?

Now that Captain Luke is back, then——

Roja searched the surroundings with his eyes.

Sure enough, I saw many people who were supposed to set out with Baron Horn to defeat the Wolf King.

But those people were not the ones Roja really wanted to see.

Finally, a sturdy middle-aged man with a beard on his face and a sturdy back came into Roja's sight.

Captain Lei Lun, who is also a teacher and friend of Roya, is still alive!

Seeing Captain Lei Lun come back alive, Roya breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, he immediately noticed Captain Lelan's empty right arm.

"My right hand is gone?"

For a knight, one leg is missing and he can still fight while sitting on a horse.

One hand missing?

Or the right hand as the dominant hand?

He no longer has the qualifications to be called a knight, and even a quasi-knight may not be able to maintain his strength.

Thinking of this, Luo Ya's nose felt sore.

He really wanted to go over and chat with Captain Lei Lun and ask what happened and how he lost his arm, but now was not the time.

One way, two ways, three ways...

His eyes fell on Luke directly in front of him.

These days, the number of wolves has increased instead of decreasing. The Wolf King's expedition team has quietly returned. Many people, including Baron Horn, are not here...

Look at the beautiful middle-aged woman standing next to Luke, whose eyes were swollen from crying.

Luke's mother, Lady Heaney, Baron Horne's wife.

And Baron Horn's palm-wide heavy sword, the Flame-Slashing Sword, which he usually keeps close to his body, is now in Luke's hand.

Everyone already understands.

But everyone is waiting, waiting to learn the truth from Luke.

The cruel truth that most people don't want to accept has been guessed.