The Collection of The End

——4E, 201, Last Seed Moon, 20th, 8:00——

"Big, my lord..."

In the early morning when there was still white mist in the mountains, the sharp-eyed eagles stationed in Longqiao Town caught a suspicious passerby who wanted to pass through the town. He claimed that he was the farmer of Western Younis Farm, and he had something important to go to Solitude City. Reported to the lord, but because of carrying prohibited items on his body, he was detained and waited for the battalion chief to deal with.

"Vanius Younis, a farmer, has a wife and son in his family, and has no criminal record." Tacilius, a burly and fierce-looking man, sat behind the table and looked at the trembling man: "Now, send what you want to Let’s talk about what Solitary City reported, and then explain the origin of this thing.”

"That day..." Younis collected himself, and then said, "I went to buy seeds that day..."

Although he had probably finished the draft of what he was going to say to the leader, he was suddenly stopped by sharp-eyed eagles halfway and frightened by Tacilius. His words became confused and repeated from time to time, but he finally understood the general meaning.

It probably means that he stumbled across an abandoned cave near his farm where people in black robes came in and out. There were strange noises and blue flashes coming from the cave from time to time. Fearing that heretics would take over, he boldly went to investigate. , Picked up a black soul stone at the entrance of the cave, was too scared to go deep, and set off early in the morning to report to Dugu City.

The so-called soul stone is the product of summoning mages or certain enchanted weapons, which imprison the souls of killed beasts, monsters or undead for enchanting or charging magic weapons, and the black color of the soul stone represents it It contains human souls, which means that the cave is full of vicious murderers.

"Well, then this matter will be—" "... let him go and report."

Tacilius paused for a moment, then said again: "You will continue to go to Solitude City to report to the lord, and we will directly send people to deal with this matter."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir." Younis thanked repeatedly, then picked up the soul stone as evidence and left the barracks under the guidance of the sharp-eyed eagle soldiers.

"Does Your Highness want him to report this as a reason for us to mobilize the sharp-eyed eagle? You are really considerate. In fact, we have no need to be responsible for Solitude." Tacilius turned his head and looked at the people who were sitting at the table from beginning to end. Biting a donut, but Emilia never got noticed by the farmer.

"Your Highness doesn't care about you, gorilla." Parasos, who can't be invisible, opened the door and walked in from the outside: "Because the fact that we found a vampire in Songyue Cave can't be known by too many people, it's just an excuse. "

"...Let's follow him," Emilia ate the donut in her hand: "He has the tracking magic left by those people."

"..." The two sharp-eyed eagle commanders who guessed wrong all looked at each other.

"You can't do the job of tracking, and you'll be guarding the Dragon Bridge." Parathos reached out and knocked on Tasilius' heavy armor.

"This time seems a bit dangerous. If you make Her Royal Highness lose a hair, I will hang you on the Dragon Bridge with my own hands." Tacilius pushed his hand away.

——8:30——

Perhaps this guy should be directly detained, and the brothers of the sharp-eyed eagle were dispatched to clear the wolf skull cave, because Eunice stopped halfway to rest and had to hide in the woods for the fourth time, thinking sullenly.

Her Royal Highness followed Younis directly without being spotted at all, but he didn't have that kind of ability. Not only did he have to prevent being discovered by the farmer, but he also had to be alert to the two men in black robes who were following him. According to his thinking, since The tracker has been found, why don't we just catch him? Why wait for them to take a shot on Younis?

Kacha, Kacha, Kacha, several pale skeletons crawled out from the ground, and two other men in black robes appeared at the same time, and the two black robes that Palasos had been guarding all along also walked out immediately. Surrounded Younis who was completely sluggish sitting in the resting place.

Well, I knew there was something wrong when I saw the soul stone, and sure enough, these people are a kind of strictly forbidden in the mage branch - "Necromancer".

The spells they use are different from ordinary summoners' "Evoke Dead Corpse". "Awaken Dead Corpse" just uses magic power to continue to maintain the body activities of dead creatures. After the magic time limit, the corpse will disappear completely. Although it is disgusting, as long as It is also acceptable if it is not used in a town cemetery.

And these necromancers are more like worshipers of demon gods. They sacrifice human souls through soul stones, and summon skeletons, angry ghosts and even completely uncontrollable tyrants from an annihilation field called "soul stone tombs" Serving one's own purpose, this kind of behavior is disgusted by all the holy spirits and even some demon gods.

And the black soul stone that Younis picked up was obviously used by them as a tracking marker.

"We will kill you, and then let you kill your family—" A hoarse and ugly voice and a strange laugh came from under the black robe, obviously Younis's terrified expression entertained the necromancers.

The fate of this group of guys has been doomed. Parasus surrounded the outside, but found no more stalkers and ambushes. Then when he looked at the ambush circle, as expected, the necromancers had already died on the spot. It was a clean throat cut, and Younis was frightened again.

"No one will follow you anymore, hurry to Solitary City as soon as possible." In the end, Parathos came out to clean up the mess, and the sharp-eyed eagle-style armor he was wearing was obviously very convincing.

Undoubtedly, Her Highness the Princess ran to clean up the cave by herself again. Parasos watched the farmer leaving after the catastrophe, who was still trembling for the rest of his life, and then chased after the running Princess several times. .

——9:00——

Wolf Skull Cave, Emilia looked up when she walked into the cave, and some ancient artificial traces on the top of the cave were still clearly visible.

This is not a cave, because there are many ancient tombs that have collapsed over time. It belongs to a queen, the lord of Solitary City hundreds of years ago, Queen Potema of the Wolf Heart, although her own body should still be in Solitary City She sleeps peacefully in the tomb of the temple, but this is the place where her soul lingers, perhaps related to her previous experiences.

"Potema—we call you—" Not long after going deep into the cave, the cave suddenly opened up, and in front of Emilia were towers, stone houses, and tombs of different heights, and the originally vague prayers became clear , the true colors of those blue lights are also clear - that is the blue soul power that is constantly gathering on a certain tower.

It seems that these necromancers are not satisfied with controlling the weak undead creatures, and intend to sacrifice the soul of this ancient queen to summon the strongest being that can be summoned in the soul stone tomb, "Soul Reaper". The powerful undead creatures who constantly strengthen themselves through killing, if they are really summoned, maybe Solitude City has a way to resist its attack, but the nearby farms, mines and sawmills and the laborers working in them Dead.

Emilia thought for a moment, then continued to go deeper into the cave.

"【Continue~Continue~hahaha! I'm going back to the world of the living!】" An old woman's voice came from the huge blue light: "【I will conquer this world again!】"

"...you are not qualified." Emilia said subconsciously,

"What—" The voice suddenly coming from behind made the necromancer who was guarding the intersection turn pale with fright, but before he turned his head, something cold scratched his neck.

"...Huh?" Her Royal Highness threw away the corpse of the necromancer, tilted her head, and was a little puzzled by her sudden voice. Then, who has the qualifications?

"Potema—we call you—"

The closer the distance was, the louder the prayers became. It sounded completely out of order, just repeating this sentence meaninglessly, as if intending to use the intensity of the sacrifice to forcibly summon the ancient queen.

"Chila—" "Aww!"

After Emilia wiped the neck of a necromancer again, she found that the thing he summoned did not disappear directly, but swung an ax with a roar.

It's not a skeleton, but a ghoul. Her stealth and illusion methods are probably meaningless in the eyes of these undead creatures with blue fire in their eyes. It let Emilia approach before because the necromancer didn't find her That's all, now that I'm out of control, I will naturally act according to my instincts.

The girl dodged behind the ghoul with a sliding step, and then swung the dagger to cut off both arms of the ghoul. When she was about to give the undead a fatal blow, an arrow flew and nailed the ghoul's forehead, killing it. Shoot down directly from the channel.

"Who's there!" "Are we in trouble?" The roar of the ghoul and the sound of the fall made the necromancers who held the summoning ceremony on the tower alert.

"Sorry, Your Highness," Palasos walked over, looked at Emilia who was staring at him, and spread his hands: "You ran too fast, and I don't want to be hanged by that guy Tacilius on the bridge."

"...you come to attract attention." The girl said, her figure becoming blurred again.

"Okay." Parasus drew his bow and aimed at the vigilant necromancers and their summons in the distance and began to shoot.

"Potema—we summon you—flesh and blood—soul connection—" Sensing someone intruding, the necromancers on the tower surrounded by a magic circle painted with a ferocious wolf's head speeded up their incantations, and they The huge soul directly above the head also gradually took on the shape of a human face.

"【You bold people!】" Due to hasty preparations, the ancient queen finally discovered their plan. Although she was furious, she was helpless because she did not really return, and if she returned immediately, she would directly step into their preparations. The trap, a moment of dilemma: "[I curse you to die a miserable death!]"

crack——

As soon as the queen finished speaking, the necromancers who performed the ceremony fell limply to the ground with their throats bleeding. Only the host of the ceremony saw a petite figure before his consciousness disappeared.

Is Queen Wolfheart so young? With his last thoughts, he fell into the soul stone tomb—the soul of the necromancer who had made a deal with the soul stone tomb would not be received by any kingdom of God.

"[Thank you, girl,]" Parathos rushed up to the tower with his bow, just in time to see the group of souls laughing and leaving: "[We will meet again—]"