The Rise of the Cemetery

Chapter 0087

After a night's rest, Li Xun revived his spirits.

After disposing of the sundries around him at a very fast speed, greeting the Skeleton King, and giving the Specter an order, Li Xun embarked on the journey alone.

It is said that riding horses is still Li Xun's weakness, so before setting off, Li Xun held the horse's head and had a heart-to-heart talk with the horse. Of course, the heart-to-heart talk is just for outsiders to see. The real situation is that Li Xun used his soul to suppress the horse's consciousness. This effect is far more durable and stable than controlling animals with magic.

Due to the spiritual brand left in the horse's consciousness, Li Xun, who is riding on the horse, does not need to command, and the horse can do as he wants. Of course, this method can only be used for domesticated animals, not for beasts that eat meat and drink blood in the mountains.

In the past, when traveling in various places, I used to ride a carriage, and there was a special person waiting to guide the way, so there was no problem of getting lost, but this time, only Li Xun rode alone, and it was a bit big to run all the way down. Either he went off the road, or he miscalculated the itinerary and missed the lodging point, so he had to sleep in the wilderness.

On the 4th day after departure, it was already dark, and Li Xun stopped by a forest, only to realize that he was in a tragedy. Relying on the speed of the horse just now, I saw a small town an hour ago and didn't go in to rest. Who would have thought that it would get dark so quickly and immediately put myself in a predicament. If I remember correctly, the next town seems to be 40 miles away, so I might have to sleep in the open.

I found a leeward open space in the woodland, cleaned up the dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground, and then started the fire. In June, the weather is gradually getting hotter, and the night wind passes through the forest, bringing the unique freshness of the trees, which makes people feel refreshed. This place is next to the trade road, and there will be no big animals in the woodland, so Li Xun stopped his hunting thoughts, took out the prepared crock pot of bread and bacon, and prepared to stew a pot to satisfy his hunger.

When the fire was about to get better, an alarm came from the outside. Li Xun turned his head and instantly saw the comer with the eyes of the lickers on the edge of the woodland.

Also riding alone, Xu Shi saw the light of fire in the woodland, and was turning his horse's head to come here. The light was dim, and it could be seen that the man was fully armored, and the shield placed beside the saddle was a bit strange. For some reason, seeing this man, Li Xun felt inexplicably disgusted in his heart.

This feeling of disgust came out of nowhere, Li Xun, who had never experienced this kind of experience before, was so surprised that he jumped off his horse outside the forest and only woke up when he led the horse into the range of the fire.

It looked like a knight at first glance, but it was different from the knights Li Xun had seen before. Through the bonfire, Li Xun saw the knight's appearance clearly, with a simple scabbard, worn saddle, old war horse, and old armor. On the armor, Li Xun found a church emblem. It should be a balance scale on a warhammer, with a blue shield as the base pattern. Li Xun's knowledge immediately made him understand that this was a church knight, the church knight of Tyr, the God of Justice.

In the hinterland of the principality, seeing a free-roaming church knight was something that was never possible before, but now it happens right before your eyes. Could it be that the principality's attitude towards the church has changed?

"Hello, young man, can a tired traveler stay here for a while?" The middle-aged knight asked politely, showing a gentle smile.

Wrapped in a traveler's cloak, Li Xun was not wearing a black mage's robe, but a simple aristocratic hunting suit. His too young face confused the visitor. Although he felt the mana fluctuations on Li Xun's body, he only regarded him as a Apprentice Master Apprentice.

"Please sit down, Mr. Knight. Meeting on the journey can only show that we are destined, and the broth will be ready soon."

"Thank you for your generosity, God will bless you!" A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged knight. After setting up his horse, he strode to the bonfire and sat opposite the young man.

With one more person, Li Xun could only take out an extra set of tableware from the dimensional bag. This move stunned the knight on the opposite side, who did not expect that the opposite side was actually a formal mage.

"Master, I'm sorry, I was a little rude just now!" The knight hurriedly saluted again, and then took the tableware handed out by the mage.

After dinner in silence, after packing up the things, the two people who met by chance began to chat.

It turned out that the middle-aged knight Antophis was a church knight belonging to Tyr, the God of Justice. He had just participated in the war against the undead a few months ago, and now he was ordered to go to the temple in Ancona Port. It is said that the Principality of Novis has intentionally released the restrictions on the strength of the church, and many church knights have been transferred to fill the three existing temples in the Principality.

In the past, the Principality of Novus had always been extremely resistant to the Mages Guild and the Church, only allowing activities in a few specific cities, and strictly limited the quota of personnel. However, judging from the current situation, the principality's top management clearly has a tendency to turn to the church. It seems that the ambiguity between the Mage Guild and the undead has caused a backlash from the world. I don't know if the Mage Guild can see this.

Maybe the Mage Guild has already seen it, but just dismissed it! Li Xun thought to himself.

For Li Xun's self-proclaimed free mage, the Antophis knight relaxed a lot, at least it was much better than meeting the mage directly under the mage guild. The mutual hostility between the Mage Guild and the Church is only of a regional nature, and it is difficult for each other to enter the territory dominated by the other party. However, the two sides are still very restrained when it comes to undetermined areas and neutral areas.

When it was clear that they were going to the port of Ancona and they would spend many days together, the two quickly became warm. Li Xun's gentleness and frugality also brought a lot of goodwill to the knights. Both sides avoided the taboo topics, and only talked about what they had seen on the road and the scenery of their hometown, which was very harmonious.

Looking around at the dark forest around him, the Antophis knight solemnly warned the young mage that there is unclean air around here, so be careful at night. Li Xun also instantly understood why he felt disgusted when he first saw the knight.

Energy conflict!

That is the instinctive repulsion of positive energy and negative energy!

The Natil template of the body is more reflected in the soul. Li Xun did not simply follow the path of necromancers, but put more energy on the cultivation of orthodox mages, and seldom in the cemetery castle After waiting for a long time, there is almost no breath of death and death, but the guards placed on the periphery may make the knights on the opposite side feel the slightest sense.

With Li Xun's thought, many of the cemetery's subordinates immediately retreated to a further distance without making a sound.

Today's encounter with the church knight Antofes relieved Li Xun of his tension for many days. Ever since Casas mentioned the prophecy that day, Li Xun has always been in a state of restlessness and irritability, feeling like a prey caught in a snare, able to detect the existence and approach of the hunter, but unable to find the hunter The place is always in a dangerous situation. Whether you can hide yourself among the crowd has been verified today. The source of power will not be seen through at a glance, and you will be given a chance to deal with it. Many things in the prophecy poem can be planted on the Undead Council, and I need to be more cautious in my future actions.

With a strange thought, Li Xun said hello and got into the tent that was stretched out and fell into a deep sleep. Antophis picked up the sword and shield and patrolled the camp, but he didn't notice the stench from the bottom of his heart just now, so he returned and took off the thick felt blanket from behind the saddle, wrapped it up and reclined The big tree dozed off.

In the early morning of the second day, Antofes was awakened by chirping birdsong. Wipe off the condensed moisture on his face, stand up and move his body. Sleeping in armor is one of the most painful things. If it weren't for the vague anxiety last night, I wouldn't have been on guard all night. By the time of dawn Only then fell asleep.

The sound of dead branches being crushed and broken came from the right side of the campsite, and the sound of footsteps approached. The young mage moved out from behind the tree with his arms moving, and saw the knight grinning and nodding his head to say hello.

Antophis, who was standing beside the horse, removed his hand from the scabbard, and politely returned the salute. The two took out the bread, re-ignited the fire, and finished their breakfast hastily with half a glass of warm wine after it was baked soft.

After tidying up their belongings, the two of them rode together on horseback. This was the first time for the knight to come to the Principality of Novis, and the task of leading the way fell on the head of the mage involuntarily. Fortunately, the principality has carried out simple renovations on the main commercial routes, and it is always wrong to walk along such avenues.

After 4 hours, Li Xunle stopped his horse, looking at the gradually desolate road in front of him, he felt a little guilty. No! What I want to go is the largest commercial road in the north, how can it be so quiet?

The loess road under our feet stretched forward to the distant hills in a winding way, with sparse bushes on the left and endless grassland on the right. It didn't look like a business road that business travelers traveled all year round.

Could it be that he went in the wrong direction after crossing the small bridge just now?

Li Xun scratched his chin and thought uncertainly, but was stopped by Antophis behind him.

The Antophis knight listened sideways, with a very cautious expression: "There are shouts ahead! It doesn't seem right."

Li Xun cheered up and listened quietly. Sure enough, there were faint sounds of shouts and clashes of swords and soldiers in the direction of the distant hills. Li Xun immediately regained his energy, shook the reins of the horse, and shouted: "Go, go and have a look."

Li Xun rushed out first, and the Antophis knight lowered his head and adjusted the weapons and shields on his side, and quickly followed.

Climbing up the hill and turning around a big dirt slope, all kinds of people shouted horses, and the sound of swords clashing immediately rushed to the face, and a faint smell of blood lingered in the mid-air accompanied by helpless shouts and cries.

"Thief!" Li Xun frowned.

The battle was coming to an end. The robbed caravan consisted of about a hundred people and seven or eight vehicles. They formed a simple car formation and hid inside to resist. However, there were no crossbows and arrows, and the means of attack were poor. Relying on the spear to threaten the thieves not to approach. Although there were only seventy or eighty thieves in total, their attack power was much stronger. A dozen or so horse-ridden thieves circled outside the car formation, yelling, pounced on the truck from time to time, hacked a few knives, and then poked and stabbed them. Most of the rest had bows and arrows. Looking at the figures inside, they shot indiscriminately. The suppressed caravan guards did not dare to show their heads.

Fifty paces away from the battlefield, a group of more than a dozen thieves on horseback did not participate in the attack. They gathered together and pointed at the car formation, which seemed to be the leader of the thieves.

If there is no accident, this caravan will be eaten by thieves sooner or later. If it is not for greed to get all the goods, attacking the caravan with fire would have collapsed long ago.