I'm really a necromancer

Chapter 36 The Town in the Fog
Facing the pursuit, Yi Hua stared at the surrounding environment engrossed, and had no time to calm down and perform the summoning of the undead.

The bells ringing continuously behind him sounded like the death knell for Yihua.

Relying on the advantage of his small size, Yihua used trees as obstacles to avoid the attacks of alien monsters several times.

Chased by the monster, he ran fast in the forest until he came to a clearing with thinner trees.

Feeling the light flickering in front of him, Yi Hua's eyes lit up and he ran towards the light.

I don't know how long it took, but the death-threatening bell stopped ringing in the distance, and Yi Hua also entered an open space without fog.

"Finally freed."

Seeing that the chasing alien monster was lost behind him, Yi Hua let out a sigh of relief. At this time, he had already fully understood the danger of Fangorn Forest.

Yi Hua, who was sitting there taking a rest, remembered the lights he saw earlier, and looked not far away.

The thick fog formed a wall behind Yihua, as if separated by some invisible force.

The open space ahead was not covered by the fog, and wooden houses with lights appeared in front of Yi Hua.

"There is actually a wooden house here?"

Fangorn Forest is extremely dangerous. Reminiscent of the sneak attack by alien monsters before, Yihua, who knows the weirdness of this place, naturally does not think that there will be people living in the house.

Click!

Before Yi Hua could make a move, the door of a wooden house not far away suddenly opened.

A middle-aged man dressed in burlap and a farmer came out.

He looked around and saw Yi Hua not far away on the edge of the fog, with a look of vigilance in his eyes.

"Who are you? How did you find this place?"

Yihua didn't expect there to be living people living here, so after thinking twice, he decided to answer the other party's question.

"I planned to pass through Fangorn Forest earlier, but I was suddenly engulfed by a thick fog and ended up here by mistake. Don't worry, I have no malicious intentions."

After finishing speaking, Yi Hua put away the cross sword, raised his hand and signaled.

"Is that so? It seems that you are also the unlucky one who was engulfed by the fog..."

The farmer murmured, and after some hesitation, he invited Yihua:

"My name is Depp. If you don't mind, please stay at my house today."

"Fercis."

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be acting abnormally, Yi Hua hesitated for a moment, then nodded to Dean.

In the previous conversation, Yi Hua noticed keenly that the other party didn't seem to have the slightest reaction to the wizard badge on his chest.

Is it because he doesn't recognize the wizard's badge, or does he have no fear of wizards?

Feeling strange, Yihua decided to speak out in order to obtain more information.

"Are you alone here? Why are you in Fangorn Forest? It's very dangerous here. Haven't you been attacked by ferocious beasts?"

Hearing Yi Hua's barrage of questions, Depp showed no impatience, and patiently explained to Yi Hua:
"Mr. Fercis, of course I'm not the only one here. The thing is, we were originally people who fled to Fangorn Forest many years ago to escape the chaos of war."

After some patient explanations, Yihua also knew the origin of this group of people.

When the Mar Empire in the north of the college was in war, Depp and the people in his village planned to go south through the Fangorn Forest, but unexpectedly, a thick fog rose in the forest that could not be dispelled.

Everyone wanted to wait for the fog to disperse and set off again, but there was no sign of the fog dispersing.

Some people tried to leave by force, but those who left never came back.

The surrounding fog seemed to block the danger of Fangorn Forest, and they never encountered the beasts of Fangorn Forest from beginning to end.

As long as you don't try to leave, you won't run into any danger.

After a long time, seeing that there was no hope of leaving, Depp and others lived here, gradually forming a small town.

Although they couldn't leave, they could still be self-sufficient here, which could be regarded as indirectly achieving the purpose of avoiding the chaos of war.

war?

Could it be that there have been wars in the Mar Empire recently?Feeling puzzled, Yi Hua asked again:
"Where did you come from in the empire? How long have you been here?"

"We originally came from the city of Yole in the south of the empire, and we should have stayed here... for more than ten years?"

Depp scratched his head. Since there was no sun and moon in the fog, it was difficult to determine the time, so he was a little uncertain.

As for the destination of purchasing the scrolls on this trip, the city of Yole, which is an important border town of the Mar Empire, Yihua has done enough homework before, so he is naturally familiar with it.

Unexpectedly, this group of people came from Yole City.

However, in Yihua's impression, the south of Yoel City is stable, and the only threat is the Fangorn Forest in front of it.

There is no territorial dispute in the southern part of the empire, and it is rumored that there is still support from the Nine Ring White Tower Wizard Academy behind it. When did the war happen?

At least not in the last decade or so.

Is the other party lying?Yi Hua faintly felt that something was wrong, but couldn't find it for a while.

Yi Hua followed Depp to the wooden house where he lived, and he was the only one in the house.

After arranging for Yi Hua to sit down, Depp turned and left, and soon brought two plates of red meat.

That's right, it was two plates of normal-looking red raw meat.

"I made Mr. Fercis laugh. I only have these in my house. I hope you don't dislike them."

If it is to fill his stomach, eating raw meat is nothing to Yihua, but out of vigilance, Yihua did not speak immediately, but took the lead in asking questions.

"Do you only have meat here? Why raw meat?"

Hearing the words, Depp sighed and explained:
"It's ashamed to say that the trees in the mist can't even burn. The land here is almost barren of grass, but some 'meat trees' can grow. In order to survive, we use these 'meat trees' as food."

Meat tree?

Although Depp's explanation is quite normal, there is always a weird atmosphere lingering.

Under Yi Hua's puzzled eyes, Depp took out a piece of meat from the kitchen that was wriggling slowly, like a tree trunk, but with a fleshy texture in its cross section.

In this regard, Yi Hua was still unable to say anything, so he had no choice but to decline:
"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm not hungry yet, so I'll save it for tomorrow."

Seeing that Yi Hua didn't seem to intend to eat the meat on the plate, Depp didn't force him, put the plate away, and then said to Yi Hua:

"Mr. Fercis, the empire was still in turmoil when we were trapped in the mist. I wonder if the turmoil has subsided by now?"

Yi Hua's eyes flickered slightly, and he said vaguely:

"I came from the south of Fangorn Forest. I don't know much about the current situation of the empire. By the way, who was the emperor of the empire when you fled?"

Hearing Yi Hua's rhetorical question, Depp looked a little puzzled, scratched his head and replied:

"Which one? The emperor of the empire has always been His Majesty the Sun Knight? It is said that he disappeared before the turmoil. Is the new emperor ascending the throne now?"

"Is that so... I'm not too sure about the current situation in the empire."

Hearing this sentence, Yi Hua's scalp felt a little numb, but in order not to show abnormality, he forced himself to give a false answer calmly.

He finally understood where the sense of disobedience in his heart came from.

(End of this chapter)