The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 119 The Remains of the Saints
First send Lan Nuo to go around and sneak attack, and burn the food and grass of the Western Frontier Army to cut off Rocas's retreat.

After that, he stayed in Konrad Town to guard Night Crow City, while he went straight to Malice.

As long as Manlis and Rocas were killed, the Western Territory Army would have no choice but to retreat, otherwise the entire army would be wiped out.

Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door, and Maester Frost walked in quickly.

"The Western Territory Army has all withdrawn from Night Crow City."

Frost looked excited, and said: "After this battle, I am afraid that Duke Fels will not be able to launch a war against Night Crow City for at least half a year."

"we won!"

Seeing Frost getting emotional, Sauron sighed in his heart.

The other party was obviously too optimistic.

Although the Western Territory Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, the Duke of Fels now has twelve cities in the Western Territory. As long as the opponent is willing, it will not be difficult to gather another army in a short period of time.

On the other hand, Ye Crow City's side, although they repelled the Western Territory Army in the battle last night, suffered heavy casualties, especially those ordinary soldiers.

"First count the casualties of the soldiers and restore stability in the city as soon as possible."

Sauron said softly.

Frost nodded, then turned and left to stabilize the situation in the city.

The sky in the distance was slightly white, the brilliance of dawn pierced the darkness like a sharp sword, the bitter cold wind howled, and the night crow city ushered in the day.

Having just experienced a fierce battle, the atmosphere in Night Crow City was oppressive.

The Western Territory Army had already retreated, but the corpses left in the city were piled up like a hill, and the ground was stained red with blood, which looked particularly shocking.

"It's really a fierce battle!"

Lan Nuo, who had just returned from outside the city, looked at the tragic battlefield with a complex expression on his face, and the knight Connard beside him also sighed slightly.

"Fortunately, we won."

Lan Nuo shrugged his shoulders. Although the battle last night was brutal, but fortunately, Night Crow City was the victor, although it also paid a heavy price.

Conrad nodded slightly, then turned and left.

Although the Western Territory Army has retreated, the impact of the war has not yet ended. It will take at least some time for the order of Night Crow City to be restored.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Castle, basement.

In the dark and damp room, the candlesticks on the wall were burning, and the flickering candles elongated the shadows on the ground, making the surroundings look a bit gloomy.

Sauron stood where he was.

In front of him was a corpse lying there, with blood staining his chest, his charming face was pale, and his eyes had long since lost their luster.

"Pity."

Sauron shook his head, stretched out his hand, and took away the pendant from Manlis's chest. Looking at the shattered black crystal, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

This pendant is called [Dark Star], and it is an extraordinary item whose quality is no less than that of the White Bone Wand.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, after Manlis died, this extraordinary item was automatically destroyed, and now it has no value.

Putting away the broken Dark Star Pendant, Sauron searched Malice's body and found all valuable things.

A book, a letter, and some magic stones.

"that's it?"

Sauron frowned, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

After all, Manliss was also an official wizard's disciple, but the extraordinary item on her body was actually only a shattered Dark Star Pendant.

"never mind?"

Sauron shook his head, and opened the black book called the Method of Refining Corpse Puppets.

The content of this book is very simple, it mainly records the methods of refining various corpse puppets and the skills of controlling corpse puppets.

"Ding! Comprehension: Corpse Puppet Refining!"

Relying on the proficiency system, Sauron can easily comprehend the refining of corpse puppets.

Then he opened the letter again.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Sauron's eyes flashed with thought.

"It turns out that the purpose of the Tower of the Dead is to capture the Duchy of Taal!"

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly.

This letter came from the leader of the Tower of the Dead, and it was mainly a task for Malice to complete the unification of the western region as soon as possible, and then cooperate with Prince Gallon to seize the throne.

According to the leader of the Tower of the Dead, the sorcerer Kumara, before the end of this winter, Malice should complete the unification of the Western Territory and gather an army to attack the Northern Territory in the name of the Duke of Fels.

If I had known earlier, the northern border was the foundation of Hester.

If the northern border is attacked, it will undoubtedly have a very serious impact on Histor who is far away in the peak mountain valley.

Even, once the supply from the northern border is cut off, the army led by Hester is likely to face the plight of running out of food.

At the same time, in Kumara's letter, he also mentioned the Star Luo Society many times. It seems to be a wizard organization comparable in strength to the Tower of the Dead, and it also plays an important role in this battle for the throne.

"If nothing else happens, the Star Luo Society should be Hist's supporter."

Thoughts flickered in Sauron's mind.

The Tower of the Dead wants to seize the Duchy of Tal, so it decides to support Prince Gallon, and the Star Luo Society, which is also a wizard organization, seems to have to do the same if it wants to achieve its goal.

After pondering for a moment, Sauron shook his head.

There is not much information that can be obtained based on the content of a letter. If you want to know more about the Tower of the Dead, you need other means.

"spiritualism!"

Immediately, Sauron's eyes flashed, and he summoned souls on Malice's corpse.

Suddenly, the stiff corpse trembled.

A spirit body like black mist slowly floated out of the corpse, vaguely resembling Manliss, but with a dull expression.

"...to capture the remains of the saints...to help Guru Kumara become a second-level wizard..."

Malice muttered to herself.

"The bones of the saints?"

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "What is that?"

"Seize the bones of the saints! Attack the second-order wizard!"

Manliss didn't answer Sauron's question, but still talking to herself, while raising her hands, the expression on her face gradually distorted.

"What's wrong with me?"

A hint of ferocity appeared on Manlisi's face, as if she had realized the fact of her death, her eyes gradually turned into pure black.

Sauron frowned slightly.

"Do not!!!"

Suddenly, Manlis let out a scream, and rushed towards Sauron like a ghost.

In the same place, Sauron's face remained unchanged.

"Soul Storm!"

He uttered the syllables lightly, and his mental power spread like a storm. In an instant, Manlis's spirit body flew backwards as if struck by lightning.

Immediately, the originally black mist-like body became somewhat transparent at this moment.

"Lack of memory, leading to inability to communicate?"

Looking at the crazy Manlis, Sauron had a thoughtful look on his face.

The spirit body formed after death often loses part of its memory, which leads to an unstable state, either stupid or insane.

However, from Malice's mouth, Sauron did not gain nothing.

At least, he got some information about Kumara.

The opponent seems to be planning to use something called [Saint's Remains] to improve his own strength and step into the second-order realm.

(End of this chapter)