The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

The room on the second floor is not too big, but at least it looks clean.

"Is it okay? Customer." The middle-aged boss said with a smile.

"Prepare some more food."

Sauron nodded slightly, and he didn't have too many requirements for the room, but he wanted to eat some warm food after spending so long in the open air.

"No problem, please wait a moment."

The middle-aged boss nodded, then turned and left. Sauron also took off his coat and lay down on the bed to rest for a while.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

After obtaining Sauron's permission, a woman with a charming appearance and a voluptuous figure walked in, holding a tray and food in her hand.

"Long waiting, guest."

The woman smiled coquettishly, cast a wink at Sauron, and said, "The night is long, I wonder if the guests are interested in enjoying the unique services of our Green Marsh Town?"

While speaking, the woman slowly raised the hem of her skirt.

"No need."

With a calm expression, Sauron threw out a gold coin and said, "I have something to ask you."

Seeing the golden coin, the woman's eyes lit up, she quickly picked it up and stuffed it into her chest, and said with a light smile, "I will know what the guest wants to ask."

"How much do you know about the monsters in the Green Swamp?" Sauron asked.

"The guest is saying, the big crocodile?"

A smile appeared on the woman's face, and said: "Recently, many people have come to Green Marsh Town because of that big crocodile."

"Have you seen that crocodile?" Sauron's heart moved.

"of course."

The woman nodded, with a flash of memory on her face, and said: "About a few months ago, before the big crocodile in the Green Swamp was offered a reward by His Majesty the King, I went to the Green Swamp once."

"It was that time, I saw that big crocodile!"

While speaking, the woman felt lingering fear, and said: "That is really a monster. It is dozens of times bigger than the biggest crocodile I have ever seen before. It feels like it can swallow life with just one mouth."

"But fortunately, I was far away from that big crocodile at the time, and it didn't have much interest in me..."

"Didn't the predators in the Green Swamp notice you?" Sauron asked.

"No! It should be discovered."

The woman shook her head and explained: "However, that big crocodile should have a certain sense of territory. As long as it doesn't get close to the green swamp area, it won't be attacked by it."

Sauron was thoughtful.

"Aside from that, is there anything else?" Sauron asked again after a while.

"If the guest is also here for that big crocodile, I advise you to give up as soon as possible."

The woman shrugged her shoulders and mocked: "Although the reward offered by His Majesty the King is good, if you lose your life because of it, I am afraid it will not be worth the loss!"

"During this time, countless adventurers died in that green swamp."

"They don't even think about it. Even those knights can't deal with monsters. What's the use of a group of ordinary people?"

After all, the woman shook her head and turned to leave.

In the room, Sauron looked thoughtful, and then he had a thought, and above Green Swamp Town, a black shadow immediately flew towards the swamp where the Red Scaled Crocodile was.

In a moment, Lal had come to the Green Swamp.

Under the night, the green swamp was silent, with putrid silt and turbid liquid mixed together, withered yellow leaves floating on the surface of the swamp, floating gray aquatic plants, like human hair.

"Here it is, Green Swamp!"

Through the vision of Ral the Raven, Sauron gazed down at the green swamp below.

According to Sauron's investigation, long before the Red Scaled Crocodile appeared, the Green Swamp was a dangerous area in the Swamp Principality. There were many devil crocodiles living in the muddy swamp, as well as a creature called a hag, which was similar to a water ghost. Anyone who dared to approach would be attacked.

However, before the tide of magic surges, the danger of the green swamp is limited to ordinary people.

As long as knights who have mastered fighting spirit are led by hunters who are familiar with the environment, even going to the green swamp will not be too dangerous. Some adventure teams even go to the green swamp to hunt devil crocodiles.

In the Swamp Principality, the heart of the crocodile has always been a delicacy on the table of the upper class.

And this kind of situation probably continued until the demonic tide surged, and a certain demonic crocodile in the green swamp mutated for unknown reasons, gradually growing into a red-scaled crocodile, and devouring adventurers who approached the green swamp one after another, thus attracting the attention of the upper echelons of the swamp principality.

In the end, after all three senior knights died in the Green Swamp, this place finally became a restricted area!
However, even though the Crimson Scaled Crocodile is famous for its viciousness, more and more adventurers flock to Green Marsh Town following the reward order issued by the Swamp Principality.

In the night sky, the crow Lal kept circling.

However, it did not find any trace of the Red Scaled Crocodile. Instead, as the swamp surged, a human-like figure slowly emerged from the mud.

"This is... a hag?"

Sauron's heart moved. The figure that emerged from the mud looked a bit like a human being, with hair like water grass on its head, riding a crocodile on its crotch, and wandering back and forth in the green swamp with a spear in its hand.

"patrol?"

A strange look appeared on Sauron's face. As far as he knew, hags were humanoid creatures with certain intelligence and group thinking, and even used some simple tools.

However, even with a certain amount of wisdom, in the eyes of humans, hags are just a group of low-level creatures.

In the case of abundant resources, the hags may live in harmony, but once there is a shortage of food, these creatures will kill and devour each other.

I've never heard of a hag patrolling her territory.

"Could it be related to the demon tide?"

Thoughts flickered in Sauron's mind, and he suddenly thought, since the devil crocodile in the green swamp would evolve with the surge of the devil tide, would the hag do the same.

Because of the magic tide, they gradually possessed higher wisdom, and even gradually formed the scale of ethnic groups and tribes.

Not long after, the hag riding a crocodile slowly entered the swamp after inspecting the territory, and the area fell into silence again.

In the sky, the crow Lal circled for a long time, but still did not find the figure of the red scale crocodile.

Sauron shook his head, and could only give up temporarily. However, he did not summon the crow Lal back, but ordered him to monitor in the Green Swamp area.

If any abnormality is found, Sauron will get the news as soon as possible.

After cutting off the sharing of vision with Lal, Sauron shook his head. After eating some food, he prepared to take a good rest and head to the Green Swamp tomorrow morning.

However, at this moment.

Suddenly there was a loud noise downstairs, Sauron frowned slightly, got up and opened the door, looked downstairs, and saw a group of people barging into the tavern.

"This place is occupied by our Tanya family, the idlers leave immediately!"

The proud young man in a black robe said coldly to the tavern owner. At the same time, his knights also began to drive away the guests in the tavern.

At first, those guests were very upset.

However, facing a group of vicious knights, they could only swallow their anger and left the tavern one after another. The middle-aged boss behind the counter also became very ugly.

However, as a few gold coins were thrown over, the middle-aged boss immediately beamed with joy.

"Dear guest, I don't know what to order."

The middle-aged boss put away the reward and asked with a flattering face.

"Prepare the best room, I want to rest." The young man in black said softly.

"Understood, please follow me."

The middle-aged boss nodded repeatedly, and then arranged a place for the black-robed youth. Sauron looked at the figure of the other party with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Extraordinary?"

Back in his room, Sauron's eyes flickered. The young man who claimed to be from the Tanya family seemed to be a transcendent just like himself.

The aura emanating from the opponent should be a third-level apprentice.

However, Sauron was a little surprised by the knights under him. All the knights were senior knights, and one of them might even have reached the level of a great knight.

"The Tanya family!"

Sauron muttered to himself, recalling the memories in his mind, and some information vaguely emerged.

Sauron didn't know much about the Tanya family, but when he was in Old Lington, he seemed to have heard it mentioned that it was said to be the wizard family of the Sunflame Kingdom.

This family has an ancient history, and it is rumored to have an official wizard sitting in the town.

It's just that the Riyan Kingdom is far away from the Duchy of Tal, so not many people in the Duchy of Tal know about the Tanya family.

If Sauron hadn't been to Old Lington, he probably wouldn't have known about this family.

But now, the members of the Tanya family, who appeared in Green Marsh Town, must have come for the red-scaled crocodile, and they were fully prepared.

"It looks like you have to hurry up."

Sauron's eyes flickered slightly. With his current strength, he is not afraid of the apprentices of the Tanya family, but if he conflicts with this force that has a wizard in charge, I am afraid it will be very troublesome.

The next day, early morning.

There was a ray of light in the distant sky, the sun slowly rose from the east, and Green Marsh Town ushered in a new day, and more and more adventurers rushed to this town.

Meanwhile, Green Swamp.

The Tanya family youth in a black robe stood outside the forest, looking ahead with a blank expression, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, several figures came from a distance.

"Sorry, Master Salman, we are late."

Several figures were wearing gray robes. Judging from the aura emanating from their bodies, they should be a group of extraordinary people. The leader was holding a stick-like wand.

"Humph!"

Salman snorted coldly, shook his head and said, "Forget it, this matter is important, I don't care about it with you, since you already know the location of the Red Scaled Crocodile, let's go as soon as possible."

While speaking, Salman raised his hand.

"As you wish."

The man holding the green branch wand nodded, and had no objection to Salman's attitude. He greeted his companions and headed towards the green swamp.

In the sky, a black shadow skipped.

"Eight senior knights, one great knight, four third-level apprentices, and two quasi-witches!"

In the distance, Sauron hid in a corner, watching the figures below through the vision of Rall the Raven, with a thoughtful look on his face.

It has to be said that the lineup of the Tanya family is very strong.

In the team of 15 people, the weakest members are high-level knights, as expected of the wizard family from the Sun Flame Kingdom. Apart from the great knight, the remaining two quasi-sorcerers are also extremely powerful existences.

Even with Sauron's current strength, a direct confrontation might not end well.

"That red-scaled crocodile is so strong?"

On the spot, Sauron frowned slightly. From the looks of it, his information didn't seem to be too accurate. The Tanlia family was so mobilizing to deal with the red-scaled crocodile.

This also seemed to mean that the strength of that red-scaled crocodile was stronger than what he had imagined.

Sauron pondered for a moment, and quietly followed behind the Tanlia family members. Since both parties came for the Redscale Crocodile, they can be used.

Not long after, everyone came to the depths of the forest.

In the area ahead was the green swamp where the Red Scaled Crocodile was located. Salman suddenly stopped, looking around with a hint of indifference in his eyes.

"Get out, Gina!"

Salman had no expression on his face, and said coldly: "Since everyone has already come, why hide their heads and show their tails, are the Campbells all rats?"

As soon as the words fell, a ball of fire roared from afar.

Salman's expression remained unchanged, and a knight beside him decisively pulled out his cross sword, smashing the incoming fireball with just one strike.

Meanwhile, not far away.

"Clean your mouth, Salman!"

A girl in a red robe and holding a long whip came out, followed by four figures in white robes, each wearing various extraordinary items and magic wands.

"Four quasi-witches?"

In the corner, Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, the expression of astonishment in his eyes was unspeakable, if it wasn't for the aura emanating from the other party, he could hardly believe his own judgment.

Behind the red-robed girl stood four quasi-witches.

Since embarking on the wizard journey, Sauron has experienced a lot. Before the Battle of the Western Region, he even killed the quasi-wizard Nomaros with his own hands.

In his previous cognition, Zhun Wu could already be regarded as a strong man.

After all, a quasi-witch, Nomaros, could decide the direction of the war in the western region, but now, the quasi-witches appearing one after another almost made Sauron unable to believe his eyes.

"Could it be that these people are also from the Sun Flame Kingdom?"

Thoughts flickered in Sauron's mind. He had heard before that the Sun Flame Kingdom was the most powerful country in the entire Lost Continent.

Its strength can almost sweep dozens of Thar duchies.

However, Sauron didn't have a very intuitive impression of the Sunflame Kingdom just from the book. Until now, he didn't understand how terrifying the Sunflame Kingdom is.

"So, the Campbell family is also interested in that red-scaled crocodile?" Salman said in a bad tone.

"What? Can't you?"

The girl named Gina sneered, raised her head, and said, "The Principality of the Swamp is not the domain of your Tanlia family, and you can't decide who the red-scaled crocodile belongs to, right?"

Salman looked gloomy and didn't speak for a long time. (end of this chapter)