The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

After solving the episode, the carriage continued on.

Sauron looked around. As he got deeper into the redwood forest, the environment became darker, and the tall trees completely blocked the sunlight.

Suddenly, there was a sound in front of him.

With a thought in his mind, Sauron ordered the carriage to stop, and at the same time controlled the raven Lal with the raven spirit rune, and flew towards the forest ahead.

Immediately afterwards, Sauron's vision changed.

In a clearing in the redwood forest, a team of dozens of people was under siege, surrounded by five tall scarlet tree demons and hundreds of baby monsters, making ear-piercing screams.

"Hold on!"

In the most central area of ​​the team, the middle-aged quasi-shaman had a serious expression on his face, holding a metal wand in one hand, facing the siege of many baby monsters around him, he did not act rashly.

On the periphery of the team, there are dozens of figures dressed as knights.

These people seem to be the subordinates of the middle-aged Zhunwu, and the weakest are intermediate knights, and several of them have reached the level of senior knights.

Quack quack! !

Surrounding them, the baby monsters dragged their long umbilical cords and made piercing screams, which spread around as if forming sound waves.

In the team, several mid-level knights showed confusion on their faces.

Immediately afterwards, one of them walked forward uncontrollably.

Before everyone could react, the man was thrown to the ground, and dozens of baby monsters lay on his body, biting frantically.

A shrill scream sounded suddenly.

The knights who were affected by the cry of the baby monster woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream, looking at their companions who had been bitten to death, their faces showed solemn expressions.

And in the middle of the line, the quasi-witch also had a gloomy face.

It has been a few days since he entered the Redwood Forest, and he gradually came to the depths of the forest. After searching, he found no information related to the Red Mystery Realm.

On the contrary, because of the danger in the redwood forest, he has already lost many of his subordinates, and those who are still alive today are all elites.

Moreover, the middle-aged Zhunwu also discovered one thing, that is, as time goes by, the redwood forest seems to become bigger and more strange.

The many redwoods around were originally just ordinary trees, but under the pollution of a strange force, they gradually turned into tree demons.

"Breaking Ice and Flying Blades!"

In the same place, the middle-aged quasi-witch's face turned fierce. Looking at the increasing number of baby monsters around him, he suddenly smashed his wand to the ground.

In an instant, the magic power condensed into an ice crystal.

Immediately afterwards, the ice crystal shattered, and countless shards of ice flew towards the surroundings, killing all the baby monsters in just a moment.

However, after doing all this, a trace of paleness appeared on the middle-aged Zhunwu's face.

He quickly took out the magic potion and drank it quickly to recover.

Meanwhile, around.

The baby monsters killed by the middle-aged quasi-witch were nothing more than a group of miscellaneous soldiers. The truly terrifying enemies were the red tree demons from beginning to end.

Swish!
However, after the surrounding baby monsters were dealt with, several tree demons waved their branches and vines, and beat the area where the middle-aged quasi-witch was.

The tentacles of the vines looked like scarlet whips.

Several knights were caught off guard and were directly entangled by the vines. Not only were they dragged out of the team, but the barbs growing on the vines greedily devoured their blood.

In an instant, several knights died, their bodies seemed to be mummified.

The middle-aged quasi-shaman looked solemn, looking at the five tree monsters around him, he also felt his scalp tingling, and immediately ordered his subordinates to break out in one direction.

In the sky, Rall the Raven looked down.

Sauron's eyes flickered, and a trace of thought appeared on his face. It had been a while since everyone entered the redwood forest, and it seemed that the forest had become more and more weird as time went by.

First of all, those red trees can be seen everywhere, and for some reason, many of them turned into dryads.

Secondly, the monsters in the forest have also mutated to varying degrees. Even the weakest creatures have become ferocious and bloodthirsty.

"Could it be that all of this has something to do with the Red Mystery Realm?"

Sauron was thoughtful. He didn't know whether everything that happened in the Redwood Forest was related to the Red Mystery Realm, but the constantly alienating trees made the Redwood Forest more and more dangerous.

On the carriage, Sauron looked around.

As far as the eye can see, tall redwoods can be seen everywhere, and no one knows when these redwoods will suddenly turn into tree demons and attack him.

Meanwhile, ahead.

Under the siege of the five mahogany dryads, the middle-aged quasi-witch has fewer and fewer subordinates. Even senior knights have no power to fight back against the attack of the mahogany dryads.

Gradually, there were only three people left beside the middle-aged Zhunwu.

"grown ups……"

Next to him, a high-ranking knight was pale. Even he, who had experienced many battles, felt a little hopeless at this moment. The people who were besieged by the tree demon had no chance of winning.

"Damn!"

A grim expression appeared on the middle-aged Zhunwu's face. At this moment, he suddenly regretted entering the Redwood Forest because of the Red Mystery Realm.

However, it was too late to say anything at the moment.

"Ice Wind Scroll!"

The middle-aged Zhunwu suddenly raised his head, looked forward, and used his strongest attack method, trying to lead his men out of the encirclement.

Suddenly, the wind howled.

The biting cold current was like a blade, turning into a white tornado, rushing straight ahead, knocking a tree demon into the air like it was dying.

The eyes of the middle-aged Zhunwu brightened.

Just when he was about to take advantage of this opportunity and break through as soon as possible, a strange red light emanated from the bodies of the other tree demons.

The next moment, the tree demons rose up.

"Lord be careful!"

Looking at the tree demon rushing forward, the faces of several knights changed, and they subconsciously stood in front of them, but they were directly trampled into flesh by the tree demon.

The pupils of the middle-aged Zhunwu shrank for a while.

Feeling the threat of death, he slammed the magic wand in his hand, and a gust of wind emerged behind him, turned into wings, and swept towards the sky in an instant.

Since he couldn't break out, he had to at least leave the place first.

Just as the middle-aged quasi-witch flew into the air, the tree demons waved their vine branches together, as if turning into ropes, and attacked the middle-aged quasi-witch.

"Do not!!"

Accompanied by this unwilling scream, the middle-aged quasi-shaman was dragged down, and then suppressed by the attack of the tree demon, and gradually fell silent.

Flutter and rinse!
Looking at the cruel scene below, the crow Lal couldn't help flapping his wings and flew back to Sauron's side, trembling with fear.

In situ, a trace of thought appeared on Sauron's face.

Perhaps due to some special reasons, the creatures in the Redwood Forest are all in a bloodthirsty state, and they try to kill outsiders as much as possible.

This kind of behavior is like a sacrifice.

"Sacrifice?"

Suddenly, Sauron's heart moved, a trace of conjecture appeared in his mind, and his face looked thoughtful.

After getting the news of the Red Mysterious Realm, why did the Morun family make it public and lead a large number of extraordinary people to the Redwood Forest.

Perhaps, this is the reason.

The opening of the Red Mystery Realm requires the sacrifice of blood and life. Only when the number of deaths reaches a certain level can the gate of the Mysterious Realm appear.

Thoughts flickered in Sauron's mind, and he felt more and more that his guess was correct.

In fact, it was true. The Morun family got information about the Red Mysterious Realm from an ancient book, and knew that the depths of the Redwood Forest was where the gate of the Mysterious Realm was located.

However, the ancient books also recorded the conditions for opening the Red Mystic Realm.

Only with enough death and blood, under certain conditions, can the Red Mystery Realm be opened, otherwise, even if the Redwood Forest is turned upside down, it is impossible to enter the Red Mysterious Realm.

Meanwhile, deep in the forest.

Wizard Fulun stood in the sky, surrounded by members of the Morun family, looking at the tree demon that was attacking like a mountain, a trace of dignity appeared on his face.

"Damn!"

Wizard Fulun frowned slightly, and said to himself: "So many people have died, isn't it enough to open the Red Mystery Realm? How long will we have to wait?"

While speaking, he looked down.

But in the area not far away, a red stone tablet stands there. According to the records in the ancient book, it is the medium for the saint Elsa to seal the Red God thousands of years ago.

In the entire redwood forest, there are a total of five such steles.

When the death reached a certain level, the stele would light up. At that time, with the token left by the saint Elsa, the five red mysterious gates could be opened at the same time.

Wizard Fulun's eyes flickered, and he looked down at his chest.

There was a pendant hanging there. It was the fragment of the broken mirror that the Morun family had dealt with the Church of the Red God when they were in Casterly Rock City. It was a token left by Saint Elsa.

Although it is in a broken state, it still contains a powerful force.

Wizard Fulun raised his hand, holding the broken mirror fragment in his hand, feeling the magic power in it, he had an unparalleled feeling, as if he possessed supreme power.

"When the red mysterious realm opens, that's the day I step into the second-order realm!"

There was a trace of fanaticism in Wizard Fulun's heart. He had mastered the things left by the saint Elsa. In the era of surging demon tide, it is inevitable to step into a higher level.

Next, just be patient.

In the forest, there were endless screams. Those superhumans who were lured by the Morun family into the redwood forest had all been reduced to pawns.

Redwood forests have become more dangerous over time.

After Sauron came to a conclusion, he stopped heading into the depths of the forest, but stopped in an open space, using the raven spirit rune to control the raven Lal to find his way.

The redwood forest is very vast, and there are redwoods everywhere.

Thinking of the scene where all the mahogany trees in the entire forest turned into dryads over time, even Sauron felt his scalp tingle.

If it really came to that point, even wizards might fall with hatred.

After all, no matter how powerful a wizard is, the magic power in his body is limited, but the number of trees in the mahogany forest is almost inexhaustible.

"If all the inferences are true, then next, wait patiently for the opportunity!"

Sauron took a deep breath and stood on the carriage. He summoned all four wraiths, and the crow Ral was also hovering in the sky.

If there is any abnormality around, Sauron can detect it immediately.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

Even though Sauron was already very low-key and tried to hide his aura as much as possible, he was attacked several times in the redwood forest.

Rumble!
On the forest clearing, Sauron withdrew his cross sword. Not far away, a huge mountain bear fell to the ground, and its bloodthirsty eyes gradually lost their luster.

Following the death of the mountain storm bear, the surrounding trees twisted for a while.

"I see!"

A flash of comprehension flashed in Sauron's eyes. Looking at the trees alienated by blood, he understood the reason why the trees in the Redwood Forest became demons.

Blood is the medium!

Most of the trees in the redwood forest are redwoods. These trees are ordinary at first, but after absorbing blood, they will gradually alienate into dryads.

At this moment, the mahogany forest has turned into a large battlefield.

Once the supernatural beings from the outside world are injured, their blood will be sprinkled on the ground. After the mahogany trees absorb the blood, they will turn into tree demons and become even more thirsty for blood.

Under such a cycle, there are more and more Dryads in the Redwood Forest.

"call!"

Sauron took a deep breath, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes, looking at the gradually alienated tree demon around him, he directly took out a potion from his bosom, and then slammed it on the ground.

Banshee's Howl Potion!

Snapped!
As the green potion hit the ground, ear-piercing screams followed, but the green mist transformed into a harpies flying high in mid-air.

The terrifying sound waves spread around!
The unformed Dryad wailed, and then exploded. Sauron saw the timing and raised the Broken Star Cross Sword in his hand.

"Ghost fire!"

Sauron uttered syllables, and rushed forward in one step. The cross sword burning with dark green flames stabbed into the body of the mahogany dryad in front of him.

Suddenly, the dark green flames blazed.

The tree demon that had not been completely demonized was killed like this, and gradually turned into a withered tree under the engulfing of the dark green flame.

After finishing all this, Sauron was not careless.

There are not many redwood forests, but redwoods can be seen everywhere. As time goes by, more and more trees will turn into demons.

"I can't go on like this!"

A thought flashed in Sauron's eyes. He didn't know when the Red Mystic Realm would open. If things continued like this, even as a wizard, he would eventually be exhausted one day.

Just as Sauron was thinking, Lal in the distance suddenly let out a strange cry.

With a thought in his mind, Sauron changed his field of vision, only to see Lal in the sky looking down. In the far corner, there was a strangely shaped stone tablet emitting red light.

The stele was old and mottled, and looked ordinary.

If they were not in the redwood forest, ordinary people would not take a second look at it, but at this moment, there was a burst of red light emitting from this stone tablet. (end of this chapter)