The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

However, the bursts of pain in his arm made Sauron frown.

Immediately, without hesitation, he waved his hand to kill the blood-sucking worm, and with a thought, the soul storm spread like a tide.

Squeak!
Following the activation of the soul storm rune, the blood-sucking insects all around let out ear-piercing screams, and then fell to the ground motionless as if withered.

"Is mental power so sensitive?"

A pensive look appeared on Sauron's face, and then he bent down and picked up a blood-sucking insect, and found that the thing was not dead, but fell into a coma under the influence of the mental storm.

After pondering for a while, Sauron collected some blood-sucking worms.

He wasn't sure about the value of these blood-sucking bugs, but now, they were no longer a threat, so killing them all didn't seem to make much sense.

Immediately afterwards, Sauron picked up the clay pot.

The lid on the top had been lifted, and the ancient clay pot was cold to the touch, revealing a trace of extraordinary attributes, making Sauron guess that this thing might have come from a very ancient era.

However, for the time being, Sauron has not discovered the value of the clay pot.

"Should it be just a container?"

Sauron stroked his chin. This clay pot seemed to be a container for breeding blood-sucking worms, but it was unknown why this kind of thing appeared in the Red God Temple.

Looking at the surrounding bones, Sauron's eyes flickered slightly.

The ancient red god was a pure evil god. He enslaved human beings and treated them as livestock. This can be seen clearly only by the ending of these human beings who are regarded as sacrifices.

Afterwards, Sauron searched the secret room again.

However, apart from the clay pot with the blood-sucking worms in it, he didn't get anything. After shaking his head, he had no choice but to leave.

However, this experience made Sauron even more vigilant.

Although he has already entered the Red God Temple, the danger contained in this underground palace is no less than that outside, on the contrary, it is even worse.

If it was Sauron who opened the clay pot before.

Then, even if the blood-sucking worms inside couldn't kill him, they would probably cause some damage to Sauron, and even lose most of the battle.

Walking in the dark corridor, Sauron looked around all the time.

The underground palace located under the Red God Temple seems to have an extremely large area, and the environment is intricate, like a huge maze.

As Sauron walked, he stroked the surrounding walls.

He was looking for the mechanism to leave. This underground palace is so secret that it is impossible to enter without exit. Only by finding the exit can he be invincible.

But at this moment, a sound suddenly came from the front.

Sauron immediately hid his figure and looked forward, only to see two figures fleeing out of the darkness in a panic. Judging by their attire, they turned out to be members of the Morun family.

Suddenly, Sauron's heart moved.

He, Zakar and others entered the underground palace through the second Red God Temple. Sauron remembered clearly that there were no members of the Morun family around.

However, the two people who appeared at this moment did not belong to Zakar's team.

This also means that other people have already entered the underground palace.

While Sauron was thinking, a group of blood-sucking insects flew out behind the two Morun family apprentices, making piercing screams.

"Damn it, what happened to this group of soul-sacrificing insects?"

In the shadows, a member of the Morun family said with a bit of exasperation in his tone: "It's been a thousand years since I haven't eaten, how can I still have such lethal power?"

Next to him, another member of the Morun family had an ugly expression on his face.

"Yeah, what's going on?"

The member of the Morun family frowned, and said, "Didn't Lord Fulun say that you can control this group of soul-sacrificing insects as long as you use the medicinal powder he prepared?"

"What's the situation now, it's useless at all?"

While the two Morun families were talking, the crimson soul-sacrificing insects had already attacked quickly. Seeing that they could not escape, they could only fight desperately.

However, those soul-sacrificing insects were terrifying.

In just a moment, two members of the Morun family were gnawed to death, and their flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only the white bones left there.

In situ, Sauron remained expressionless.

"Is this thing called a soul-sacrificing insect?"

A trace of thought appeared on his face, and only then did he know what these little bugs were called. Seeing the soul-sacrificing bugs attacking him, Sauron didn't feel the slightest panic.

"Soul Storm!"

When he was in the secret room before, Sauron already knew the weakness of this group of soul-sacrificing insects, so he easily used the power of runes to stun them all.

Then, Sauron looked at the bodies of the two Morun family members.

"Have your souls been eaten?"

Thoughts flickered in Sauron's mind. These little insects called Soul Sacrificial Insects seemed to not only eat the flesh and blood of the enemy, but even their souls.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that they are named Soul Sacrifice Insects.

Sauron stepped forward, picked up the soul-sacrificing worms, and then threw them into clay pots to seal them up. After doing all this, he looked to the other side.

"Come out."

Sauron said calmly, "Although you can hide your body, your aura cannot be disguised. If I guess correctly, you are also a wizard apprentice of the Morun family, right?"

Hearing Sauron's words, the surroundings were still silent.

After a while, there was a twist in the corner, and a thin man came out with a complicated look on his face, but he bowed slightly with the etiquette among apprentices.

"Apprentice of the Morun family, Logan has met Mr. Zhun Wu."

The boy named Logan seemed to be a third-level apprentice. He stared at Sauron and said in a deep voice, "Wizard Giselle is my father."

Sauron frowned.

Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him turned out to be the son of a wizard, but this was no different to Sauron.

Since he dared to set foot in the Red Mysterious Realm, he made all preparations.

In order to fight for what he wanted, even if he was an enemy of the Morun family, it didn't seem to matter. What's more, in the underground palace, even if Sauron killed Logan, the Morun family might not be able to find out.

"Since you are from the Morun family, why are you here?"

A trace of doubt appeared on Sauron's face. He looked at Logan and asked, "According to what I know, the members of the Morun family led by Wizard Falun are not attacking the first Red God temple?"

"You didn't participate?"

Hearing Sauron's words, there was a strange look on Logan's face.

"Patriarch Fulun did order everyone in the family to join forces to attack the Red God Temple. We did succeed, and I came to this place only after entering the Red God Temple!"

Logan said in a deep voice.

Afterwards, he began to slowly talk about what happened not long ago.

Just like the extraordinary team led by Zakar attacked the No. [-] Red God Temple, under the call of Wizard Fulun, the Morun Family also launched an attack on the first Red God Temple.

Moreover, after paying a heavy price, the red-scaled blood snake guarding the temple of the Red God was indeed severely injured.

Afterwards, Wizard Fulun led the crowd and entered the Red God Temple smoothly, but found that the environment inside the Temple of the Red God was complicated. In order to explore resources as soon as possible, Wizard Fulun ordered everyone to search separately. As a result, Logan If you accidentally touch the mechanism, you will fall into this underground palace.

After listening to Logan's narration, Sauron had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Could it be that the four Red God temples are all interconnected internally, and all of them can enter this underground palace."

Sauron stroked his chin, the luster in his eyes shone slightly, and a hint of understanding gradually appeared on his face. It seemed that the four temples of the Red God could directly lead to the underground palace.

Then Sauron raised his head.

"How much do you know about the soul-sacrificing worm?" Sauron asked.

"Know some."

Logan hesitated, and said: "The soul-sacrificing worm is a product of ancient times. It is said that it is a living body cultivated by the gods to harvest souls!"

"Soul-sacrificing insects have the ability to devour souls."

"It is recorded in ancient books that the Red God likes to raise soul-sacrificing worms. When believers offer sacrifices to themselves, they use the soul-sacrificing worms to capture their souls, and then devour them!"

After listening to Logan's narration, Sauron frowned slightly.

"So, the Red God cultivated soul-sacrificing worms to devour souls?"

Sauron pondered for a moment, and said, "Then why doesn't he devour the soul directly, first eat the soul through the soul sacrifice insect, and then devour it himself, wouldn't it be superfluous?"

"I don't know the specific reason."

Logan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "However, there are some sayings that in the eyes of the gods, the human soul is very dirty, so it needs to be purified by the soul-sacrificing insect before it can be absorbed into the body."

"I see."

Sauron suddenly realized, and then he looked at the clay pot in his hand. Since this group of soul-sacrificing insects have such abilities, they may be able to be traded as extraordinary resources when he leaves the underground palace.

"For wizards, soul sacrificial worms are a very precious material."

As if seeing Sauron's thoughts, Logan said softly: "Before heading to the Red Mystery Realm, Patriarch Fulun once told us that if we catch the soul-sacrificing worms, we must collect them."

"This thing can not only refine potions, but it can also be used as a material for extraordinary items!"

Sauron nodded slightly, and said: "Besides that, how much do you know about the Red Mystic Realm? Since everyone has already fallen into the underground palace, how about I suggest you cooperate with me first?"

"……Can."

Logan nodded. For him, he had lost contact with everyone in the Morun family at this moment. Therefore, temporarily cooperating with Sauron seemed to be the best choice.

However, Logan was still very vigilant.

He knew that he was not Sauron's opponent, and in the underground palace, the opponent was completely using him, but Logan had no other choice.

After temporarily reaching an agreement with Logan, the two headed towards the depths of the underground palace.

Under the pitch-dark environment, Logan snapped his fingers, and as a ball of light lit up at his fingertips, the surrounding darkness would not dissipate, and the two quickened their pace.

Not long after, another secret room appeared in front of him.

The two looked at each other, and then walked in. This secret room seemed to be a storage room, and there were a lot of gold piled in it. In the eyes of mortals, it was extremely precious wealth, but it didn't mean much to the two extraordinary people.

Sauron searched, but shook his head.

The wealth in the secret room should be something that believers sacrificed in ancient times to show their respect, but these things have nothing to do with the extraordinary.

Therefore, nature has no value to Sauron.

"It's a pity that there are no extraordinary items of the space system."

Logan shook his head, with a trace of regret on his face. Although these golds are not of much value to extraordinary people, if they can be brought to the world of mortals, they can be exchanged for some wealth.

Sauron shrugged.

Extraordinary items of the space system are always valuable. Even wizards may not be able to own them. The value of each item can even reach the level of magical items.

The two left the secret room and continued to explore forward.

Not long after, a pool of blood suddenly appeared on the ground. A trace of vigilance flashed in Sauron's eyes. Looking around, he found a severed hand in the corner.

"The blood hasn't clotted yet!"

Logan leaned over, with a solemn look on his face, the severed hand looked like it should come from a certain apprentice, but an accident happened during the exploration of the underground palace.

This also means that there is danger in the underground palace.

Sauron looked around. There were traces of friction on the ground, as if some kind of creature was wandering. Thoughts flickered in his mind, and he suddenly understood something.

"Red Scaled Blood Snake!"

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling that the red-scaled blood snake that was badly injured was not dead, so he must be in the underground palace now.

Next to him, a hint of complexity appeared on Logan's face.

When attacking the No. [-] Red God Temple, Wizard Fulun shot with all his strength and seriously injured the red-scaled blood snake, but he couldn't kill him.

Now, if there is no accident, the red-scaled blood snake must also be in the underground palace.

Moreover, the injured Red Scaled Blood Snake became even more brutal, hiding in the dark, trying to devour extraordinary people, using their flesh and blood to recover from its injuries.

The owner of the severed hand before seemed to be an unlucky one.

"Be careful."

Sauron shook his head, and there was not much panic on his face. After all, as an official wizard, even if he couldn't beat the red-scaled blood snake, it shouldn't be a problem if he wanted to escape.

What's more, in the meantime, the Red Scaled Blood Snake was already injured.

If so, Sauron might not be able to kill the Red Scaled Blood Snake while using witchcraft. There is no hunter or prey relationship between the two.

In contrast, Logan obviously has no such ability.

Therefore, he looked very nervous, and kept looking around, as if he was considering whether the red-scaled blood snake would suddenly come out and eat him.

At the same time, outside the underground palace.

In the wilderness where the third Red God temple is located, a fierce battle is taking place. The bald Hank has turned into a giant form, fighting hand-to-hand with the red-scaled blood snake.

Around, many quasi-witches and wandering apprentices also tried their best. (end of this chapter)