The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

In situ, Sauron was thoughtful.

The next moment, I saw Logan uttering a sharp cry, with fine red scales growing all over his body, as if he had turned into a snake-man monster.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly rushed towards Sauron.

brush!
On the opposite side, Sauron's expression remained unchanged. With a thought, a stone floated into the air and knocked Logan away. However, after the opponent absorbed the red mist, his body seemed to mutate.

Just an attack of this level could not cause any harm to Logan.

He quickly got up, and in this narrow space, he attacked Sauron again. Those scarlet eyes were like monsters who would choose to devour people.

Sauron raised his brows, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

As far as he knew, although Logan was a member of the Morun family, he was only a third-level apprentice in essence, and he was able to get up after taking a blow from him.

"It looks like it's all the power of the red mist!"

There was a trace of exclamation on Sauron's face, his eyes flickered slightly, and his eyes were fixed on Logan in front of him, and after waving his hands, the dark soul wave condensed.

boom!
The next moment, I saw the dark soul wave whizzing away. In just an instant, Logan was knocked into the air, and after falling to the ground, he struggled and couldn't get up again.

However, even though he was seriously injured, Logan still let out a sharp roar.

"Is it the influence of the red mist?"

A thoughtful expression appeared on Sauron's face, and the luster in his eyes flickered slightly. Looking at Logan opposite him, he guessed the changes in the opponent's body.

If nothing else, Logan's behavior must be due to the influence of the red mist.

But soon, Sauron frowned.

Just now the red mist surged, and I also inhaled a lot, but there was no change in my body, and there was no reaction at all.

"Maybe it has something to do with mental power?"

Sauron stroked his chin. As an official wizard, he had more than ten points of mental power, so it didn't seem strange that he was immune to red mist pollution.

In contrast, Logan is much worse.

The other party was just a third-level apprentice. Under the pollution of the red mist, a sudden change occurred, and now he became a monster and completely lost control.

hiss!
While Sauron was thinking, Logan, who was knocked to the ground, suddenly let out a hissing sound, and then he opened his mouth and spit out a snake-like letter.

brush!
Seeing the snake letter attacking quickly, Sauron looked slightly cold, and with a wave of his hand, the Broken Star Cross Sword slashed away, directly cutting him off.

Logan let out a scream.

"Hopeless!"

Sauron shook his head. Logan, who was polluted by the red mist, had been completely reduced to a monster, so it seemed that there was no need to save him. He immediately ended his life without any hesitation.

brush!
The Broken Star Cross Sword cut off Logan's head, and the other party was completely motionless. Sauron's face was expressionless, and he turned to look at the passage blocked by the rocks, his eyes shining with luster.

The front and rear passages have been blocked by rocks.

Under such a premise, it seems that he has been trapped here. For ordinary people, it may be a desperate situation, but Sauron is not too worried.

After all, as a wizard, such a situation is completely trivial.

A random wave of dark souls is enough to blow away the passage ahead, but Sauron is hesitating, what is the point of blowing away the passage ahead.

What does the change in the temple and underground palace represent?

Sauron still doesn't know about this, so he doesn't have much idea of ​​what to do next, so he can only consider going to explore first.

"Gwen!"

On the spot, with a thought, Sauron summoned Gwen, the Wraith Spirit. Since he was going to the road collapse, it seemed appropriate to let the Wraith Spirit explore the way.

Immediately, Sauron gave an order to Wraith Gwen.

However, Gwen turned into a mass of nothingness, passed through the rock directly, continued along the passage ahead, and soon came to an area under Sauron's control.

This seems to be a secret room, and the surrounding environment is very spacious.

As far as the eye can see, there are many inscriptions engraved on the surrounding walls. The content on them is quite complicated and contains extremely special power.

Bang!
Before Gwen entered the secret room, he was blocked by an invisible barrier. Sauron frowned, and gave an order in his heart to let Gwen break through the invisible barrier as much as possible.

However, the next moment.

Gwen rushed towards the secret room, but let out a scream. The power rebounded from the invisible barrier caused her to suffer great pain, and even her empty body seemed to be on fire.

"what happened?"

A hint of surprise appeared on Sauron's face, but he quickly realized that since this secret room was protected by such an enchantment, it seemed to mean that there must be good things stored in it.

Thinking of this, Sauron's heart felt hot.

Immediately, he didn't hesitate anymore, and waved the white bone wand in his hand, condensing a cloud of dark soul waves, and directly bombarded the landslide area in front of him.

Bang!
With a loud noise, the collapsed passage was blasted away, Sauron walked out quickly, and went straight to the direction of the secret room along the dark passage.

Behind him, the human-faced spider followed closely like a pet.

Not long after, Sauron came to the area where the secret room was located. Compared with other secret rooms, the biggest feature here is that it is hidden. If he had not used the spirit search before, Sauron might not have been able to discover this place.

At the same time, Sauron also discovered that there was no entrance to this secret room.

"how come?"

Sauron stroked the wall, trying to find the mechanism, but after several searches, he found nothing. He was finally convinced that the secret room was completely sealed.

If it weren't for the ability of Wraith to pass through walls, Sauron would not be able to discover what was going on inside.

"It's interesting!"

Sauron stroked his chin, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised. It seemed that there were some secrets hidden in this secret room, and he seemed to have won the jackpot.

Immediately, Sauron no longer hesitated.

He took a deep breath and paused with the bone wand in his hand. As the magic power continued to condense, a ball of black fire also slowly condensed.

"Dark Soul Wave!"

As Sauron mouthed the syllables, the Dark Soul Wave roared away like a fireball. In just an instant, the wall in front was hit hard.

Rumble!
With a roaring sound, there was a layer of ripples on the wall, and the invisible energy shield not only blocked the Wraith Gwen, but also couldn't break through Sauron's attack.

"This?"

Sauron frowned slightly, with a trace of solemnity on his face. He did not expect that, as a wizard, he could not break the wall in front of him with all his strength.

But soon, Sauron calmed down.

The stronger the defense capability of this secret room, the higher the value of the things sealed inside.

Thinking of this, Sauron's heart felt hot.

Immediately afterwards, he took a deep breath, released the dark soul wave again, and tried to break through the barrier, but the result was as meaningless as before.

"This is how to do?"

A trace of doubt appeared on Sauron's face. He had just attacked twice in succession, but he was unable to cause any damage to the wall. This seemed to mean that using a strong attack was useless.

After pondering for a moment, Sauron shook his head.

Since he couldn't break through the barrier with a strong attack, he seemed to have to find another way, and Sauron immediately looked towards the wall.

But I saw inscriptions vaguely engraved on the wall.

The inscriptions from ancient times have become somewhat shabby over time, but if you look closely, you can still feel the energy fluctuations contained in them.

In situ, a hint of confusion appeared on Sauron's face.

"I see!"

Sauron nodded. The energy defense around the wall is mainly built by inscriptions, which means that as long as Sauron destroys these inscriptions, the invisible barrier can be broken.

Immediately, Sauron no longer hesitated.

He took out the Broken Star Cross Sword and slashed at the inscription on the wall. However, as the sword blade touched the wall, a strong energy wave came back.

Suddenly, Sauron's expression changed.

"Damn!"

A trace of fear flashed in Sauron's eyes, but he saw the invisible energy sweeping towards him like a sea wave. The terrifying energy caused a sharp pain in his palm holding the sword.

At the same time, a crack appeared on the Broken Star Cross Sword.

A trace of solemnity appeared on Sauron's face. Looking at the cracked star-breaking cross sword in his hand, his eyes flickered slightly, and he retreated backward.

"It's really not that easy!"

Looking at the wall in front of him, a trace of sigh appeared on Sauron's face, and then he looked thoughtful. It seemed that it was not an easy task to attack the inscriptions and barriers with conventional means.

If you are not careful, you may be backlashed.

Just like just now, if I hadn't stopped in time, I am afraid that just the backlash of the barrier would be enough to seriously injure myself.

Where he was, Sauron showed a pensive expression.

Considering the current situation, it seems that it is not an easy task to break the barrier of the secret room. Even as a wizard, there is no way to attack by force.

Thinking of this, Sauron's mind flickered.

At the same time, the temple underground palace.

In the dark and gloomy passage, there were bursts of roaring sounds, and the bald Hank fled in embarrassment, with a giant snake behind him constantly opening its fangs and blood.

"Damn!"

The bald-headed Hank had an ugly face, and the surrounding environment was too narrow for him to use the witchcraft of turning into a giant. The red-scaled blood snake behind him was chasing after him, and he was already cornered.

In the current situation, if he can't get out of trouble as soon as possible, it will definitely not be a good thing for Bald Hank.

sizzle!
The red-scaled blood snake behind him made a neighing sound, and a strange luster flashed in its scarlet vertical pupils. The body that had been severely injured by Bald Hank had long since recovered.

"Get out of here!"

Bald Hank roared angrily and threw a huge rock forward, temporarily repeling the red-scaled blood snake. He quickly thought about how to break the situation.

Before entering the Red Temple, he had united with those wandering apprentices to seriously injure the red-scaled blood snake.

But now, the red-scaled blood snake has fully recovered, which makes Hank guess that there may be some kind of power in the Red God Temple that makes the red-scaled blood snake recover quickly.

In the current situation, Bald Hank has fallen into the underground palace.

He wanted to explore the underground palace first, and then consider how to fight for resources, but before he started to act, he was targeted by the red-scaled blood snake.

For several hours, the Red Scaled Blood Snake chased after the bald Hank.

At first, Bald Hank was able to deal with the red-scaled blood snake with the strength of the wizard, but as time went by, his situation became worse and worse.

The red-scaled blood snake was in the underground palace and had an absolute environmental advantage.

In contrast, Bald Hank knew nothing about his surroundings. Even if he briefly repelled the red-scaled blood snake, he would soon attack secretly after the opponent slowed down.

Several consecutive attacks left Bald Hank injured all over his body.

The few wandering apprentices who followed him before were all eaten by the red-scaled blood snake. Bald Hank wanted to escape, but he still couldn't get out of the underground palace.

Over time, he could not help but fall into mania.

Swish!
There was a friction-like sound in his ears again. Bald Hank suddenly looked around, but found no trace of the Red-Scale Blood Snake. He knew very well that the Red-Scale Blood Snake was around.

This beast is very clever.

It knows that by taking advantage of the environment, it can continuously exert pressure on the bald Hank, and it won't take long to push this human being who has injured himself into a desperate situation.

sizzle!
After hiding in the darkness for a moment, the red-scaled blood snake suddenly emerged, and its fangs and bloody mouth suddenly bit Bald Hank's arm, and then began to tear it apart with all his strength.

"what!!!"

Bald-headed Hank let out a scream, but saw that his shoulder had been torn off, and blood was splashed on the ground, emitting a strong bloody smell.

Click!

The red-scaled blood snake bit the bald Hank's arm, swallowed it three times, five times and two times, then stared at the opposite side, twisting its figure and waiting for an opportunity.

Bald Hank's face was as pale as paper.

Even for a wizard, losing an arm is a serious injury, especially under such circumstances, the red-scaled blood snake is still nearby.

"Damn!"

The bald Hank gritted his teeth, his broken shoulder exerted strength, his muscles continued to contract, he stopped the blood, and then quickly fled towards the distance.

Given the current situation, it is really not easy for Bald Hank to deal with the Red Scaled Blood Snake.

Therefore, he had no choice but to escape.

Seeing the bald Hank trying to escape, the red-scaled blood snake's vertical pupils flashed with a glimmer of light, and then it neighed and disappeared like a ghost.

The next moment, the Red Scaled Blood Snake appeared in front of him.

The thick tail swung suddenly, directly knocking down the rock wall in front of him, and the huge rock fell down, blocking Bald Hank's path.

"Break it for me!"

The bald Hank roared. At such a critical moment, he could no longer care about conserving his energy, and swung his other fist with all his strength to smash the rock.

However, next.

More rocks fell from the sky, Hank's expression changed, and he had no way out, but at this moment, the Red Scaled Blood Snake launched another surprise attack.

"Reinforced iron bones!"

At the critical moment, Bald Hank shouted, the power of runes in the sea of ​​consciousness flashed, and his whole body seemed to glow with a metallic sheen. (End of chapter)