The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 40 Undead
And the forest of mist back then wasn't too dangerous.

Orens once led a cavalry to clean up the monsters and wild beasts here. The slightly stronger creatures were either driven away or killed directly.

For Night Crow City, the Forest of Mists is like a back garden.

But recently, due to the undead, the Misty Forest has become a restricted area, and even nearby hunters dare not set foot here again.

Everyone entered the forest of mist, and the surrounding area was filled with gray and white mist.

Sauron looked around, but didn't find any danger. Although the forest was shrouded in gray mist, it looked quite quiet.

Beside, Conrad looked indifferent.

He dismissed the so-called undead in his heart, and with the fighting power of a high-level knight, he would not be afraid even if there were ghosts attacking him.

Gradually, the team went deep into the forest of mist.

The road was very peaceful, except for a few birds passing by occasionally in the forest, nothing happened. Even the nervous Kailo knight gradually relaxed.

"Ghost pattern flower!"

Suddenly, Sauron's heart moved, and he looked not far away, but saw a few small black flowers growing on the ground, which looked quite strange.

Sauron got off his horse and came to the little black flower.

The black pattern on the petals, like a skeleton, is one of the main materials needed to configure the night crow potion, the ghost pattern flower.

"That's right, it's a ghost pattern flower."

Knight Kailo came over and picked the ghost pattern flowers carefully.

Sauron nodded slightly, and then ordered the team to disperse, looking for ghost pattern flowers around, and found several in a short time.

Ghost pattern flower is a plant that cannot be artificially cultivated.

But in the depths of the misty forest, such things are like weeds, and the Swain family will come here to collect ghost pattern flowers every once in a while.

Swish!
Just as Sauron was looking for the ghost pattern flower, there was a small sound suddenly coming from around.

call out!
In the grass not far away, a black line shot out.

Sauron's face remained unchanged, and he drew out the cross sword. As he swung the sword, he burst out with sword energy, and directly cut the black line in half in midair.

On the ground, the severed black thread twisted and struggled.

"It's the Black Ring Snake."

Cavalier Kailo said softly.

The black ring snake is a common snake creature in the misty forest. It is about the thickness of a thumb. It is poisonous but not fatal. Ordinary people will fall into a coma after being bitten. However, even if a knight is bitten by a black ring snake, he will only feel dizzy at most. .

Rest for a while to recover.

After solving the episode, everyone continued to wander in the misty forest, collecting more and more ghost pattern flowers.

But at this moment, the surrounding gray fog surged.

Sauron's heart skipped a beat, and he looked around.

But in the gray-white mist, there were groups of transparent figures wandering vaguely, and the next moment, a soldier's scream suddenly came from a distance.

"what!!!"

The shrill scream broke the tranquility of the misty forest.

Sauron's eyes flashed, and he felt a little vigilant in his heart. He immediately ordered everyone to come back and form a defensive circle in the forest.

This time to the forest of mist, Sauron brought Akabane guards.

As the elite under the Second Princess Hester, Akabane Wei had strict discipline and returned to Sauron's surroundings as quickly as possible.

"Three are missing!"

Sauron looked around, but found that three Akabane guards were missing.

And at this moment, in the gray mist not far away, three figures appeared, it was Akabane Guard, who looked intact on the outside, but his footsteps seemed a little staggering.

"Be careful, something is wrong."

Next to him, Connard frowned slightly, as if he had noticed something unusual.

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, and could see that something was wrong. The three Akabane guards were expressionless, and their faces were also pale.

The next moment, the three Akabane guards suddenly stopped.

Clouds of black mist emerged from their mouths and noses, and seemed to take human form in mid-air, rushing toward the crowd.

"Undead!!"

Knight Kailo's expression changed, he subconsciously pulled out his cross sword, and swung it at the attacking undead, cutting it in half in mid-air.

However, the black mist without substance soon returned to its original state.

Afterwards, the black mist rushed towards the surrounding soldiers. One of the soldiers was entangled in the black mist and soon lost his breath of life.

Conrad looked slightly cold, and pulled out the cross sword at his waist.

"Go away!"

He shouted loudly, and the aura of a high-ranking knight erupted in an instant, and the undead like black mist all around immediately retreated.

"Sure enough!"

Sauron's heart moved. Those clouds of black mist should be undead. They may be able to hurt ordinary soldiers, but they may not be able to get close to knights.

The anger in the senior knight's body is enough to make ordinary undead stay away.

However, it seems that these few undead are not the only ones in the forest of mist at this moment. More and more undead appear in the gray mist.

"so much?"

A trace of solemnity flashed in Sauron's eyes.

Although he had been mentally prepared for the possibility of undead in the forest of mist, he was still a little surprised that there were so many undead.

"withdraw!"

Immediately, Sauron no longer hesitated.

Anyway, I have collected a lot of ghost pattern flowers, enough for my own use for a while, and now I can just leave the forest of mist.

After receiving Sauron's order, Knight Kailo also drew his cross sword.

He suppressed the fear in his heart, gritted his teeth and rushed forward. Relying on the aura of the middle-level knight, he also temporarily forced the surrounding undead back.

Behind them, everyone followed closely behind.

There was a high-ranking knight named Konrad, and the undead surrounded by black mist did not dare to approach for a while, and everyone quickly walked out of the misty forest.

But right now.

The forest in the distance suddenly trembled, but saw vines waving towards the crowd as if they had come to life.

Conrad's pupils contracted for a while.

"Stay!"

In the gray mist, a tall tree loomed, and a human face seemed to appear on the trunk, making a hoarse and strange sound.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt their scalps go numb for a while.

Even the senior knight Konrad felt a bit of surprise in his heart, this was the first time he had experienced such a thing.

"Big brother, come play with us!"

Suddenly, like a little girl's laughter, a cloud of black mist turned into a ghost, rushing straight towards Konrad.

Connard's heart trembled, and he swung the cross sword in his hand suddenly.

brush!
The black mist ghost was cut in half, but then quickly recovered, and let out a strange scream, which spread towards the surroundings like sound waves.

Hearing the terrifying sound, the soldiers panicked.

"A ghost?"

A trace of calm flashed in Sauron's eyes. The black mist that attacked Konrad was no longer an ordinary undead, but a spirit body that had evolved to the ghost level.

Compared with the weak undead, ghosts are obviously more terrifying.

It's just that, to deal with a high-level knight, a mere ghost is not enough, and the opponent's scream can only be effective against ordinary soldiers.

As for Conrad, he was completely unmoved.

(End of this chapter)