The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 41 Demon Tree
"Unexpectedly, there are still undead in this world!"

In the same place, a sigh flashed in Konrad's eyes. Although he had heard many legends about the undead, this was the first time he had seen it.

Unlike Konrad's calmness, the surrounding soldiers seemed particularly flustered.

The ghost screamed, like a needle piercing the soldiers' brains.

"go!"

Sauron let out a low cry, waking up the surrounding soldiers.

Everyone hurriedly walked out of the misty forest. Konrad waved the cross sword to open the way for everyone. The spirit of the senior knight made the undead retreat one after another.

Even that ghost did not dare to approach after the scream.

However, at this moment.

Not far away, the weird big tree waved its vines like poisonous snakes, entangled towards Konrad and the others.

"what!!!"

Next to him, a soldier screamed. His chest had been pierced by vines. He was thrown into the air, and his breath of life was quickly evacuated.

In a moment, the soldier was like a mummy.

Sauron's pupils shrank, and a dignified light flashed in his eyes.

Regardless of the undead or ghosts around, they were not too scary in Sauron's eyes, but the giant tree not far away made him feel a little threatened.

There was also a serious look on Connard's face.

The next moment, vines struck again in the surrounding area filled with gray mist. Several soldiers were caught off guard, and immediately threw them into the air after being entangled.

brush!
In the same place, Conrad's eyes were slightly cold, but he saw a few vines attacking like poisonous snakes, and immediately swung the cross sword in his hand to cut off a few vines.

The severed vine fell to the ground, and blood-like liquid flowed from the cut!

"What kind of monster is this!?"

Cavalier Kailo exclaimed, the giant tree not far away was like a monster, almost subverting everyone's cognition.

At this time, two more clouds of black mist surged out from around the giant tree!
Three ghosts screamed in mid-air, and the strange voice was like a magic sound, and several soldiers were pale and shaking for a while.

"No! Don't eat me!"

Suddenly, a soldier screamed and rushed forward.

"Come back, Carl!"

Cavalier Kylo hurriedly shouted, but it was too late. A soldier named Karl rushed out of the crowd, and soon tripped over a tree branch.

Immediately afterwards, the vines quickly entangled it, draining its vitality!

"Heavy Mountain Cross Slash!"

Conrad yelled, and suddenly exerted force on his feet, the power of the life seed exploded, holding the cross sword with both hands, and swung it out vigorously.

brush!
The ripple-like sword energy slashed towards the giant tree, destroying everything it went, tearing apart the ground.

The giant tree swung its vines, trying to block Conrad.

However, the sword energy cut off all the vines in front of it, and the cross slash attacked the giant tree, causing its expression to become extremely distorted.

"I'm going to kill you!"

The giant tree uttered a vicious curse, and bloody red liquid flowed from its eyes.

The next moment, the entire forest of mist seemed to be boiling.

From the depths of the ground, bones crawled out one after another.

Seeing such a scene, even Konrad's face changed slightly. At this moment, the surrounding gray fog surged, and several tentacles-like vines broke through the ground.

Conrad was caught off guard and was restrained in place by vines.

"not good!"

Sauron's heart sank. The strength of the giant tree seemed to be beyond imagination. Even the senior knight Connard could not kill it easily.

In the distance, the giant tree opened its mouth wide.

The vines restrained Konrad, dragging him towards him, Konrad's hands and feet were bound, and he couldn't get out for a while.

Especially the surface of the vines had sharp barbs, piercing Conrad's flesh and blood along the gaps in the armor, greedily sucking his blood.

"This monster!"

Conrad's face was slightly pale, and his eyes flashed a bit solemn.

Just as he was hesitating whether to use the power of the life seed again, Sauron not far away had already bent his bow and set his arrows at the giant tree.

call out!call out!call out!
Three arrows burst out one after another, two of them were blown away by the waving vines, and one of them went straight to the face on the trunk of the giant tree.

Snapped!
The arrow hit the eyeball of the giant tree, and the blood-red juice seemed to explode. Under the pain of the giant tree, it couldn't help but let go of Conrad who was bound by the vines.

"Eat you!!" The giant tree roared.

But at this moment, Konrad, who had broken free from the shackles, swung the cross sword quickly at the right time, cutting off the surrounding vines one after another.

"go!"

Konrad made a decisive decision and slashed a bloody path, followed by Sauron, followed by Kailo and the soldiers.

"Big brother, stay with me!"

As if the voice of a little girl came again, Sauron turned a deaf ear to it and rushed forward all the way, but several soldiers behind him were confused.

"Don't hesitate!" Conrad said coldly.

Sauron is naturally aware of the situation at the moment. Even Connard is not sure about the horror of the giant tree. If there is any further delay, everyone will be left behind forever.

Thinking of this, Sauron quickened his pace.

Conrad also broke out with all his strength, clearing away all obstacles in front of him like a humanoid monster, and everyone escaped from the forest of mist by luck.

"call!"

Finally out of the range of the forest of mist, Kailo Knight's face was pale, and he sat down on the ground, his eyes could not hide the color of fear.

Beside, Conrad looked pale.

He was also injured in the confrontation with the giant tree, his arms and chest were stained red with blood, and the continuous use of the power of the seeds of life also put a heavy burden on his body.

In place, Sauron looked around.

Of the more than 30 people who went to the forest of mist, only half of them escaped. As for the rest, they stayed in the forest forever.

"What kind of monster is that?"

Knight Kailo was still in shock, recalling the experience of the Mist Forest, his body trembled a little.

Sauron's eyes flickered slightly.

Regarding the origin of the giant tree, he had some speculations in his mind, but he was not sure whether his guesses were correct.

Wraith!

According to the records in the Handbook of the Necromancer, the undead can evolve into a ghost by absorbing the dead energy, and the ghost has a chance to turn into a wraith after certain circumstances.

Compared with undead, ghosts and other spiritual bodies, wraiths are the real terror. Not only are they not afraid of sunlight, but they also possess various strange abilities.

According to Sauron's conjecture, the giant tree in the Misty Forest was probably possessed by a wraith, thus turning into a monster.

Sauron turned around and looked at the forest of mist.

Today's Misty Forest has been occupied by wraiths, and the ability to escape this time is mainly due to the strength of the senior knight Konrad.

Otherwise, if Sauron did not bring Konrad with him when he went to the Forest of Mist this time, he might really be left behind forever.

"It's terrifying!"

Sauron felt a throbbing in his heart. It seems that the forest of mist will be regarded as a restricted area in a short time.

(End of this chapter)