The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 67 Cursed Arrow
On the spot, Sauron's eyes flickered.

The ghost bound by invisible chains seemed to be on the verge of death. The soldiers around saw this scene, but they still dared not step forward.

Sauron raised his hand and patted the ghost.

The gloomy light floated, and an invisible imprint was left on the ghost. The ghost's figure was dim, and finally it turned into a cloud of black mist and penetrated into Sauron's body.

"call!"

Sauron let out a sigh of relief, using the power of the [Spirit Controlling] rune, he has successfully subdued the ghost.

Not far away, Conrad was unconscious.

The ghost in the body has been expelled, but the mental damage caused by being possessed by the ghost during this period still needs some time to recover.

"The undead have been wiped out?"

Beside, Frost came over, looked at Sauron and asked hesitantly.

"Ah."

Sauron nodded, without explaining too much, let Frost clean up the mess, and returned to the room by himself.

After closing the door, Sauron raised his arm.

But he saw a black mark on his wrist, like a twisted nightmare.

A trace of thought appeared on Sauron's face.

The ability of the spirit control rune is to control the spirit body for his own use, and the female ghost just now is the first spirit body controlled by Sauron.

On the spot, Sauron thought about it.

The black marks on the wrist twisted for a while, and the female ghost was released. However, compared to the previous madness, the female ghost at this moment seemed to be domesticated, and she looked particularly docile.

"From now on, I'll call you 'Gwen'!" Sauron said casually.

Gwen crawled on the ground and didn't object.

Afterwards, Sauron waved his hand and took Gwen back into the spiritual seal in his body.

Immediately afterwards, he called softly.

Flutter and rinse!
A black shadow flew in from outside the window, it was Rall the Raven.

Lal landed on Sauron's arm, with an intimacy flashing in his eyes.

"Giethoorn Village!"

Sauron's eyes flickered slightly, thinking of what Konrad said before, a trace of solemnity appeared on his face.

With the development of time, the demon tree in the Misty Forest has become more and more powerful, so Sauron must eradicate it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the entire Night Crow City may become its territory.

Sauron pondered for a moment and came to the top of the castle.

With a thought in his mind, Crow Lal immediately flew towards Giethoorn.

It is a very risky thing to go to the forest of mist before being promoted to a second-level apprentice, so Sauron plans to send Lal to investigate first.

In the sky, Lal spread his wings and flew high.

It didn't take long for it to come over Giethoorn Village, and the village was already shrouded in mist.

Therefore, even if Sauron turns on vision sharing, he still cannot see the situation inside Giethoorn.

Therefore, Sauron could only order Lal to fly downward.

Entering the mist, there was a dead silence around.

The once bustling small village seems to have become a no-man's land now, and there are no living figures to be seen in the pervasive gray fog.

Ral flew through the mist.

Through its field of vision, Sauron saw the scene inside Giethoorn, and found that not only was there no one here, not even a single living thing.

The whole village is like a ghost town.

Suddenly, the crow Lal landed on the eaves and looked forward, only to see figures standing in the open field not far away in the mist.

That is the villager of Giethoorn Village.

However, as Connard said, these villagers have been reduced to the living dead at this moment. They stand in place, motionless like sculptures.

In Nightraven Castle, Sauron frowned slightly.

Just when he wanted to check further on the situation of the Yangjiao villagers, the crow Lal suddenly let out a scream and flapped his wings violently.

Sauron's heart skipped a beat.

On the ground of Giethoorn Village, vine-like plant roots suddenly broke through the ground and rushed straight to the crow Lal.

Those roots were very fast, and Lal hurriedly flew towards the sky.

Flutter and rinse!
Relying on his sensitive flying ability, Lal narrowly escaped the catastrophe. The roots on the ground seemed to only extend a few meters away.

After being frightened, Lal hurriedly flew back to Night Crow City.

In the same place, Sauron looked thoughtful.

Giethoorn Village has completely fallen, not only shrouded in mist, but also the roots of the demon tree have extended to the ground.

And, there appear to be signs of continued expansion.

"Magic Tide!"

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the legend about the demon tide, thoughts flickered in his mind.

After a moment, he shook his head.

Regarding that ancient legend, it is still too far away from him, Sauron's most urgent task now is still the matter in front of him.

"Mist Forest!"

Sauron murmured to himself, the demon tree in the Misty Forest is growing stronger day by day, if it can't be dealt with as soon as possible, Night Crow City might fall because of it.

Thinking of this, Sauron's face became serious.

Then, he took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate.

If he wants to go to the forest of mist to deal with the demon tree, Sauron must do his best, but now, the steel heart knight Konrad is seriously injured, which means that he has lost a powerful support.

Therefore, in a short time, Sauron cannot go to the forest of mist.

At least let Konrad recover first.

With the physique of a high-level knight, it may not take a few days for Konrad to recover and go to the forest of mist with Sauron.

Under the dark night, Giethoorn was silent.

The gray mist drifted away, and in the open space in the center of the village, the villagers who had been reduced to the living dead stood in place like sculptures.

They were motionless, as if they had stopped breathing.

Suddenly, the surrounding gray mist surged.

The next moment, all the living dead, as if summoned by some kind of power, raised their heads and walked numbly in one direction.

At the same time, Night Crow City.

Sauron sat by the bed, slowly opened his eyelids, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"Cursed Arrow!"

Sauron's eyes flickered, and after continuous meditation, he finally condensed the sixth rune in his consciousness.

Cursed Arrow!

This is a rune condensed through the idea of ​​​​the sacrifice of the dark spirit. It is somewhat similar to the dark soul wave, and it is an attack method formed by using dark elements.

It's just that Dark Soul Wave is a pure attack rune, while Cursed Arrow has a trace of curse power attached to it.

The target hit by the cursed arrow has a certain probability of being cursed.

As for the performance of the curse, it has a certain degree of randomness.

Blinding, confusion, weakness...

According to different targets, the effects of the cursed arrows are also different, but basically they will not reach the level of death.

Boom boom boom!
Just as Sauron felt the effect of the Cursed Arrow rune, there was a sudden knock on the door, followed by the panicked voice of Knight Kailo.

"Something went wrong, my lord!"

Kailo pushed open the door, and said with an ugly face: "There are a large number of undead outside the city, and they are heading towards the direction of Night Crow City!"

(End of this chapter)