The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 70 Demon Tree

In the gray mist, everyone proceeded carefully.

Half an hour later, trees gradually appeared around, and the environment became complicated. The vines on the ground were like giant blood vessels.

Swish!
Suddenly, there was a sound next to his ear, Sauron's eyes flashed slightly, and he immediately drew out the cross sword.

Beside, Kailo looked nervous.

Conrad was expressionless, with a glimmer of light in his eyes.

This time he went to the forest of mist, he had already prepared for the worst. The threat of death did not make Conrad feel intimidated, but made him feel a flame in his heart.

Only by experiencing life and death can you have the opportunity to step into a higher realm!
Like the sound of leaves rubbing against each other, it only lasted for a moment and then disappeared, and nothing happened, which made everyone heave a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, everyone moved on.

But not long after, the rustle sounded again, and disappeared after a few seconds, and still nothing happened.

However, this time, Sauron frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Kailo hesitated.

Sauron didn't speak, but turned around, looking back, his heart sank.

"Three people are missing!"

He frowned slightly, and a glint of dignity flashed in his eyes.

At this time, everyone realized that three soldiers had disappeared unknowingly, but no one noticed.

quack!quack!
Suddenly, Lal screamed strangely in mid-air, as if he had discovered something.

Sauron's heart trembled.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding gray fog surged, and an extremely huge tree in the distance gradually appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Kylo gasped.

The last time I went to the Misty Forest, the monster tree was not so big, but now it stands in the distance, like a tall tower.

The next moment, the surrounding gray fog surged up!
"Ready to fight!"

Sauron shouted loudly, and at the same time, groups of spirit bodies emerged from the gray mist.

brush!
Connard drew out his long sword, let out a low shout, and swung the sword vigorously with both hands, instantly cutting an attacking undead in half.

Immediately afterwards, Kailo followed closely behind.

The soldiers took out the sea salt prepared in advance and quickly sprinkled it around to form a white circle to block the attack of the undead.

As the sea salt swayed, the undead let out a shrill scream.

Obviously, sea salt and ironware are almost lethal to these low-level spirit bodies. As long as they overcome their inner fear, even ordinary people may be able to deal with them.

However, the deadly effects of sea salt and iron are limited to low-level spirit bodies.

For ghost-level existences, salt and iron can only weaken their power at best.

brush!
In the mist, a cloud of black mist surged, and the moment it approached a soldier, it seemed to burn like a flame.

"what!!!"

The soldier let out a scream, and his body melted like a candle. The terrifying scene made everyone around feel horrified.

Kailo's scalp tingled for a while, and his hands holding the sword trembled slightly.

"Gwen, go!"

Sauron raised his arm and decisively released Gwen, who was also a ghost.

In an instant, the two ghosts wrestled together.

Compared to Gwen, who was controlled by the spirit-controlling rune, the wild ghost seemed to be more ferocious, and Gwen, who had been fighting for several rounds, fled around.

"Cursed Arrow!"

On the spot, Sauron's eyes flashed, and he waved his hand to condense a black arrow.

The next moment, the cursed arrow shot out.

After the wild ghost was hit, it immediately let out a scream, as if in chaos, and bit the spirits in the surrounding forest.

And at the same time.

Not far away, the huge demon tree seemed to slowly open its eyes, and the scarlet eyes shone with cruel luster.

Immediately afterwards, the vines danced wildly.

clap clap clap!
Like a whip whipping the ground, cracks appeared in the surrounding ground, and blood-red liquid flowed out, as if the forest was screaming.

Looking at the giant tree in the distance, a blazing gleam flashed in Konrad's eyes.

"drink!"

Connard shouted loudly, held the long sword with both hands, and rushed straight to the demon tree.

brush!
But before he got close, the surrounding vines had already attacked quickly, biting Conrad's flesh and blood like poisonous snakes.

The Steel Heart Knight had firm eyes and waved his sword with both hands.

"Howling wind!"

Conrad roared, and the sword energy turned into a strong wind, cutting off the surrounding vines one after another.

However, more vines came one after another.

On the spot, Sauron's eyes flashed, but instead of rushing to rescue Konrad, he looked at the demon tree not far away.

"The power of a bull!"

Sauron uttered syllables, runes flickered in the sea of ​​consciousness, and powerful power rushed to his body.

The next moment, Sauron rushed out.

"Come on! Soldiers!"

Cavalier Kailo gritted his teeth and said loudly: "For the sake of the homeland behind you, and for the glory of the warrior, let's fight with all our strength!"

While speaking, Kailo followed Sauron's footsteps and charged towards the demon tree.

The soldiers shouted.

The soldiers who could follow Sauron to the Forest of Misty this time were all the elite of Night Crow City. Although facing the terrifying demon tree, they were unavoidably afraid, but their pace of charging was still firm.

However, at this moment.

Rumble!
There was a terrifying sound in the forest. The ground seemed to be torn apart. Hundreds of crimson vines broke through the ground like blood snakes.

Suddenly, screams sounded one after another.

Those blood-red vines drilled out of the ground pierced through the bodies of more than a dozen soldiers in an instant, devouring their blood greedily.

Soon, more than ten soldiers turned into mummies.

"Damn!"

Kailuo's face was ugly. The strength of that demon tree seemed to be more terrifying than imagined. Now that the battle has just begun, nearly half of the soldiers in Night Crow City have been lost.

Facing the loss of soldiers, Sauron was unmoved. ,

brush!
He quickly ran towards the giant tree, swiping the cross sword sharply in his hand, and the spirit bodies that attacked around him were killed by the sharp blade contaminated with sea salt.

"Dark Soul Wave!"

Less than ten meters away from the giant tree, Sauron uttered syllables lightly, and dark elements like black flames gathered into a sphere.

The next moment, Dark Soul Wave roared away.

As if feeling the threat, the giant tree waved its branches and vines, forming a wall in front of it, blocking the impact of the dark soul wave.

Bang!
In an instant, there was a sound like an explosion, and under the impact of the dark soul wave, a large hole appeared in the wall formed by the branches and vines.

The corrosion formed by dark elements looks particularly terrifying.

"Pity!"

Sauron frowned slightly, and a sigh flashed in his eyes. If the blow just now had not been blocked, it would definitely have caused great damage to the demon tree.

"I'm going to eat you!!!"

After bearing the impact of the dark soul wave, the giant tree let out an angry roar, and the human faces on the trunk seemed to be distorted.

(End of this chapter)