The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 71 Fierce Battle

The next moment, the ground trembled.

However, the soil at the root of the giant tree surged, and countless rhizomes drilled out of the ground, making it rush towards Sauron like a human being.

"be careful!"

In the distance, Cavalier Kailo exclaimed. He, who was fighting with the undead, saw such a scene that his pupils shrank for a while.

Sauron stepped back quickly.

Snapped!
At this time, the giant tree swung its vines and struck like a whip. Sauron jumped up, and the vines whipped a crack on the ground.

"Cursed Arrow!"

In mid-air, Sauron uttered syllables, and with a wave of his hand, a cursed arrow shot out, heading straight for the demon tree.

Snapped!
However, before the cursed arrow hit the target, the giant tree had already waved the vines, smashing it into a cloud of black mist.

Swish!
There was an ear-piercing sound of rubbing in the forest. Under the influence of the demon tree, it seemed that all the trees had gained life.

On the surrounding trees, strange eyes emerged one after another.

In the sky, the crow Lal uttered a strange cry, as if feeling threatened, he kept circling but did not dare to land.

brush!
Several vines attacked quickly, Sauron dodged immediately, and at the same time swung the cross sword in his hand, cutting off the attacking branches and vines.

"Cursed Arrow!"

After a little distance, Sauron uttered syllables again, and with a wave of his hand, a cursed arrow shot towards the giant tree.

Compared to Dark Soul Wave, Cursed Arrow is not that powerful.

But at the same time, this rune consumes the same magic power. With Sauron's current strength, he can use Dark Soul Wave three times at most in a short period of time.

As for the Cursed Arrow, it was enough for him to use it about ten times.

If the cursed arrow can be used to put the giant tree into a negative state, then it is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Sauron.

However, this time, the cursed arrow was still blocked by the giant tree.

The branches and vines waving all over the sky formed an airtight defense, and even Sauron could hardly get close to the giant tree itself.

"Get out of the way!"

At this moment, the steel-heart knight Konrad not far away suddenly let out a roar, and rushed towards the giant tree like a wild beast.

Bloody vines broke through the ground one by one, restraining Konrad in place.

However, at this time, Konrad seemed to have activated the power of the life seed, and with a hoarse roar, he broke free from the shackles of the bloody vine in an instant.

The next moment, Conrad jumped up.

With his left hand he swung a long sword, but with his right he threw a clay pot at the giant tree.

In the distance, Sauron's eyes flashed.

Immediately, without hesitation, he bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot a ignited arrow away.

Bang!
As the arrow hit the clay pot, there was a sound like a burst, but streams of fire were seen falling towards the giant tree like a rain of fire.

Suddenly, the giant tree let out a roar.

The flame fell on its body and spread rapidly, no matter how the vines and branches whipped, they could not completely extinguish them.

Knight Kailo's eyes lit up, and he quickly threw the clay pot filled with kerosene that he had prepared in advance towards the giant tree.

Behind them, the soldiers followed suit.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The giant tree waved its vines and smashed all the clay pots in mid-air, but the kerosene inside swayed down and burned quickly after being ignited by the flames.

In an instant, the surroundings turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"Kill you!!"

The giant tree let out a roar, the huge tree umbrella above its head shook, and clusters of black mist-like spiritual bodies screamed towards the surroundings.

A trace of calm flashed in Sauron's eyes.

The surrounding vines attacked one after another, and he quickly swung the cross sword in his hand, cutting off all obstacles, and at the same time rushed towards the demon tree in a few steps.

"Dark Soul Wave!!"

Sauron let out a low cry, and the sphere of dark elements condensed went straight to the demon tree.

Rumble!
The dark soul wave hit the giant tree, making a loud noise, followed by an extremely shrill scream.

"what!!!"

The giant tree let out a painful wail, and its huge body collapsed. The flames on its body still did not go out, but burned more and more vigorously.

"Kill you!!"

As the giant tree collapsed, a cloud of black mist surged out of the flames, and its distorted shape was as terrifying as a devil.

"Wraith!"

A trace of calm flashed in Sauron's eyes, that was the root of the misty forest disaster, a spirit body that had grown to the level of a wraith.

In the forest, the wraith screamed.

The faces of the surrounding soldiers were pale, and the screeching sound pierced into their brains like steel needles, making their consciousness trance for a while.

But at this moment, the resentful spirit suddenly surged away.

A few soldiers were caught off guard, and their throats were torn apart by the wraith in an instant, and blood gushed out continuously, splattering on the ground was shocking.

Kailo's expression changed, and he stepped back one after another.

Facing such a terrifying resentful spirit, he couldn't think of becoming an enemy at all. It was already his best effort not to turn around and run away at this moment.

"kill!!"

But at this time, Konrad let out a roar, and rushed straight to the Wraith.

brush!
The long sword pierced Wraith's body, but failed to cause much damage.

The next moment, the wraith screamed.

It swung its pitch-black sharp claws across Konrad's chest, the breastplate was torn apart instantly, and a beating heart seemed to be visible under the claw marks.

Connard's face was pale, and even a senior knight couldn't help but let out a scream.

But at this moment, the resentful spirit stretched out its sharp claws again, and went straight to Konrad's heart.

"Cursed Arrow!"

In the distance, Sauron waved his hand and shot a cursed arrow. The pitch-black arrow blocked the attack of the wraith.

Kailo saw the right moment and rushed forward to save Konrad.

"Take him away."

Sauron said coldly.

At this time, Connard was dying after being hit by the wraith, and the scar on his chest would surely die if he didn't deal with it as soon as possible.

Kailo didn't talk nonsense, and dragged Connard away from the battlefield quickly.

However, Wraith screamed and chased after him.

brush!
Naturally, Sauron would not agree, and swung his sword to block the attack of the wraith. At the same time, with a thought, the power of runes in the sea of ​​consciousness kept flickering.

In the sky, the crow Lal screamed.

Under the control of the Raven Spirit Rune, it swooped down like a falcon, swung its claws at the Wraith Spirit, and then quickly flew towards the sky.

With Lal's strength, at most he can only cause some harassment to the wraiths.

But that's enough.

"Dark Soul Wave!"

On the spot, Sauron's eyes flickered, and all the last magic power burst out at this moment.

The energy body condensed by the dark elements went straight to the wraith.

Bang! !

Following a shrill scream, the wraith exploded like a black mist, and the surrounding spirits also let out wailing sounds.

"Success!"

In the same place, Sauron breathed a sigh of relief. After the wraith was eliminated, the remaining spirits were no longer to be feared.

(End of this chapter)