Knight with Wand

In the circular hall on the first floor of the tower, the exhausted warhorse collapsed on the ground, ears drooping forward, groaning and shaking its head.

In its spiritual eyes, it seemed that it had made up its mind to play tricks, and decided not to get up no matter how the master pulled the reins.

This noble warhorse that worked hard to exhaustion is now indeed conscientious enough.

However, Leon just stepped aside and watched Miss Lola gently tap the warhorse's drooping head with her fingers, and the translucent magic pattern instantly spread on the black and shiny horse body like a circuit diagram.

The warhorse's limbs twitched, and visible steam heat waves surged from its body surface. The muscles all swelled a little. It was originally lying on the ground, and immediately climbed up like a chicken blood.

The horse's ears were so excited that they stood up behind, and its nose was snorting loudly. Its limbs were full of strength again, and it stomped its hooves on the floor of the hall.

Leon quickly stepped forward and grabbed the reins of his mount to prevent it from running away in agitation.

"Okay, go back quickly, otherwise your friends will not see you after returning to Orland, and they will probably run back to Kantadar to look for you. If you miss each other, it will be troublesome."

After performing the little spell, Laura turned and walked towards the stairs, intending to return to the workshop upstairs to continue studying Aphrodite's magic.

Leon looked at her in confusion: "We just fled separately yesterday. Lohak and the others took Ms. Elena with them. In one day, they probably haven't reached the middle of Kantadar yet. How could they return to Orland before me?"

"Ah~ I forgot to tell you." The wizard lady stopped walking on the stairs.

She turned back and spread her hands apologetically: "The time you spent in the quasi-spiritual field is not the same as the outside world. In most cases, the speed of the river of time in the quasi-spiritual field is slower than that outside. Now, in their opinion, they may have been separated from you for more than a day."

Leon was shocked: "Ah? You don't mean that it has been several months outside?"

It's not fun to have such a thing happen to you! Leon looked at Corvis on the side. When he proposed to come in, he didn't hear the blond boy warn about such a thing.

Corvis shrugged blankly. His knowledge of the quasi-spiritual field only came from Pilieno and books, and he had never experienced it personally.

"It's not that exaggerated. The time and space confusion here before was not so high.

The last time you went out from here to Selva, the outside world didn't pass for a long time, otherwise the war between the kingdoms should have been over long ago." Lola explained.

Leon thought about it, yes. In the previous conversation with Ms. Elena, she had a similar impression that she and her brother Lohak had been separated for more than two months.

In this case, the first time they left the Nightmare Forest, the outside world might have passed a few days at most.

It was just that the three of them were so busy escaping that they had no reference and did not know the exact date, so they never realized how much time they had wasted in the forest.

Of course, the time difference of several times was too exaggerated. The longer they stayed, the more trouble they would have. Fortunately, the spirit-like field had dissipated.

"Then I'm leaving. Laura, you should also pay attention to safety. If anything unexpected happens, don't worry about the cards and go back to me directly."

Holding the warhorse, Leon said goodbye to the mage lady who had been inseparable from him since he woke up, and pulled Corvis away from the Mage Tower.

In order to save time, the two of them rode together, but the horse could not carry more, so Leon did not bring the armor, weapons and remains of the Yanyang Guards.

Anyway, the cursed land has dissipated and is kept in the Mage Tower by Laura. It won't be too late for him to take it back next time.

Following the general direction given by Laura, Leon rode his rejuvenated warhorse out of the deserted town and galloped on the avenue outside the fortress.

The terrifying black curtain in the sky was no longer visible.

The sun's rays, after many years, once again fell into this ancient forest.

Along the smooth stone road under his feet, the warhorse galloped on it at a very fast speed.

Halfway through, when he encountered an undead beast blocking the road, Leon drew his sword on horseback and chopped it, but whether he succeeded in killing it or not, he did not stop to take care of the wandering zombies.

In the energetic gallop of the mount, Leon soon found that the road ahead ended abruptly at the end of the woodland like a dead end.

As a last resort, the two had to dismount and continue walking through the forest.

After walking for half a day, the trees became sparser and sparser.

When he stepped into the undulating hilly area and saw a village with a permanent smell of fireworks, Leon realized that he had successfully left the edge of the nightmare forest.

However, just as they approached the village, they were shouted to stop by the villagers on the short wooden tower outside the village entrance.

"Who is it? Stop!"

The villager was wearing a rusty chain mail, standing on the wooden tower and holding up the hunting bow with arrows, but he did not pull it open, just shouted in panic from a distance.

Hearing the northern accent of the Feru language on the tower, Leon felt a little relieved.

Although he didn't know where Orland was under his feet, as long as he left the territory of Cantadar, it would be fine.

And this village is quite vigilant. If there were villagers on duty around Selva at the time, and they found the fire of the Cantadar's defeated army at night, perhaps more people could survive.

"I am a knight of the Farolis family in Kossos County, put down your weapons."

Leon loudly reported his identity: "My friend and I accidentally got lost here, but we have no intention of entering the village. As long as we ask for the direction of the road, we will leave."

"Knight of Farolis City?"

Whether it was true or not, the villagers lowered their bows and arrows temporarily after hearing the familiar name of the town.

After all, the tall, divine war horse and the gorgeous sword slung around the waist of the armored man on horseback are in themselves a relative proof of identity.

The villager holding the bow quickly lowered his head: "I'm sorry to offend you, sir, there have been some scary things in the woods recently, so we have no choice but to take extra precautions."

Are there undead wandering out of the forest already?

Leon asked eagerly: "Where is this place? Do you know how to get to Selva, Platon, Ronca, or Faloris City from here? Is it far from here?"

"This is the territory of Baron Gunnar, sir. Farolis is in the east. You are not lost too far." The villager on the wooden tower pointed in the direction and replied.

"Longka Village is also very close to here. If you go around the mountain forest and follow the path, you can reach it before dark."

After clearing the position, Leon immediately turned the horse's head.

But before leaving, he thought about it and reminded the villagers on the wooden tower: "When I got lost, I did find that more and more monsters appeared around the forest. You'd better inform them as soon as possible. Lord, send knights and troops to clean up."

Leaving a warning, Leon drove Corvis on his way.

After going around the forest, the war horse didn't run for too long. As soon as the sky became slightly darker, he saw the village of Longka, which was located beside the river in the forest.

Finally returning to his own territory, Leon couldn't help but urged his horse to run with joy.

Although he had only been to this territory a few times and was not familiar with it, Leon still remembered the peculiar smell wafting from the yards of the tanners' houses.

However, before they entered the village, they saw two young men carrying hunting bows and daggers running over and blocking the way.

As the newly crowned knight lord nearby, Leon's face is far from being remembered by these villagers. After all, he is based in Selva and has not visited Lohark's territory a few times.

However, he also discovered that the previous vigilance in the small village was not a special case.

Apparently, villagers in the surrounding human settlements close to the Cursed Land have witnessed traces of living corpses.

Fortunately, at present, the two villages so close to the Nightmare Forest are only patrolled by ordinary villagers and have not alerted the lord's army, indicating that there are not many undead causing more serious attacks on the villages.

Just in time.

Leon felt relieved that he still had time to find ways to prevent the hidden dangers of those living corpses.

After explaining his identity to the hunter, Leon unexpectedly learned that Lohark was actually in the territory right now.

It seemed that Miss Laura was indeed right. It felt like less than a day had passed since he and Corvis entered the spirit-like field. However, the outside world did not know how much time had passed. Another route had already returned to Oran safely before the two of them. Kingdom of Germany.

After getting off his horse and entering Longka Village, Leon came to the commune house where the villagers said Lord Lohak lived temporarily.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the familiar tall young man swinging a heavy halberd and ax at a target wrapped in rotten leather in the courtyard.

The wooden pile full of gaps had been chopped out of shape, as if he was simply venting his worries and depression.

"Lohark, I'm back!"

"!"

Hearing the familiar voice that sounded like an auditory hallucination, Rohark stabilized the halberd in his hand and looked back.

The young man's honest face was suddenly filled with surprise.

"Leon!——!!"

He threw down his halberd and axe, laughed and rushed forward, hugging his friend whom he hadn't seen for many days and hugging him tightly: "Haha! I knew you would be fine!"

"Hey, of course, you have seen how big my life is, what can this little crisis do?" Leon boasted and patted his good brother on the back hard.

Lohak held back his excitement and joy and let go of his companion. He saw the blond boy behind him and saw that the friend who helped his sister escape was safe and sound. He couldn't help but smile: "You too, brother! I hope everything is safe and sound!"

Corvis raised his shoulders and smiled quietly: "Thank you for your concern."

"Are you all tired? Come in and have a rest. I'll have someone bring you some food and drink."

Rohark held Leon's shoulders tightly and led the two people who were tired of the journey back to the big house where they were staying.

Leon asked about the situation of others: "Are Azerien and your sister okay? Did you encounter any dangers on the way back?"

"Very good! But they are in Selva, and I only came to Lonca yesterday.

Speaking of which, maybe you really lured away the pursuers. Although the rest of us went east and north and took a long detour, we never ran into danger.

Azarian frightened the Kantardar people along the way, and they didn't run into any trouble until they entered Mamore County, where the war was still going on." Lohak carefully recounted the story of their group.

It turned out that this time they were returning to the north via Mamore County, where the three of them had fled.

However, this time they did not accidentally enter the Cursed Land. Instead, they took a small path and entered the western part of Mamore County, which the Orlanders had already captured.

Azerion first contacted the army of the Northern Kingdom alone, and after proving his identity, he even met Baron Earliver who was still in the frontline military camp. Only then did he escort Elena out of Kantadar without any danger.

"Did you two go around to the west and come back from Buneroz County?" Lohak pulled out a chair for his friends to sit down and asked curiously.

Only then did Leon remember that the situation was urgent and he didn't even have time to tell his companions his escape route.

"No, I took Corvis into the Cursed Land again and came back directly through the Nightmare Forest." Leon explained.

"Ah? You went into that hellhole again?" Lohak was surprised, but thinking about the great magical powers of his companion along the way, he was relieved: "That's right, you and Corvis both know witchcraft, there is no way you two can be trapped there."

Leon smiled bitterly. If it weren't for that wizard lady, he wouldn't dare to return to that hellhole even if he had ten guts.

But he didn't plan to spend too much time explaining the whole story for the time being. There was something more important at the moment: "The cursed land has dissipated, Lohak. I will tell you the details and reasons later. Now there are many zombies in the nightmare forest that have lost the restraints of that area.

We must prepare the territory as soon as possible, and notify other lords to resist the undead attacks that may come to the forest."

Lohak's eyes widened when he heard it: "The cursed land disappeared? No wonder, no wonder I can see those ghosts outside the forest these days. I thought there was an evil wizard nearby like in the story."

Speaking of this, Leon couldn't help asking: "By the way, what day is it in the Orland calendar today? Do you still remember how many days have passed since we separated?"

Lohak touched the back of his head and frowned and thought about it. He rarely remembers the date, and he really doesn't know the specific date today.

But trying to recall the previous journey, he can remember the time when he separated from Leon.

Leon learned from him that the two sides had been separated for ten days.

And Lohak and his team had just arrived in Selva three days ago.

Leon pinched his brows and sighed at the wonder of the confusion of time and space. In his memory, the split with the other party happened only yesterday.

".We just returned to Selva, and we didn't rest for long before we ran into strange things. Many crows, eagles, and other messy birds flew out of the forest like crazy and bit people. When we killed those things, we found that they were the same ghosts we saw in the nightmare forest. Yesterday, a corpse wolf broke into the wheat field of Selva and bit people." Lohak said.

"Did any of the people in the territory get bitten to death?" Leon frowned and asked. His territory is now sparsely populated, but he is reluctant to add more casualties.

"No, luckily Olivia was also in the field at that time. She chopped out the dried brains of that ghost thing with a hoe and axe." Lohak shrugged and said, "It's just that a few villagers were pecked by the corpse birds and had some skin injuries."

Leon couldn't help but feel fortunate that these undead who died in the spirit-like field were not the virus zombies in the movies of the previous life, but just zombies whose souls had not shed their shells. They would not be poisoned and mutated if bitten, otherwise it would be too scary.

"After the attack, Azerien and I discussed it and asked me to come to Longka to take a look at the situation and see if I could recruit a few archers from the hunters to protect Selva.

Those corpse birds are not very deadly, but they fly around and hurt people. In Selva, only Uncle Brian can shoot arrows. The strong men who returned from the village have only served as spearmen in the army."

Lohak said, shaking his head helplessly: "But I searched with the village elders yesterday. Most of the hunters in Longka Village who can shoot arrows skillfully were recruited to serve in Lord Elliver's army and have not been released yet.

The remaining few are about the same age as the two of us. Apart from the necessary people to protect Longka, there is no one to serve as archers for Selva."