The unknown court mage took a step forward, the silver ring on her right index finger shone dazzlingly, and under the blessing of the magic ritual, her voice was as loud as an avalanche of thunder!

Before the sea of ​​spiders approached the forest, the court mage solemnly declared:

"The seventh commandment, this place will become my kingdom, and no life is allowed to enter without permission."

Chapter 53 same position

When this commandment was proclaimed, something invisible, centered on the court mage, quickly spread and swept the entire ash forest.

At this moment, some indescribable changes occurred in this forest. Ella, who had lived here for several months, suddenly felt that everything in front of her became strange.The sound of the north wind blowing through the branches and leaves like waves became quieter, the light in the forest became darker, and even the snow on the ground had some indescribable changes.

The trees seem to start to move, but in fact this is not the case. This is more like a deviation in people's cognition, resulting in an extremely real illusion. The trees in the ash forest are no longer just a gathering of growing plants, but It has become some kind of wonderful whole.

The purple tide dies before this green country.

When the cold spiders, unable to stop their charge, touched the border of the forest, their bodies began to rot rapidly, and even maggots slowly drilled out of their bodies, and began to eat away at the huge bodies of the monsters!

They left hundreds of corpses here in an instant.

The group of cold spiders stayed outside the forest, and their eyeballs began to gleam alternately. It was probably an unknown communication method unique to monsters.They surrounded the periphery of the forest, temporarily stopping their movements.

At this time, the court mage took a staggering step back, and something rolled out of her eyes, but it was not blood or other liquid, but pale white powder.

The court mage reached out to take it, and sniffed it. It had a faint burnt smell that was unique to ashes.

"[Invisible Object]..."

She smiled and stabilized her body, threw away the ashes, and touched the place where the eyes used to be on the face, where there were only two holes left.

"My strength can last for a day or two. Hurry up, we will be safe as long as we reach Carlodin, and His Majesty's army will arrive in that town. Don't let your guard down, there are monsters lurking here in the forest , they are not outsiders of the country, nor will they be bound by the rules."

The Earl of Moria helped her back to the carriage, which was a very spacious carriage, pulled by four horses, and even had several beds inside.

Ella was resting inside, and she couldn't help being startled by the abnormality in the other party's eyes.

The accompanying priest checked her injuries, but the court mage's eyes seemed to have become like this a long time ago, the wounds had already healed, and there was almost no need for any extra treatment.

In the end, the pastor just made a simple bandage with gauze to cover her dark, empty eyes.After that, she left here leaving a quiet environment.

Ella struggled to sit up.

"your eyes......"

"Using the seventh commandment made me bear the rules of [invisible objects]. The negative rules brought about by the last five commandments are unknowable. I have violated the rules of [invisible objects] before I realized it, so I have suffered punish."

The voice of the court mage was faint, and there was no emotion of pain or fear.

"Can it still be restored? I remember you said that the negative rules brought by the ring only last for one day."

The latter shook his head, the meaning is self-evident.

After a long time, the lady touched the place under the gauze again, which was slightly dented by the force of her fingers.

"Indeed, as you said, the negative rules of the Ten Commandments are only valid for one day... But even if I don't need to bear the rules of [Invisible Objects] tomorrow, the eyes will not regenerate."

"The punishment for violating the rules is a very powerful curse, and regeneration magic will also be invalidated—but it's not a big deal. People like you and me don't necessarily need to use eyes to observe things. Heh, compared to me, Your current state is even worse, although I can't see it, but I can also feel it, your mental body is very unstable, and there are already some signs of losing control."

After losing his eyes, the court mage seemed to speak a little more than usual.

Ella believed that this should be a measure for the other party to release his mental pressure. Although it seemed very plain on the surface, it was just a cover-up.

Ella didn't reveal it. She felt that the other party was in good condition, so she didn't say anything more about it and lay back on the bed with her eyes closed to rest.

Although the words of the court mage sound harsh, it is also true. During this period of time, she has been on the verge of losing control of her magic power many times, and the damage caused by this cannot be resolved by a bottle or two of sedatives.Ella's state is very dangerous now, and she can't think of any suitable way to deal with the mental pollution she has received in a short time.

She tried to use medicine to assist, meditate, or use Lily's alchemy props to bear the pollution multiple times, all of which were effective, but the effect was slow and could not prevent the deterioration of her physical condition.If this continues, she will approach the cliff called out of control step by step.Half-crazy is the best outcome, as for the worse - Anderson has given a precedent with his life.

After an unknown amount of time, the court mage suddenly said:

"Aren't you planning to go back to a certain place soon? Why do you want to do this when you are not a subject of Snow Country?"

Ella thought for a moment, then opened her eyes.

"Maybe you don't remember, but in my understanding, magicians like us have an obligation to protect ordinary people. This is the iron rule of the executors Kraft belongs to."

"Executor... seems to be a familiar word to me."

The court mage seemed to be trying to remember something, but finally gave up.

"No, I still can't think of anything... But after all, this is the world I live in, and we stand on the same page when it comes to protecting ordinary people."

As she spoke, she raised the little finger of her left hand and declared:

"The first commandment, out of control and pollution will not spread in you."

With the appearance of a thin light curtain, Ella suddenly felt a lot lighter.Loss of control and pollution no longer worsened, they were simultaneously suppressed to a certain extent.The color of her arms gradually returned to normal, and the beating flames in the depths of her pupils gradually extinguished.

"In this way, you will have more time to save yourself, right?"

"Thank you."

Ella nodded. As long as the situation does not continue to deteriorate, she can use potions and alchemy props to gradually reduce the pollution and restore her mental state.

"No, if it weren't for you, at least one-third of the people in the territory would not have time to enter the forest."

A queue of thousands of people slowly moved forward in the forest, and wide roads separated themselves from the trees. This was the effect of the seventh commandment.The Ash Forest has conceptually become the kingdom of the Court Mage, and she has also gained relative powers through this, such as changing the terrain, a certain degree of environmental control, and a steady stream of magic power.

This has greatly accelerated the speed of the journey. The area that originally took two to three days to cross now only takes one day if you travel day and night.

Chapter 54 Arrival

The road branching out in the forest is very spacious, even compared with the main road between towns.The team moved along the middle of the avenue to avoid possible surprise attacks.

Dense spider webs and hanging cocoons can occasionally be seen above the forest, most of which have been ruptured, leaving only blood-stained empty shells.

During the journey, the team encountered several attacks, but what appeared in the forest was not a cold spider, but a strange monster with piled corpses.They are repulsive in appearance, but neither have a hard shell nor spit silk.

The wide road left them uncovered, and the guarding cavalry easily wiped out these monsters, and the knights directly under the court mage even captured one of them alive.

The monsters with their legs amputated and chained wriggled and twitched in the caravan. They looked like beasts and humans that were not yet dead, butchered and divided into a heap.

Ella helped the court mage to the caravan. The latter explored the surrounding environment with his hands, and then squatted in front of the monster.

Although there are no eyes, the monster's outline and corresponding color still appear in the court mage's vision.

Ella just stood aside calmly. Her current physical condition does not allow her to enter the spirit vision. She can only observe this alien monster in the way of ordinary people.

The court mage suddenly let out a soft snort. She put on gloves for herself, then groped her hand into the monster's twisted body, and finally settled on a spine that resembled a deer or other large animals.

She buckled one of them, and took out a lavender thing from the sticky bloodshot and rancid blackened juice.

It seemed to be a parasite as thick as a thumb, its tiny tentacles-like limbs flailing and struggling in the air, desperately trying to twist its body and insert the tentacles into the fingers behind it.

The court mage exhaled at it, and the power contained in it made the parasite gradually lose its activity and fall into a deep sleep.She then took a metal box from the knight and put it in the box.

During this process, the blasphemous monster that looked like a huge spider was rapidly disintegrating, scattering corpses and foul-smelling liquid all over the ground.

An unbearable breath of death began to permeate the caravan, and the remains of the monster began to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After careful inspection, the two found that apart from the weird parasite, the rest were just some ordinary corpses.

"What do you think is the connection between this monster and the cold spider?"

Ella covered her mouth and nose with her hand,

"I thought they were the same thing at first, but now they feel completely different."

The court mage held the iron box in his hand,

"It looks like this kind of bug is controlling the corpse. I'm curious how it does it. Let's put this question aside—I thought there would be a lot of cold spiders in the forest. After all, judging from their number, It should not be a creature with a long reproductive cycle."

"But as far as the current situation is concerned, they only produced this kind of nondescript thing in the forest, and did not reproduce in large numbers... It's not reasonable to say that we have never seen a larva of cold spiders at all."

As she spoke, she waved her hand to suspend the corpses and sewage into a ball, moving them away from the road.

"It's been a lot of harvest so far. Although we want to investigate in detail, we don't have that much time."

It was getting late, and it was not too far from the town.

Before dawn, Carrotine's walls appeared ahead of the procession.

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Compared with the last time I came here, Ella found that the atmosphere here has changed a lot.Carlotine's city wall has obviously been reinforced, and there are many fewer vendors along the street. In contrast, there are many people dressed as mercenaries or troops from other towns stationed in the city.

Although Carrotine's walls and fortresses are not as strong as Winter City, the number of troops and mercenaries together far exceeds the former, and the terrain here is relatively flat and the line of sight is very wide, which means that there is no need to worry about passing through The monsters that make surprise attacks on mountain peaks are more advantageous than Winter in the battle against the cold spiders.

The time limit for the day was coming to an end, and she quickly went to the arranged hotel to start adjusting her physical condition.

It is already the third day since the reinforcements set off, and the main force of the Snow King is about to arrive. By then, this place will become the strongest barrier.

Only then did Ella truly enter the safe zone and have enough time to treat the loss of control and contamination.

According to Ella's request, the court mage sent someone to buy magic materials and deliver them to the hotel.As a buffer zone between the snow forest and the city behind, Carlotin Town gathered a large number of merchants.Therefore, the type and quality of magic materials here are far better than those in winter.

Lily assists Ella in the room, which is Ella's own request.

With Lily Bell's knowledge of mysticism, she can cooperate with the former to complete some simple tasks, and can take care of Ella who is temporarily unable to use magic power in case of unexpected situations.

On the other hand, Ella is already a master in alchemy and potions. Although she can't compare with the professors in Kraft who are proficient in this way, she is already considered very good in the outside world.It would be beneficial for Ella to watch Ella concoct the drug up close, an opportunity that Erwin envied.

Ella borrows Tina's floral ornament from Lily and puts it on her head.This is the third time she has used hair accessories to reduce pollution.

The floating illusory figure quickly corroded and shattered. Compared with the original, the color of the rust has changed from thick black to yellowish brown.

Ella breathed a sigh of relief, the level of pollution had dropped to a point where she could barely bear it.Even if the effect of the court mage's commandment disappears after dawn, she doesn't have to worry about losing consciousness.

"Is it okay to use it so many times in a row?"

Lily frowned. After using floral ornaments to resist the contamination caused by two inspirations in a row, she had already faintly felt the resistance of the virtual personality.

"do not worry."

Ella has developed some resistance to this kind of thing. Compared with continuing to bear the pollution, it is not completely unacceptable for Tina to wake up again.

The pearl-like crystals on the flower ornaments have been stained with some black impurities. Ella gave up on continuing to eliminate the pollution, and the alchemy props also need a certain amount of recovery time.

She took out the alchemy vessel and added the consecrated pure water, the refined Asparagus essential oil, the dried dragon's blood powder and a pair of bloodshot eyeballs of an unknown creature.Some of the materials Ella has never seen in the outside world, but only through some simple experiments can understand their effects and toxicity.

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