After arriving at the grove, Milok did not send people into the woods in a hurry, but started to plan an outpost in front of the only entrance and exit of the woods. He knew very well that if His Highness the Prince and his two powerful Saints were not there,
If anything is found in this forest, it is useless for them to go in. All they can do is to hold on here, or wait, but what exactly they are waiting for, even Milok himself does not know.
Anyway, Aranza's order was to guard this place, although perhaps His Highness the Prince himself didn't know what he wanted to guard here.
But Laiatimo obviously wouldn't waste time like Miroku. She entered this grove more than once. Every time before entering the woods, Laiatimo would drop reconnaissance skeleton soldiers into the woods in advance, but she never
Going deep into the woods, the Necromancer has a perception that surpasses that of others. When she anticipates danger, she will retreat without hesitation. However, every exploration of the woods seems to be fruitless. The only thing that makes Lai
What surprised Laiatimo was that the reconnaissance skeleton soldiers sent out always came back safe and sound, but when these skeleton soldiers penetrated a certain distance, Laiatimo lost contact with them and regarded these skeleton soldiers as precious.
Leatimo of Fortune had to conquer them again.
Of course, it was not without gains. At least the forest finally couldn't stand it anymore under Leatimo's repeated provocations.
It started to fight back.
When Aranza took Carew, the traveler, and the unconscious Cyril near the woods again, they happened to meet a patrolling group of Norland warriors.
"stop!"
When the leader of the team saw Aranza and others from a distance, his spirit immediately became tense and he shouted to Aranza from a distance.
Aranza honestly reined in his horse and waited for these people to approach. What surprised Aranza was that when the patrols saw his face clearly, there was no trace of what a subordinate should look like when he saw a superior. The expressions on their faces were actually one of surprise.
But the emotion coming out of their soul points was one of vigilance.
The patrol captain quietly signaled his men to surround Aranza and the others, while his knight's spear was always pointed at Aranza. As soon as Aranza made any move, the knight's spear would pierce his body without hesitation.
A few beads of nervous sweat had already slipped down the training captain's forehead. He laughed in a dry voice: "Haha?! Look, it's another prince. How many princes is this in the past few days?! I guess it's another one.
Are those skeleton soldiers lost by the necromancer?"
The team immediately burst into cheers of agreement, but they still did not relax their vigilance.
Aranza had already heard something from the patrol captain's words, so she responded calmly: "Well, maybe I am serious."
Unexpectedly, when the patrol leader saw Aranza speaking, his expression was stagnant at first, and then his face exploded with excitement. He immediately turned over from his horse and landed on the ground, knelt down on one knee in front of Aranza, and spoke loudly and loudly.
Unable to restrain his trembling voice, he said: "Norland Army, Miloch's command, squad leader, Ellen Charles has met His Royal Highness the Prince!"
The others also dismounted and bowed on one knee to Aranza.
Ellen Charles added an ambiguous sentence at the end of her words: "...You are finally here!"
"Well, get up first."
Aranza waved the patrols to get up, but his eyes turned with his head and fell on the woods nearby. He could see that the reason why these patrols became so vigilant must be because of this woods - it still had an atmosphere that was incompatible with the surrounding area.
It is so gloomy and shrouded that the sunlight cannot find any opening between the dense trees from any angle. Not only is it unable to erase its darkness, but a trace of light that accidentally falls falls on the surface of the woods, and as it goes deeper,
, and was immediately swallowed up by the depth of the woods.
The woods seemed to sense Aranza's gaze, and the darkness became a little more rampant, swallowing up a few more rays of sunlight provocatively. Seeing this, Aranza snorted coldly from the tip of her nose, and narrowed her eyes into two slits.
A faint flash of edge.
At this time, Aranza turned her attention back to the patrol leader and said, "Where's Milok? Take me to see him."
The patrol leader immediately separated two patrolmen to lead Aranza to the outpost, while he and others continued the patrol mission.
Seeing the outpost from a distance, Aranza noticed Miloq, who was standing at the door of the outpost training wielding two large axes. He had a tall figure like Carew. Although the muscles of his upper body were not as exaggeratedly strong as Carew,
But the muscles with bulging veins are also strong enough.
"Your Highness the Prince!"
When he saw Aranza, Milok's behavior was the same as that of the patrols. He was wary at first, and then burst into joy.
Aranza couldn't help frowning and said, "Well, tell me, what's going on?"
Milouk first asked Aranza to enter the makeshift outpost made of wooden planks, and then slowly explained that after Laiatimo took the trouble to enter the woods again and again to conduct reconnaissance, the forest finally responded, but its reaction
To catch the Norland warriors at the outpost a bit off guard, the forest no longer spit out the skeleton soldiers that Laiatimo released for reconnaissance unharmed, but instead "dressed" them first, disguising them as Aranza, or
Hancock, and even an orc, or the first group of scouts who entered the woods, as well as some farmers or passing merchants, without exception, these are all people who have entered the woods before, because the outpost
There was even a "grand occasion" in which two Leatimo appeared on the station.
Of course, with Milok's eloquence, it would take a lot of time to explain these contents clearly, and Aranza obviously did not have the patience to listen to him, so these were said by Laatimo who arrived later. Perhaps because of Milok's eloquence,
Locke is also a tough guy, so when the orcs were mentioned, Laiatimo didn't associate them with Karu behind Aranza.
The necromancer's two dry eyes stared at Aranza intently, and continued: "I tried to take back control of these skeletons, but they are different from the skeletons that were driven back before... These disguised skeletons obviously have new owners.
...It's this forest, or the witch hiding in the woods... I don't know what controls them."
These disguised skeletons caused a lot of losses to the outpost at first, but their flaws were soon discovered. The mysterious power in the woods can change their appearance, but it has never been able to make them learn to speak.
Aranza's eyes also fell on Laiatimo without hesitation. She was a middle-aged woman. Her skin was as rough as that of a peasant woman of this age, and her facial features were a little sluggish. This is what necromancers have in common.
And Leatimo's voice was as offensive as the dry tone of an old woman in her sixties or seventies.
Aranza moved back slightly, her back pressed tightly against the back of the chair, and said, "Well, I heard that you entered the woods more than once and found nothing?"
"You are disappointed."
Leatimo's answer did not exceed Aranza's expectations.
"That's fine."
Aranza shook her head, looked at Carew and the traveler aside, and said, "Well, big man, let's go into the woods, uh..."
His eyes hesitated slightly on the traveler, and finally said: "You stay here to protect Cyril."
"Your Highness...I have a request."
Just when Aranza had completed the necessary supplies and was about to leave the outpost and enter the woods again, Laiatimo's figure suddenly appeared in the shadow of the outpost facing away from the sun.
In fact, Aranza dislikes this necromancer, but he instinctively believes that having a necromancer in the army is not a bad thing, at least it doesn't seem bad now. In fact, Laiatimo has many uses.
After all, although the magic of the necromancer is taboo, it cannot be used by magicians of other departments. Moreover, a necromancer has much more knowledge about the backside of history than ordinary magicians or most scholars, because
They are accustomed to haunting historical sites and looking for the remains of dead people, and some of the secrets of history are often hidden there.
"Well, what do you want to do?"
Aranza looked back at Leatimo, waiting for her next words.
"I heard that you attacked Sophie City."
"Well, that's true."
Laiatimo seemed to have forgotten to use honorifics to Aranza. Fortunately, Aranza did not pay attention to this detail: "If you want to turn the soldiers who died in battle into skeletons, I advise you to give up this idea."
"Even if it's the enemy's corpse, or the corpse of a few of our elites, it won't work?"
Her request seemed to be what Aranza wanted, but even if Aranza refused in advance, Laiatimo still fought for it: "Although the necromancer's methods may seem dirty in your eyes, it is the fastest way to gain new power.
way……"
"Maybe."
Aranza was noncommittal. There was a trace of boredom on his face and he said: "But this is also the fastest way to push me into the abyss. I am not a fool."
After saying that, Aranza didn't want to pay attention to the necromancer anymore, turned around and left.
"Wait! Your Highness the Prince!"
Laiatimo finally learned to use honorifics. She stared at Aranza's back anxiously. Her body even stepped out of the shadows without realizing it, and the sunlight shone on her black magic robe. Necromancers have an instinctive aversion to sunlight.
, she muttered and retreated into the shadows of the outpost, her dry voice couldn't help but speed up her speech, and rushed to Aranza's ears eagerly: "How can we win historical victory if we don't put aside humanity!"
This was a famous saying once said by a famous emperor in history, but the original intention of this sentence was obviously not that. Surprisingly, Laiatimo succeeded in stopping Aranza in his tracks with this sentence.
"Well, maybe you're right."
Aranza turned back, thought for a moment, and said: "But I don't think I still have much humanity left. Well, you can go to Sophie City now, but if you want to turn any corpse into a skeleton,
You must get my consent first, otherwise, I don’t mind handing you over to any church in exchange for a little friendship... Oh, I will give you permission to turn a corpse into a skeleton now, and use the city lord of Sophie City, Yameiya.
Nee Langdon's body, that's a good piece of material."