Chapter 49: The Burning Baron
He must first understand this, so that he can take precautions and even strike first!
Looking into his heart, Yihua and the original owner have always been content in the academy, with almost no sense of existence.
Recently, he has been doing good deeds and has never done anything to offend others. Who would assassinate him?
Could it be his brother Rey?
It doesn't seem right. As a fourth-level genius, Yihua's younger brother Rey has become a prominent figure among the younger generation of the academy in recent years.
Although Rey looked down on the original owner, who had only first-class qualifications, he also came to rescue the original owner when he was in danger.
It is even more impossible for Mentor Simon. With his strength, he can easily instruct a third-level or even fourth-level apprentice to assassinate him.
In this way, the suspects have been narrowed down to a certain range.
"Perhaps he is Rey's enemy..."
A light flashed in Yihua's eyes.
He recalled the Masonic Master Melkor who had murderous intentions towards him when he last met Rey.
Is it Freemasonry again?
A flash of gloom flashed in Yihua's heart, if it was really the Freemasons.
After he returns to the academy safely, the other party will definitely not give up and will most likely send more powerful forces to deal with him.
"Everything still depends on strength."
Yi Hua sighed. If he gave up improving his strength and faced the assassination of a second-class apprentice, there would be no chance of survival.
For wizards, knowledge and power are indispensable, and the two complement each other.
With high-end knowledge, you can obtain powerful power, and with powerful power, you can obtain higher-end knowledge.
But the acquisition of knowledge comes at a price, such as the half-dead witch body that Yihua covets.
Its essence is a relatively high-end shaman body transformation technology, involving a large amount of shaman body transformation knowledge.
Now that Yihua relies on his own abilities, he can quickly increase his strength at a relatively small cost.
This was something the Freemasons could not have anticipated.
"Now that I have a small amount of savings, I can buy a large amount of magical items to enhance my strength when I go back, and upgrade my wizard and knight levels as soon as possible." As long as his strength improves fast enough, the
Freemasonry will not be able to plot against him.
Even in the end, Yihua was able to surpass Melkor and completely solve this major problem!
Yihua wiped off the blood on the sword, sheathed the sword, and glanced at the blood on the ground.
Seeing that there was no other danger around, he took the two Skinners back to the world of death.
Afterwards, Yihua brought back the magic mane horse that Jack had previously ridden.
He drove the carriage, and with the neighing sounds of the magic-maned horses, the wheels slowly turned. Following the guidance of the map, Yihua set foot on the road back to the academy.
At noon the next day, Yihua looked at the gradually sparse trees in front of him and exhaled a little tiredly.
During the two days in the Fangorn Forest, even though Yihua was alone, he still encountered several attacks from vicious beasts.
Relying on his own strength at the level of a great knight and the assistance of the four Skinners that can currently be summoned.
Not only did Yi Hua not feel exhausted, but he withstood the attacks of the ferocious beasts more easily than before when he formed a team.
Because Fangorn Forest is extremely dangerous, there is no telling when we will encounter a third-level ferocious beast equal to the Cyclops.
Yihua did not dare to stay for a long time, and drove the carriage to leave Fangorn Forest at a faster speed than when he arrived without sleeping.
Counting from the day I left the academy, it is now the sixth day.
At this time, Yihua, who was covered in dust and blood, had already walked out of the forest. He now urgently needed to find a place where there were people and take a good rest.
Speaking of repairs, Yihua thought of Baron Raphael, which was close to Fangorn Forest and where he had stayed for a night before.
Following the direction in his memory, Yihua drove the carriage towards Baron Rafal.
At dusk, wisps of dim yellow light fall on the plain.
Yihua was driving the carriage and was standing on a hillside.
He looked into the distance, looking at the small town about a few thousand meters away, as small as a sand table, and emitting thick smoke. Yihua breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he had not gone wrong.
After confirming the target, Yihua drove towards the town at full speed along the path.
As the distance got closer, Yihua looked at the town reflected in the firelight in the distance, feeling something was wrong in his heart, and the carriage stopped.
"Fire? Something doesn't seem right about the town."
Previously, he couldn't see clearly in the distance. Yihua mistakenly thought that the orange color was the reflection of dusk, and the thick smoke was cooking smoke.
But after getting closer, Yihua already noticed something strange.
The orange-red color is clearly a burning flame, and the thick smoke comes from the burning house!
Although Yihua was afraid that something might happen in the town, he did not give up his plan to go to the town. Instead, he increased his vigilance and took a detour to an inconspicuous road, gradually approaching Baron Rafal.
When Yihua was less than a kilometer away from the town, he was in the woods in the distance.
"Catch me... run away!"
Not far from Yihua, bursts of noisy and vague shouts suddenly sounded.
By estimating the position of the human voice, it seemed that someone was approaching Yihua.
Yihua, who was sitting on the carriage, heard the sound, dismounted decisively, and hid behind a bush not far away, preparing to find out the identity of the other party.
After a while, a young man with a handsome face and several bloodstains on his body fled to the open space where the carriage was.
The young man held the long sword in his hand and looked behind him panting with a wary heart, a look of despair flashing in his eyes.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Yihua, who was hiding behind the bushes, thought for a moment and remembered the identity of the young man - Lucien, the
son of Baron Rafael and a boy with strength close to that of a formal knight.
While Yi Hua and others were resting in Baron Rafal, Lucien guided several of them to their respective bedrooms, which was considered a one-time acquaintance.
After learning the identity of the other party, Yihua became curious about what happened to the other party.
At this moment, several middle-aged men with miscellaneous equipment, dressed as bandits, and carrying swords in their hands followed Lucien from the direction he had fled.
The leader, a scarred-faced man whose life energy fluctuations reached the peak of an official knight, snorted coldly and issued an ultimatum to Lucien:
"You brat, stop running away and tell me the location of the secret treasure honestly. Maybe it can make your death a little more pleasant!"
Secret treasure?
Yi Hua, who was hiding behind the bushes, brightened up when he heard this, and quickly pricked up his ears, trying to get more detailed information.
Hearing the Scarface Knight's words, Lucien's handsome face showed a trace of hatred, and he roared loudly:
"I'm dreaming, even if I die, I won't tell you!"
"Haha, that's not up to you, you guys come to me!"
The scar-faced knight gave a cruel smile and gave an order to several trainee knight-level thieves behind him. Ordered.
As soon as he finished speaking, several bandits behind him looked at each other and rushed towards Lucien in different directions.
(End of chapter)