Chapter 51:
A huge gap in the branch of life that almost cut off the scar-faced knight suddenly appeared. Infected by the power of death, nearly half-rotten reddish-brown blood spattered out.
Scarface's eyes widened, as if he wanted to look at his wound, but he had already lost this chance.
The wounds attached to the power of death were soaked in the mist of death, and quickly rotted and oozed pus, with patches of dark brown pus flowing out.
The flesh and blood around the wound also lost its vitality in an instant and became completely necrotic. It lost any possibility of treatment and could only be removed.
In an instant, the scar-faced knight was completely cut off from life under the erosion of the power of death, and his body rotted at an extremely abnormal speed.
After feeling a little bit of the merit gained from killing a few bandits, Yihua nodded with satisfaction.
"There is something wrong with this scar-faced knight..."
Yi Hua felt a flash of doubt in his eyes when he felt that the other person was exactly the same as the other bandits, and that the life energy fluctuations in his body were declining rapidly.
In just ten seconds, the life energy fluctuations of several people dropped to the level of ordinary people.
Logically speaking, even after the knight dies, the life force in his body will only slowly weaken and will not be reduced to the level of an ordinary person in a short period of time.
This also led to the phenomenon that the remains of higher-level knights remained incorruptible for many years.
However, after the death of the several bandits in front of them, the power in their bodies dissipated instantly. This situation was obviously inconsistent with the situation of becoming a knight through normal training.
The Knight's Breathing Technique is often a secret method passed down from noble families, or from the imperial military.
Judging from the vulgar speech, behavior, and dress of these bandits, it is obvious that they are not nobles, let alone members of the Imperial Knights.
Unless they obtain power through external forces.
Yihua, who knew that he could not directly derive the real situation based on what he saw in front of him, turned his attention to Lucien, who was saved by him not far away.
The teenager was still slumped on the spot and did not run away.
In fact, the other party had already fallen into a semi-fainting state due to excessive blood loss.
The situation was urgent, and Yihua did not use second-class phototherapy for treatment.
For the sake of safety, he decided to save his magic power and chose to consume the light therapy scroll he carried with him first.
Yihua tore open the scroll, and at the same time, a bright golden light group slightly larger than his fist emerged. Under Yihua's guidance, the light group merged into the boy's body.
As the light group merged, the scars on the boy's body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The rapidly growing granulation repairs the wound, and the dried blood scab falls off, revealing new, tender and white skin.
A minute later, except for the young man in front of him who was a little pale and still relatively weak, all the superficial wounds had healed.
"Aren't you Lucien, the son of Baron Rafal? Why are you being chased by these bandits?"
At this time, Lucien also recognized Yihua's identity. It was the man who had been in Baron Rafal's territory a few days ago. One of the wizards staying for one night.
"Master Wizard, this is like this -"
Lucien wiped away his tears, glanced at the several skeleton knights with fearful and slightly curious eyes, and said slowly to Yihua.
It turned out that not long after Yihua and others left the town, a group of bandits came to the town to burn, kill and loot.
After learning about this, Lucien's father, Lord Baron Rafael, came with his guards to confront the bandits.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the bandits had a disagreement and killed Baron Rafael, an official knight, with a sword.
Facing this group of bandits with unknown origins, the Lord's Guard was no match for them.
Lucien relied on the strength of the trainee knights to lure away a large number of bandits for his sister Lana, and escaped here under the desperate cover of the guard captain and others.
Lana doesn’t know if she escaped safely, and now she doesn’t know whether she is alive or dead.
If Yi Hua hadn't appeared in time, Lucien would have lost all hope of being caught up by the bandits.
"Sir, please save the people in the territory."
Although saving the people in the territory will definitely gain a lot of merit, Yihua did not agree hastily out of caution.
Instead, he first asked about the strength of the bandits. If he could easily deal with it, Yihua would not mind seizing this good opportunity to gain merit.
It was learned that among the bandits there were several small bosses that were close in strength to the ones Yi Hua had killed previously, and could cut down trees with one sword.
Lucien's father, Baron Rafael, who was a formal knight, was killed by the bandit leader with a sword. After being unable to resist, Yihua roughly figured out the strength of this bandit group.
"The leader's strength should be at the level of a great knight. Most of the rest of his subordinates are at the level of trainee knights, with only a few formal knights."
With the strength of the great knight, it is completely possible to go north and get the title of viscount in the Marl Empire, which values strength. , there is absolutely no need to turn into a bandit.
Could it be a defector from the empire?
Yi Hua's eyes flickered. With his current strength, there was no need to dodge. But why would a great knight plunder the territory of a baron?
Thinking of the rapid loss of life energy in his body just now after the bandits died, Yihua knew in his heart that this group of bandits had hidden secrets.
Thinking of the treasures mentioned by several people before, Yi Hua's eyes flashed with a glint, and he asked:
"Why do they want to arrest you?"
Lucien was not a stupid person, and knew that the wizard in front of him could not help in vain. He hesitated for a moment and then said slowly:
"This is because my ancestors passed down a small section of the life branch that can increase life energy..."
According to Lucien's description, wearing the life branch for a long time can slowly accelerate the knight's training speed. .
It is said that the wizard can extract the life energy at once and inject it directly into the body, greatly improving the knight's training progress.
"I don't know when the news got out. They came to ask for it, but my father didn't give it to them, so they actually killed him!"
At this point, Lucien showed a look of sadness and anger.
Yihua felt a sense of familiarity in his heart when he heard Lucien's description.
He remembered the branch that had been opened in the treasury of Yoel City earlier, which contained powerful vitality, so he took out the branch from his pocket.
"Lucien, is this the branch of life you are talking about?"
Lucien looked at a branch in the box that had been cut off for an unknown number of years but was still green.
Feeling the powerful life energy contained in it, Lucien's eyes flashed with surprise.
"Yes, that's it!"
Yihua had felt before that although this branch looked inconspicuous, the life energy contained in it was no less than that of a great knight like him.
At this time, Lucien also recalled the faces of his parents and sister, gritted his teeth, and said solemnly to Yihua: "
Sir, now that my father is dead, I am the new baron. As long as you can avenge me, kill To those bandits, I am willing to offer the branches of life to them with both hands!"
According to Lucien, the power contained in the branch of life can be extracted at once.
If you obtain two branches of life, you may be able to directly reach the threshold of the Earth Knight after extracting and absorbing the life energy in the future.
At that time, with the help of merit points, I can directly break through and reach the realm of an earth knight at the same level as a third-class wizard!
Thinking of this, Yihua no longer hesitated and made a decision.
"In that case, lead the way."
(End of Chapter)