Chapter 52: Sacrifice
to Baron Raphael.
In the reflection of the firelight of the surrounding houses and the crackling sound of burning wood, rapid shouts sounded out.
"My lord, there is none here!"
A middle-aged bandit who was dressed in messy clothes and looked like a bandit, but had the strength of a formal knight said hurriedly.
"Huh, keep searching. Have the people sent to arrest that kid come back yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful young man standing in the open space not far away snorted and asked.
"Not yet."
"A bunch of losers!"
the young man cursed angrily, and then fell into silence.
If Yihua were present, he would be able to recognize the young man as a great knight at a glance from the majestic but unnatural life energy leaking out.
The strength of a knight comes from the control and improvement of life energy. Therefore, knights are more sensitive to life energy. High-level knights can see the realm of low-level knights at a glance.
Generally, by the time you reach the level of a great knight, you have already learned to contain your life energy.
Unless you go all out, it is extremely difficult to see the other party's true strength even if the other party is at the same level as yourself.
The silence of the young knight did not last long. After a while, he turned around and walked towards the square of the small town not far away.
The originally clean and tidy square was now enveloped in the pungent smell of blood.
The ground was covered with blood that had not yet dried up, and corpses like mummies could be seen everywhere.
In response to this, the young knight turned a blind eye and walked straight to the high platform in the center of the square.
Standing on the high platform was a young woman in blood-clothed clothing who was scantily clad. She was holding a scarlet bead in her hand.
Wisps of scarlet smoke seeped out from the corpses on the ground and poured into the ball in the woman's hand.
Within a moment, nearly a hundred corpses on the ground were completely turned into mummies, and the generation of red smoke also stopped.
Seeing this, a scarlet color flashed in the eyes of the woman in blood, and she murmured:
"Not enough, far from enough..."
The young knight on the side did not pay attention to this, and subconsciously glanced at the scarlet bead in the woman's hand, with a flash of light in her eyes. After a trace of desire, he said with a respectful expression:
"Master Wizard, we have now completely controlled the town, do you need more sacrifices?" "
Of course! But try to avoid the death of the sacrifices. Once they die, the Blood Plague Beads will absorb I don’t have much life energy left."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman seemed to have thought of something, and changed the subject -
"By the way, have you found the life branch? Where are the sons and daughters of the local lord?" "
This is still possible . There is no news, but I will definitely do it as soon as possible!"
"Trash! Do you still want more power?"
Under the scolding of the woman in blood-clothed clothes known as the wizard, the young knight left the platform in disgrace after explaining.
He led his group of bandits to speed up their travels to various parts of the town to capture the hiding town residents.
——Bang
!
"Come out!"
Along with the sound of crashes and shouts outside the door, the door of the stone house began to shake and might be broken open at any time.
An old guard with gray hair glanced out nervously, and saw two thieves at the trainee knight level outside the door, his expression became stern.
He gritted his teeth and told a girl behind him, about twelve or thirteen years old,
"Miss Lana, I will take you out as soon as they break the door. I will block the robbers for you. You just have to do whatever you want." Just run out of the town!"
"Uncle Pork... I know!"
When the girl with red eyes heard the words, a trace of unbearable color flashed in her eyes, but she knew that staying would not help, so she nodded sensibly.
Now that her father died under the swords of these bandits, her brother Lucien has attracted a large number of bandits for herself, and her life or death is uncertain.
The relatives and servants she was familiar with in the past also died unexpectedly, and she had to be strong.
Just when the old guard Pork was ready to fight to the death, the bandits suddenly stopped destroying the wooden door.
ah!
Suddenly, several robbers screamed outside the door. Within a few seconds, with the thud of heavy objects falling to the ground, there was complete silence outside the door.
With a soft sound, the wooden door was opened.
Lucien walked into the door and looked at the two people in front of him. His face was stunned for a moment, and then there was unconcealable joy.
"Lana, Uncle Pok, you are still alive!"
Pok, who originally clenched the sword in his hand and was about to fight for his life, saw the sword in the hand of the handsome young man and instantly fell to the ground with a clang.
"Master!"
"Brother!"
Pork and Lana said in unison, and then asked each other about each other's experiences.
After a while, Yihua walked into the house.
Seeing Yihua who was wearing a white robe and looking calm in front of him, Lucien quickly explained:
"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Fersis. It was he who saved me from the bandits, and now he has saved me again." Thank you."
Lana also recognized Yi Hua, who had stayed in the territory for one night before. She hurriedly wiped the dust on her pretty face and said with gratitude: "Master
Wizard, thank you for saving us!"
Yi Hua Hua didn't speak, just nodded to the two of them.
Saving the two of them was just a matter of convenience for Yihua. His main purpose was to gain merit.
Now that the merit has been obtained, there is no need to continue to waste time.
The three of them followed Yi Hua out of the door. Lana and Bok saw the Skeleton Knight standing outside the door with only a skeleton but moving freely, fear and horror flashed in their eyes.
In addition, a hint of curiosity flashed deep in Lana's eyes.
Feeling that there was still enough magic power in his body, Yihua did not hesitate.
The space in the open space outside the house was distorted, and seven skeleton knights who were comparable to formal knights appeared in the open space.
The seven skeleton knights are arranged together with the three previously summoned, like a knighthood composed of the dead.
Yihua issued a new order to them:
"Rescue the residents of the town, execute all the bandits encountered on the spot, and report to me in time if you encounter enemies that are difficult to deal with." After receiving the order, ten
skeletons The knights worked in pairs and searched around the town.
With the Skeleton Knight's sensitivity to life energy, the first merit was recorded in his account within a few minutes.
As the bandits were killed one after another and residents were rescued one after another, Yihua gained more and more merit points.
Wizards are the real rulers of this world. Even the lowest wizard apprentice can crush mortals to death as easily as ants.
Only knights have some room to resist when facing wizards, but they can only struggle for a moment.
Facing two-by-two skeleton knights with peak knight strength and no fear of death, the bandits scattered throughout the town were powerless to resist.
The bandit leaders who occasionally met the official knight level were killed after entangled with the skeleton knight for a while.
But the one-sided situation did not last long. The soul connection between one of the skeleton knights and Yihua was suddenly disconnected.
(End of chapter)