Chapter 175 The Girl and the Book

"Wizard Ivan, do you want to go up and help?"

It's true that the two little guys often quarreled with each other, and it's also true that they have a good relationship. Xiangdie became anxious when she saw this, and looked at Ivan eagerly, who waved his hand to signal her.

Xiangdie then chased after him.

Ivan could sense that the two undead creatures on the opposite side were not very strong and were within the handling range of the two little guys.

The figures in the thick fog revealed their true appearance. At first glance, they were two centaurs, but upon closer inspection, they were undead creatures stitched together. The upper half was a blackened human body, and the lower half was the corpse of a deer. They were wearing tattered armor and holding rusty iron spears in their hands. They looked extremely rough and ugly.

'Tangled Vines'

Xiangdie came from behind and took the first step.

Two vines emerged from the ground and precisely wrapped around the front hooves of the creature in front, causing it to stumble and lose its balance.

The wind moth's body had grown to its largest size, and its tail just swept across.

After a while, the two undead creatures fell to the ground, with their shriveled and rotten flesh scattered all over the ground. There was not much blood, but it was black and sticky.

"No big deal, ha--"

Just as Feng Moth gave a triumphant laugh, a dense series of tapping sounds came from the front.

From the sound, one could tell that there were a lot of enemies. Within a few seconds, figures appeared in the fog one after another. There was a large group of people in front of them. The number was difficult to estimate, and they looked similar to the two creatures just now.

Its laughter stopped abruptly.

These undead creatures were weaker than the two of them, but not so weak that they could be easily dealt with. Feng Moth didn't understand the principle that two fists could not beat four hands, but he was not stupid.

"withdraw!"

Hearing Xiangdie's words, Fengmoth shrank its body happily and ran back to the wizard.

Ivan did not blame them. It was a good thing that they knew to retreat when they couldn't win. He was just afraid of the real fools, who would die the fastest and then all their transformation would be wasted.

When the undead creatures were getting closer, he cast the spell "Thorn Jungle". The next second, dense vines emerged from the ground, occupying an area of 40 to 50 meters in front. Some of the vines turned into lassoes, and some of them either strangled or stabbed the unstable undead creatures.

The undead creature suddenly rolled into a ball, and black blood splattered everywhere.

Under his manipulation, that area turned into a belt of death vines, and any undead creature that approached was pulled over and strangled one by one.

As expected of Wizard Ivan, Xiangdie couldn't help but marvel at this scene. Her own vines were so childish compared to this, and she was really not good enough to show off.

"Let's go." After the last undead creature fell to the ground, Ivan announced that they should go deeper.

"Don't want any spoils?" Feng Moth asked in surprise.

"It's a good idea, but forget it this time. It's just a pile of rotten meat that has been dead for who knows how long. There's no loot to speak of."

These undead creatures do not have any elemental cores. They are just some pieced-together corpses, coated with prepared corpse blood, and rely on special environment to maintain their mobility. After leaving here, they will instantly turn into corpses.

"What a pity." Feng Moth shook his head seriously.

"Everyone, be alert. There should be a higher-level undead creature or other creature here that stitched them together." Ivan then reminded them that these stitched creatures could not have no source. The most likely possibility is that someone made them.

"clear."

Hearing this, Feng Moth and Xiang Die couldn't help but move closer to him. It was safer to stay with the wizard.

The man and the two insects moved forward for a distance, and the fog in front of them became only a thin layer. Their vision became clear, and a castle near the mountain appeared in front of them.

The castle doesn't look big or high, but its construction is very simple and exquisite. There is an old flag hanging on the city wall, which is undoubtedly the royal flag of the Tide Empire's royal family.

Ivan looked at it for a while and guessed what the so-called ruins were. It should be an underground tomb hidden in the mountain. The castle was the residence of the gravekeeper. For some reason, it had become a paradise for undead creatures.

At this time, the castle gate was open.

Yi Wenyi was a brave man. He took the two little ones and walked directly to the city gate. He walked through the gate to the inside of the castle and continued to move towards the central hall of the castle.

"There seems to be someone over there."

"It's not a person, it's a dead flower. Doesn't this flower look like a pale human face?"

"picture."

"This kind of flower is called 'human face flower'. The blood obtained by crushing the human face flower can be used to make undead creatures. The stitched centaur we saw earlier should be made of this material."

This is not the Moon Clamp Peninsula, the concentration of energy particles is generally not high. If there is something, Ivan knows he can handle it, then he has the leisure to explain a few words, otherwise he would definitely not bring the two little guys here. The road leading to the central hall is planted with human face flowers on both sides, like pale faces lying on the ground staring at them, making Feng Moth and Xiangdie turn their heads to take a look many times.

They are essentially insects. After they gain spiritual wisdom and understand more things, the things that scare them also increase, which makes them feel a little creepy unconsciously.

After a while, Ivan brought them to the central hall of the castle, where there were dim lights.

"Stop, wizard."

Along with a hoarse shout, a figure slowly walked out.

It was another undead centaur, a bit shorter than the previous creature, and wearing a full body armor engraved with the emblem of the Tide Empire, the armor included a tight helmet and visor.

The armor is of extraordinary quality, giving it a delicate and lustrous feel.

This undead centaur was not stitched together. Judging from the appearance of her armor, she was a petite woman in her lifetime.

What made Ivan feel even more strange was that this undead centaur had mental fluctuations, and was apparently at the level of a third-class apprentice. What a strange existence.

He sensed that apart from this strange undead, there were only a few creatures of the same type as before, and no one else.

"Wizard, this is just a cemetery for storing corpses. There is no property or treasure here, nor anything you want." Undead creatures had to bow their heads because they were not as strong as others.

"Who are you?" Ivan asked.

"As you can see, this is an undead spirit guarding the tomb of the royal family of the Tide Empire."

"Are you also a member of the royal family of the Tide Empire?"

"Yes."

"Why do you look like a centaur?"

"The royal family originally has the blood of the Centaur royal family."

The undead centaurs were very afraid of his strength. They answered whatever he asked, which allowed him to learn a lot.

When the wizard came to the Tidal Continent, he killed the royal family of the Tidal Empire and left them with nowhere to escape. Some of them fled here and used the natural fog formation to protect themselves.

These people did escape the pursuit, but the good times did not last long. The wizard cast a curse directly based on their bloodline, killing people with a vicious curse, and all the surviving royal family members fell into the curse.

Under the influence of the curse, weak people died on the spot, while strong people could only wait to die slowly. Some people came up with a way to continue the bloodline, which was to have children. In their opinion, people born later would not also be cursed.

Thus, a few people were born under such circumstances.

They underestimated the severity of the curse. Newborns have the power of the curse in their bodies, but it is much lighter than that of their parents.

This is still a fatal curse, and the only outcome that awaits the newborn is death.

Someone came up with another idea, which was to learn and control the power of wizards. So they found a way to get the meditation method, brought it back to the castle, and taught it to new students with wizard qualifications.

The girl named 'Helen' was one of them, but she died before the curse was lifted.

It is unknown whether it was decades or hundreds of years later, but Helen found herself becoming an undead creature who retained her original memories. She continued to live in this place, occasionally killing some intruders. Later, human-faced flowers inexplicably grew here, and she figured out a way to create low-level undead creatures.

"How miserable!"

After hearing her story, Feng Moth and Xiangdie couldn't help but look at the undead centaur girl with sympathy.

However, Ivan found that Helen showed no emotion when she said these words, as if she was telling the story of someone else. He guessed that the undead creature was no longer the original person, but a new undead with only the original memories.

"One last question. Do you know the Knight Breathing Technique that the royal family practices?"

"Yes, there is a Tidal Book here, which records the complete set of breathing techniques practiced by the royal family."

"Ms. Helen, let's make a deal. I will repair the outer fog formation for you, and you will give me the Tidal Treasure Book. What do you think of my proposal?"

"it is good."

Although Helen was a little puzzled as to what a wizard needed the royal breathing technique for, she thought about it for a moment and agreed readily, thinking that her strength was far inferior to that of the other party.

Ivan was very happy with this and took the opportunity to study the fog array here.

Twenty days later, he took a metal tome, said goodbye to the strange undead centaur girl, and left the desolate castle.

(End of this chapter)

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