Wizard Immortality

Chapter 3 Nightmare Tree Monster

Camp.

The knights on guard suddenly lost all their sleepiness when they heard the screams in the dense forest.

After exchanging ideas using eye contact and gestures, begin the action as quietly as possible.

Silence.

Extinguishing.

Contact the wizard apprentice's squire knight and explain the situation.

Wake up the sleeping students and gather them in the camp.

This place is the Twisting Forest after all.

A strange creature is running rampant, crossing the life-forbidden zone on the road leading to the Black Tower Academy from the Kingdom of Katen.

but.

The reason why the convoy dared to enter the heart of the Twisting Forest was mainly because they relied on Kels, a senior wizard apprentice from the Black Tower Academy.

Different from a wizard apprentice who has just started.

Senior apprentices have mastered at least one kind of witchcraft and have studied a subject in depth. They have a great chance of being promoted to a first-level wizard in the future.

Strong.

Soon after the scream.

The sleepy students gathered in the middle of the camp under the protection of their respective knights.

The knights held their weapons and were on high alert.

They planned to use the most primitive method, forming a circle, with the knights outside to deal with the strange creatures that might appear at any time, and the trainees staying inside the protective circle.

Doing so could avoid casualties as much as possible before the senior apprentice took action.

Although most of the knights who are qualified to escort the students are strong men from the major territories within the kingdom and have rich combat experience.

But face the strange creatures in the twisted jungle.

The knights still had some fear.

From time to time, their eyes glanced at the luxurious tents that stood outside the camp, proclaiming the superior status of their owners.

There were three squire knights stationed outside the tent.

Although the Barony's Knight Commander Ober had explained the situation to them, the three squire knights remained indifferent from beginning to end and remained stationed outside the tent without moving.

The students in the camp who were still sleepy looked unhappy when they realized that there might be strange creatures lurking around them.

Seeing the dark and dense forest all around, many people felt their legs go weak and their heartbeats quicken.

Sigs walked in front of Vic, protected by two knights.

Her pretty face turned pale.

"Uncle Obel, is someone really missing? Why didn't I hear anything?"

Knight Commander Obert looked solemn and did not answer. He turned around and signaled her not to speak, so as to avoid disaster.

Sigs didn't dare say anything more.

Vic looked around coldly.

Now he possesses the strength of a full-fledged knight and has a certain ability to protect himself when encountering strange creatures.

Not long after.

A tall, sinister-looking man in his prime walked out of the luxurious tent.

He was wearing a black robe with the standard apprentice cape of the Black Tower Academy draped over his shoulders. In his black-gloved hands he held a thick book with an old cover.

Kers.

A senior apprentice from the Black Tower Wizarding Academy.

A squire knight took the initiative to walk over, with a respectful demeanor, and prepared to explain the situation in the camp to him.

But the wizard apprentice raised his hand expressionlessly, indicating that he already knew.

Kels didn't care about the missing knight at all.

He simply glanced at the crowd to make sure that there were no missing students taking the apprenticeship test, and then said expressionlessly, "There are some nightmare tree monsters around. I will take care of them. You stay where you are and don't make any noise."

Done.

He ignored the camp and disappeared into the depths of the jungle alone.

The wizard's apprentice's voice was bland.

But when everyone in the camp heard the name of the nightmare tree monster, their faces changed. The nightmare tree monster is different from other monsters that eat human flesh and blood. This thing only grows in areas that are dark all day long and feeds on the nightmares of humans and animals.

In other words.

The Nightmare Tree Monster will not easily kill its captured prey. Instead, it will use tree sap to paralyze its prey, causing it to fall into an endless nightmare.

The tree monster will also continuously supply nutrients to its prey through branches connected to its spine to keep it alive.

During this process, the prey's consciousness is always in a half-asleep and half-awake state, which is quite like the feeling of being anesthetized and watching itself being chopped into meat by the butcher.

A chill wind blew through the camp.

The dense forest is filled with ghosts due to the lack of light.

Aaron, a dark and thin boy, tiptoed to Vic's side, trying to find some sense of security in this terrifying man-eating jungle.

He looked around with horror, as if every ancient tree in the darkness was a man-eating monster, and he muttered to himself.

"I don't want to die. I don't want to die yet. It's not me. It must not be me."

See this situation.

Vic frowned slightly.

He quietly distanced himself from Aaron and retreated to the outermost part of the crowd.

Some knowledge about strange creatures does not have energy itself, so Vic has preserved its complete memory.

Although the Nightmare Tree Monster's life level does not reach level one, it would still be troublesome for him if he was dragged underground.

With the power level of a formal knight, it would cost a lot to escape, which is not worth it.

However, from the wizard's perspective, the core of the nightmare tree monster is an excellent alchemical and sacrificial material and is very valuable.

The wizard apprentice left the camp, most likely to look for the core of the tree monster. Even if he couldn't use it himself, he could make a lot of money by selling it to other wizard apprentices.

Moreover.

The life and death of one or two mortals is not as valuable as the core of a tree monster. Even if he returns to the academy and fails to report, he will at most be verbally punished by the instructor.

Knight Commander Ober noticed Vic's action and just glanced at him without stopping him.

In his opinion, leaving his protection area is tantamount to seeking death.

But he would not stop a lowly servant from being smart enough to escape before danger came.

And one less burden.

Behind him, the Baron's daughter Sigs would be safer.

the other side.

Sigs heard Aaron talking to himself, frowned, and whispered, "If you don't want to die, shut up!"

But before she could finish her words.

Knight Commander Ober suddenly covered her mouth tightly and quickly gestured to everyone to keep quiet.

Although the night is dark.

But in the little light, one could vaguely see that Ober's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Sigs' eyes widened in horror, and she froze in place.

At some point, a thin vine had silently climbed up the thin and dark boy's legs, and then slowly crawled on his body.

even.

Aaron himself did not notice anything unusual under his feet and was still mumbling to himself.

As the wizard apprentice Kels explained when he left, the nightmare tree monster is a strange creature that is extremely sensitive to sound and light.

Because Siegs's voice when scolding Aaron was much louder than when he was talking to himself.

The vine that was resting on the skinny young boy's knee suddenly stretched forward like a poisonous snake sensing its prey and suddenly stopped in front of Sigs' nose.

The vines squirmed slowly, as if they were still trying to confirm the exact location of their prey.

Recently, he almost cut Sigs's eye.

When everyone in the camp saw this horrifying scene, they all fell silent, even holding their breath, not daring to make the slightest sound, hoping to delay until the Nightmare Tree Monster's vines left.

However, strange creatures are not ordinary beasts.

The vine that was slowly moving forward paused inexplicably in mid-air after it touched the skin on Sigs' cheek.

When Knight Commander Oberl felt the slight vibration of the ground, his pupils suddenly shrank. He felt something was wrong and pulled out the dagger he carried with him to cut off the vine that was reaching towards Sigs.

He screamed at the top of his lungs, "This is a trap! Run away!"

(End of this chapter)