Clinging to the Witcher world to become a god of martial arts

"Where to go next?"

In the square, Penny sat down on the edge of the platform, looking at Lorne, who was sitting cross-legged on the spot, with a strange expression.

"wait."

"Wait?" Penny was completely bewildered. Wasn't the main mission of this recruitment to explore Wall Manor?

The main force might not even know how far they've progressed, and the two of them have completely fallen behind.

"Won't I catch up with everyone else's progress?"

Lorne responded with silence, and swiftly began to circulate the Heavenly River Qi within the Star Vortex.

About one or two hours later.

Penny paced back and forth, glancing several times at the brown-haired boy who sat cross-legged without any reaction, looking somewhat angry but unable to express it.

Another hour has passed.

Unable to contain herself any longer, she asked with a hint of resentment, "Aren't we leaving yet?"

At this moment, Lorne had just completed a full cycle of circulating the Heavenly River Qi through all the meridians of his body.

After leaving the retreat, he stood up and said, "Let's go."

"Where to?"

"Go back and report the situation."

"???"

Penny's eyes widened in surprise; she had certainly learned something new.

I strolled around the outer perimeter of the Waltham Manor like a grandpa for a couple of times, then just stood there killing time, and finally... I finished?

They belong to the type who don't put in any effort but still expect credit and rewards.

The problem is, we haven't found anything. How are we supposed to tell Gunnar?

"This recruitment may be unusual. Our role as apprentices is merely to pave the way, not to clean up the battlefield." Lorne had been very rational since entering Wall Manor.

Sending yourself to your death? No way.

Since the threat is still unknown, we must be cautious and eliminate the influence of the original body first, which is more important than rashly following the main force into the unknown threat.

Despite her seemingly dull appearance, Penny is quite intelligent and quickly grasped the reason behind it.

"So what exactly is the purpose of this conscription?"

"I don't know." Lorne was unclear about the details, but he was well aware of his purpose.

We'll get through the conscription process, ensure safety, and find a way to deal with the big man.

Big Han knew that he and Rudolf had gone to the resource zone together, which posed a significant potential threat, like a time bomb that could explode at any moment, and that they had to be dealt with.

"Let's go find Gunnar." Lorne had already started moving.

Just as Penny was about to follow, a loud rumbling sound came from the direction of the manor castle.

The purplish-red hue in the sickly sky rippled slightly, even causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Both of them were stunned.

A green energy pulse shot into the sky from the location of the manor castle, spreading out in a ring from the castle as the center.

Lorne had a bad feeling. Something must have happened to the main force at the castle manor, and the situation was unknown.

This time the disconnect seems a bit serious; it's more like they overdid it...

"Rustling, rustling—"

The surrounding ground churned and twisted in a completely illogical way.

Immediately following was the "crack" sound of bones rubbing together, mixed with the sound of soil turning over.

"What's going on?" Penny subconsciously looked at Lorne, the guy who hadn't shown any panic since entering the Wall Manor, as if he knew the place inside and out.

The scene before him was not unfamiliar to Lorne; in fact, it felt somewhat familiar. He grabbed Penny's slender white hand and ran off.

Penny was startled by this sudden action and then noticed that Lorne's expression was very unpleasant.

A pale, twisted bony hand suddenly pierced the ground not far away, like a deadly fungus growing in toxic soil.

"What...is this...?" Penny was stunned by what she saw.

Lorne glanced at her indifferently, then calmly looked away, ignoring Penny's struggles, and picked her up in one swift motion.

"That's a skeleton. Don't move, or you won't be able to escape."

Having said that, the girl with the ahoge in his arms gave up on trying to retaliate.

More and more bone hands pierced the ground, thousands upon thousands, densely packed, like a robe spreading out in an instant.

One skeleton after another began to crawl out of the cracks in the ground. They were all different in shape. Some were equipped with tattered armor and held rusty swords and shields. They were obviously much more advanced than the skeletons that appeared in the elven settlement.

Lorne was lost in thought.

It's hard not to associate the current scene with the so-called "testing ground".

Sodrion mentions that the core of the Black Sun Tower's resources was a testing ground for necromancers, a place where they researched necromancy, which was later abandoned.

And since Vol Manor is the site of a battle between the Black Tower wizards and the Firefly Forest wizards, who knows, maybe that necromancer was involved too? It's all uncertain...

Groups of the dead staggered to their feet, their eye sockets igniting with ghostly blue flames of their souls.

They instinctively turned towards Lorne, converging from scattered groups to a dense forest, the sound of bones grinding growing louder and louder, eventually merging into a tooth-grinding symphony.

"What should we do?" Despair welled up in Penny's heart. Faced with such a massive army of the undead, there was no possibility of survival.

"Bang!"

The greatsword, gleaming with a cold light, slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Lorne caught Penny's body with one hand, his robes billowing, and leaped high into the air, stepping on the hilt of his sword.

A cold, heavy, invisible force field descended.

Penny felt her breathing catch in her throat, and it became increasingly difficult.

The bones of the surrounding skeletons made a teeth-grinding friction, and their bodies sank slightly into the mud.

Lorne drew his magic sword from his waist with lightning speed, activating the [Blessing Fire] effect.

The muscles in the arm gripping the sword hilt trembled as it channeled its inner energy and slashed forward recklessly.

A chilling sword aura slashed out, carrying flames as it sliced ​​through layers upon layers of white bones.

The eerie blue flames in the eye sockets of numerous skulls went out, and their bodies crumbled into pieces scattered across the ground.

A straight, long path appeared before them, briefly cleared. Lorne sped across it before the next wave of skeletons surrounded them.

"You..." Penny was shocked by Lorne's extremely skillful response and stammered, unable to speak.

Whether facing conscription or this terrifying horde of skeletons, the boy in front of him, who was about the same age as him, showed no fear, as if everything was under his control.

"Aren't you a first-level wizard apprentice?" Penny stared at the silver badge on Lorne's chest.

"Remember what I said before? Keep quiet if you don't want to die." Lorne didn't want to have to spend time answering Penny's questions during the fight.

I felt somewhat helpless.

This girl with the ahoge (cowlick) insisted on following me the whole way. Although she meant well, she was really a burden.

Lorne couldn't bring himself to completely abandon her in the horde of skeletons and leave alone, especially since Penny was a kind-hearted girl, a rarity in this world.

We can only try our best to get her out of here, while ensuring our own safety.

Unless he encounters an insurmountable problem, Lorne will not abandon her.