Wizard Immortal

Chapter 11 Accident

"Why did you have someone bring so much snake meat?" Dill asked curiously from the side, looking at Adir.

He looked at the large bag of snake meat in Adir's hand and watched Adir process it, appearing somewhat curious.

Adir placed a skinned green-eyed snake on the grill, then turned to him and said, "I've eaten this kind of snake before in the wild, and I thought it tasted good, so I had someone bring some more over."

"Want to try some?" he asked with a smile, gesturing to Dill beside him.

"Okay." Dill laughed and took a skewer of grilled snake meat from Adir's hand, taking a bite directly into it.

Instantly, his eyes lit up, and he raised his hand to Adir: "It really tastes good."

The lunch ended quickly.

Adir didn't waste the snake meat; he roasted seven or eight snakes and ate them all.

Knight apprentices possess physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, but relatively speaking, they also tend to have larger appetites. Moreover, Adir is currently in a period of rapid growth and needs to eat more nutritious food.

Of course, more important than these are the trace amounts of beneficial components in snake meat. According to chip testing, long-term consumption can also improve physical condition, so it shouldn't be wasted.

After finishing his lunch, Adir walked to the side, took out a green snake stone, put it in his mouth, chewed it for a while, and then swallowed it.

Although green snakestone resembles stone, it is far less hard than stone and can be easily crushed.

However, the taste was not pleasant at all; it had a strong bitter and foul smell that would cause vomiting after a while, making it impossible to swallow.

Adir frowned and forced himself to swallow the nausea.

As soon as he swallowed the snake stone, Adir felt an extremely uncomfortable sensation rising within him. At first, it was faint, but it grew stronger and stronger, carrying a faint heat that made him feel as if he were being burned by fire.

After a while, the feeling gradually subsided, and the intense discomfort gradually transformed into an extreme tingling and numbness, seemingly with a numbing effect.

Adir suppressed the feeling, took out another snake stone from the medicine bag hanging on his waist with his right hand, and put it into his mouth.

Then the familiar feeling resurfaced, much stronger than before.

This process continued for a long time until the mechanical voice in his mind sounded again, at which point Adir stopped it.

"Ding! The body's rejection response has reached its limit. Swallowing it again will cause irreversible organ failure."

Sensing the warning in the chip's voice, Adir stopped and allowed the chip to scan his physical condition.

In an instant, the chip in his mind reacted, displaying his body data before his eyes.

姓名:阿帝尔.法库斯。力量：2.4（3.1）。敏捷：2.3（2.9）。体质：2.5（3）。状态：虚弱，器官轻微破损···

Compared to four months ago, Adir's attributes are now much better. Not only are his peak values ​​for Strength and Constitution exceeding 3, but even his weakest attribute, Agility, has reached around 2.9. His overall combat power is much higher than it was a few months ago.

This significant progress is also inseparable from Adir's hard work during this period.

For the past four months, Adir has never slacked off in his practice of the Knight's Breathing Technique. In addition to the Serpent Stone, Adir has also found several other materials in the vicinity that can work on him, each with varying degrees of effect. This is how he has managed to build up his physical attributes to this level in such a short period of time.

"The serpent stone is about to lose its effectiveness."

Adir felt somewhat helpless as he noticed the increase in his physical fitness.

Of all the materials he had used, this snake stone was the most effective. Even after four months, it still had some effect on him.

However, as physical fitness improved, the body's adaptability and tolerance to this snake stone also increased, and now its effects are getting weaker and weaker, almost to the point of losing their effectiveness.

"At this rate, it's estimated that after a few dozen more times, this snake stone will become ineffective."

The thought flashed through Adir's mind.

Because he had just used a large amount of snake stone to stimulate his body, he was still in a state of weakness and numbness.

Fortunately, the area around here is a rest camp, which not only has a large number of guards, but also many knight apprentices like Adir, so there is no need to worry about safety during this period.

After standing there for a while, and waiting for his physical condition to improve slightly, Adir endured the intense discomfort and walked towards the camp behind him.

As soon as Adir stepped inside, he frowned.

In the center of the camp, a dozen or so corpses lay silently, looking rather tragic.

Most of the dozen or so men were ordinary guards, but there were also a few knight apprentices. They were all familiar faces from Adir's memory, but now they lay quietly on the ground, covered with a linen cloth to conceal their bodies.

No one else made a sound around the corpses, and the atmosphere became quiet and oppressive.

"What just happened?"

Adir walked over to Dill, who was sitting in front, and looked at his somewhat gloomy face: "How come so many people have died all at once?"

Ahead, Dill was startled when he heard the voice. He turned around and saw Adir, then realized what was happening, and the gloomy expression on his face returned to normal.

"There's been an incident ahead. Aladi and his men were ambushed. All fifty-plus of them are gone, and we've only found a few bodies."

At this point, Dill's expression turned grim, and he pointed at the corpses, appearing somewhat agitated.

Upon hearing this news, Adir frowned, but managed to maintain a calm expression: "Have you found out who did it?"

"It's not quite clear yet, but judging from the traces at the scene, it seems to be the style of those orcs. It's possible that some orcs from the front lines wandered over and took the opportunity to ambush Alardi and his men," Dill said, shaking his head.

"Orcs?" Adir muttered to himself subconsciously, then turned to look at the corpses.

Despite being covered by a linen cloth, Adir's keen eyesight and observational skills still allowed him to see the pitiful state of the corpses.

The leather armor and clothing they were originally wearing were gone, taken away as spoils of war. Judging from the corners of some of the corpses that were exposed, these bodies were clearly not intact; some of the corpses had their entire heads mangled and bloody, indicating that they had been eaten by wild animals after death.

After being devoured by wild animals, most of the traces that might have been left on the corpse have been destroyed, and now we can only rely on some clues to infer what happened.

The only thing Adir could tell was that these corpses had all died about five or six days ago, and at roughly the same time, meaning they were killed by the same group of people.

If you want to know more, you will have to get up close to these corpses, or even dissect them yourself.

Adir lowered his head, contemplating the possibility of an autopsy. Dill, standing beside him, thought he was worried about something and said, "Adir, there's no need to worry about anything."

"When our people discovered these bodies, we already sent people to Lord Poria's castle. I believe reinforcements will arrive soon, so there's absolutely no need to worry."

At this point, Dill lowered his voice, sounding somewhat mysterious, and said, "Also, I just heard that this time, a real knight might be coming."

"A knight?" A thought flashed through Adir's mind instinctively, and he turned around to ask, "Is there any definite news? Which lord is leading the group?"

"It's not clear yet, but there are only a few adults left in the castle," Dill said casually.

"That's true." Adir nodded.

Knights hold a high status in this world, possessing both immense power and a small number of followers. Even Count Poria has only a handful of knights under his command, with the majority sent to the front lines to fight the orcs.

As far as Adir knew, only three knights remained in the castle. This time, it was likely one of them who led the team.

Thinking of this, a hint of anticipation appeared in Adir's eyes.

Since transmigrating, Adir has been in this world for almost half a year.

In the past six months, although his physical fitness has improved a lot, Adir still has no clue how to activate the life seed, and feels like he has strength but nowhere to use it.

The Knight's Breathing Technique only describes methods to stimulate life force and improve physical fitness, but it does not provide a precise description of how to truly activate the life seed, only some vague records.

In this situation, Adir urgently needs to find a true knight, whether by directly asking him for advice or by observing him through a chip, which should bring him some benefits.

With this expectation in mind, several days quickly passed.

Seven days later, outside the quiet camp, a long line of people walked from afar and arrived just as noon was approaching.

The group consisted of about thirty or forty men, all uniformly dressed in leather armor and carrying standard weapons. Their marching formation was also much neater. They appeared to be far more elite than ordinary guards.

But the most eye-catching person was the one at the very front of the group.

It was a middle-aged man dressed in light black armor, riding a white horse, with a red cloak draped over his back. Combined with his resolute and imposing face and blond hair, he looked extraordinary and powerful.

His face was cold and resolute. He nodded slightly to the welcoming team in the camp ahead, and then led the soldiers behind him slowly forward.

Only after they had passed did the welcoming party dare to make a sound.

(End of this chapter)