The Rise of the Cemetery

Chapter 0039 Escort Mission

"What? Escort mission?"

Li Xun cried out in surprise for a moment, he never thought that the Principality Mage Association would give him such a task. Escort the special envoy of the Principality to the only surviving city of Elliott in the Kingdom of Morrord to have a secret meeting with the royal family. The team is led by the level 16 archmage Andaures Dillasso and the Marquis Alger Putek, level 8 Mage Casas and Level 6 Mage Li Xun accompanied him, and 15 members of the Duchy's Iron Fist Knights escorted them.

Since the war is still going on, starting from Thunder Fortress, you have to go through the 3,200-mile area occupied by the Undead Council, and it is basically impossible to pass through; the safer route is to take the sea route to Thrane Kingdom near the sea, and then go to Elia via the road Techeng, although it can avoid several major forces, but the journey is long, but it will take nearly 2 months before and after. I am afraid that the situation has changed unexpectedly by the time it arrives, so it is also ruled out; The west side of the mountains climbed over, and then passed through the control range of the undead forces of nearly 600 miles, turned southeast and took the waterway to reach Eliat City directly in 20 days. The only dangerous place on the way is the undead area 200 miles away, but after all, it is only an area recently occupied by the undead council, and there is still a large gap that can be crossed directly without disturbing the undead forces.

Considering the danger of the mission, the Principality Mages Association gave generous mission rewards. Accompanying mages like Li Xun can gain freedom as long as they complete the task, and they are no longer restricted by the mandatory recruitment of contract mages, but they still enjoy the treatment of contract mages in the principality; they can choose unowned land within a radius of 50 miles as their own fiefs and become real nobles; You can choose a suitable unique spell from the Principality's Masters Association.

Sure enough, money is touching. Li Xun is looking forward to several mission rewards given by the Principality Mage Association. It seems that he must go on this escort trip.

After taking over this task, Li Xun needs to go to the Principality's Mage Association with the knight who came to notify to sign a formal contract immediately. Before leaving, Miguel held back Master Li Xun and handed him a letter. It was actually His Royal Highness who asked him to hand it over to Princess Siris Bramila of the Kingdom of Morroherd. Does His Royal Highness also like to pass small notes to girls? Li Xun, who was full of black lines, accepted the letter with a strange expression, thinking to himself that his ability to join this team should be related to His Royal Highness.

Li Xun, who rushed to the Principality's Mage Association, successfully signed the mission contract, and immediately teleported to Avery City, which is the closest to the starting point, through the teleportation array set up in the association. The entire mission team assembled here, so in less than a day, the team set off under the escort of only 200 cavalry.

His Excellency the Archmage Andorius Di Lasso is a gray-haired and kind elder, not as difficult to get close to as the mages we met before. Seeing Li Xun becoming an intermediate mage at such a young age, he nodded in admiration and pulled Casas and Li Xun discussed spellcasting skills in the carriage. It was a discussion, but in fact, most of the time, His Excellency the Archmage explained his experience and precautions in detail, and Casas occasionally asked some questions for advice, while Li Xun only listened with pricked ears. After all, he is just a rookie who has been in contact with magic for less than a year. He even has a half-knowledge of many basic magic principles. If it is not for the specificity of the soul, as long as he learns it, he will be automatically optimized. Can Li Xun release a level 3 spell in 10 seconds now? Magic is a problem! Instead of repeatedly releasing spells to hone proficiency, and eliminating the need to figure out spells to shorten the casting time, Li Xun only needs to understand how to release a spell to systematize it, which is really against the sky.

Of course, this convenience also brought a great evil result, that is, Li Xun's spellcasting skills were not as good as that of a mage apprentice. Li Xun never thought about when to cast spells to achieve the greatest effect. He just blindly used his most powerful spells to throw at the enemy in the shortest time, a typical nouveau riche mage. So every time Li Xun fights, he waits until the enemy is entangled by his subordinates before going up to attack him. He punches wildly and then runs away after the fight, which can be called extremely shameless.

Now listening to the orthodox mage's spell-casting explanation, and comparing his previous behavior, Li Xun couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly sat upright and respectfully listened to this precious knowledge imparted, completely unaware that his knowledge points had quietly increased a little. .

Li Xun's good attitude also made His Excellency the archmage very satisfied. Knowing that Li Xun intends to become a battle mage, he deliberately explained the combination effects of low-level spells and some taboos when casting spells at close quarters. Master Kasas also talked about his previous combat experience with great interest, and asked the archmage to comment, and he had a good time.

After two days of non-stop rushing, when he arrived at the entrance of the forest on the west side of the Aveli Mountains, Li Xun's knowledge points had increased by 3 points in total, and it was already 14 points.

The road behind is all rugged mountain roads, and the cavalry has been unable to pass, so they can only go back the same way. The 21-member mission team officially embarked on the journey.

From the outside, the Aveli Mountains are tall and straight, and there are extremely lush forests growing everywhere. The depths of the forests are filled with thick fog all the year round, so standing outside the forests is impossible to see clearly what is in the forests. But it's a bit strange to say that although there are a lot of ferocious monsters in the Aveli Mountains, these monsters have never rushed out of the thick fog to attack the surrounding towns. Only a few areas can be developed.

It is said that Li Xun has not encountered a monster until now. Most of the areas he set foot in were the shallow edge of the forest, and only some large and small wild animals lived there. According to legend, only certain places that are inaccessible will have a large number of monsters. This time through the Avery Mountains, maybe you can meet the legendary monsters!

The Marquis Alger Ptek, with a stiff beard, was in his prime of life. He was wearing a light purple-black hunting suit, and even a hooded cloak could not cover his burly figure. He commanded 15 troops with the calmness of a soldier. The iron fist knight in light armor set up a defensive formation to protect the 3 mages and himself in the middle. The ranger accompanying the team walked in front as the leader to guide the direction, and the team walked through the dense forest silently.

As a mage, of course, his physique cannot be compared with that of the knights, but toughness, lightness...after the blessing of the spells, combined with the magic items on his body, it is enough to keep up with the speed of the team. From time to time, the sound of wild animals walking can be heard from the bushes near and far, but no one who is not open-eyed dares to come out to attack such a heavily armed team.

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The starry sky full of stars brought an unexpected sense of tranquility to people, and the two bright moons hanging high above the night sky were getting rounder and rounder.

The light blue fluorescent lights that were originally like fireflies gradually became brighter at this time. When these fluorescent lights are connected together, they look like blue strips of light; The grass is also growing at an incomprehensible speed at this time. Not only have they become hard, but they have even begun to grow taller; as for the trees in the forest, it is not known whether it is an illusion or real, as if in a night These big trees that need to be surrounded by several people also grow taller.

The night in the Aveli Mountains is changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Standing on a boulder, Li Xun used his soul vision to look at the distant mountains and forests shrouded in the night. Red dots can be seen everywhere, and there is vitality hidden under the surface silence. In the small valley behind, several piles of bonfires were faintly visible through the gaps in the trees, and figures swaying by the bonfires were the knights preparing the first day's dinner. Li Xun lightly jumped off the boulder, tightened his cloak, and lightly chanted a spell to set up magic alarms at several critical locations before returning to the temporary camp.

Stepping into the camp, he greeted several knights while walking, and Li Xun walked directly to the middle of the bonfire. His Excellency the Marquis of Alger Putek and His Excellency Andreas Dillasso were sitting beside the fire and talking in a low voice. What.

Li Xun bowed and saluted, "Your Excellency, the Archmage, all the surrounding magic guards have been placed."

"Thank you for your hard work, eat something and take the time to rest!" The Archmage nodded and ordered.

Li Xun came to another bonfire nearby, and mage Kasas, who had finished his dinner, was reading a magic book by the light of the fire. Dinner was already prepared by the knights. A large piece of wolf hind leg was grilled just right, a piece of toasted white bread, a pot of vegetable soup, and half a glass of red wine. Although it was not rich, it was very suitable for Li Xun's appetite. . Li Xun simply said hello to mage Kasas, and began to feast on it. After all, he was only 17 years old, and it was the time when he needed the most food.

After eating and drinking, the camp slowly began to quiet down. His Excellency the Archmage and Master Casas entered into the prepared tents one after another to start their daily meditation. In the tent I prepared, I began to read some rare historical books borrowed from His Excellency the Archmage. To be honest, Li Xun only persevered curiously for a few days when he first learned magic, and was stunned by the slow accumulation and growth of magic power. No wonder the world has such a high magic environment, and the number of human mages is still so rare , the level is also promoted slowly, and the root of everything lies in the inefficiency of the meditation method.

Even if some people with low magic power affinity meditate uninterruptedly, they may not be able to accumulate enough magic power to become a level 1 mage for decades, so only those with high magic power affinity have the opportunity to be cultivated and enjoy good resources , become the master of power. Even in the mage team, there are high and low points. Of course, people in this world do not have sophisticated instruments to quantify, so the magic affinity is collectively referred to as talent or blood. And he stubbornly believes that the good blood of the parents will directly affect the offspring and increase the magic affinity of the offspring. Although this kind of understanding is not accurate in Li Xun's view, it is very practical.

There are many races in this world, and there are many individuals of mixed blood. Humans are not talented in it. If it is not supported by a large population base, it is absolutely impossible to have so many mages, and it is impossible to become the Klein Continent. Rulers, drive other races to marginal areas or underground.

Li Xun has read a biography of magic that specifically talks about talent. According to the statistics in the book, 10-20 mage apprentices will be selected out of 10,000 people in the general human society, but only 2-3 will eventually grow into mages. The rarity of mages and the great power of mages have caused the respect of mages in this world, making the mage profession completely crush other professions. The only thing that can compete with magic is divine magic. Don't forget, this is a world with gods. Of course, if you ask a mage to say it, he will say that a god is just a person who is strong enough. This disrespectful attitude also prompted fierce conflicts between mages and god believers, leading to the extermination and killing of mages in countries with dominant religions, and the power occupied by mages would never allow missionaries to enter.

With Li Xun's current status, his understanding of mainland history is still very shallow, and can only be traced back to the end of the French War 3,000 years ago. 3,000 years ago, the magician developed to the extreme and called himself an arcanist. He did not believe in gods, but only in knowledge. He created all kinds of incredible arcane civilizations and planned to establish an arcane empire that encompassed this world. Of course, this move completely angered the high gods, and a war broke out between gods and mages. Li Xun didn't know exactly how. He only knew that after the war of the end of France, a large number of gods fell, and all the arcanists also disappeared. , the surviving gods commanded the believers to erase the traces left by the arcanists in the world, and human magical power lost its inheritance for a time. It was not until 2000 years ago that a new generation of magic power was slowly cultivated. Human spellcasters living in the cracks called themselves mages, and gradually formed their own organization—the mages' guild, which has continued to this day.

This bloody history of the mage's development process made Li Xun think that the wage earners had the ability to rebel against the boss, but turned the tables. Li Xun has nothing to care about other than the arcane tower described in the history books that can fly in the air. The arcane towers developed during the war of the end of France are not comparable to the mage towers imitated by later generations. An arcane tower is like a small country, which is completely self-sufficient and self-propelled. The Grand Arcanist drives the Arcane Tower to travel around the world. The top Arcanist can even drive the Arcane Tower to pass through space barriers, travel to outer space and occupy different worlds, search for massive local resources, enslave many strange races, and even A low-level god was captured in a certain small space, and this was probably the trigger that triggered the war of doomsday!

Just like Li Xun who was watching the legendary story, he couldn't stop talking, awesome, these arcanists are already so good, and it is impossible to say that they are all wiped out. The old lair was overthrown by the local gods, but wouldn't all the alien spaces they ruled be overthrown too? It is very likely that the remaining arcanists are hiding in some alien space to recuperate? But 3,000 years have passed, why there is no news and action yet, they can't live for so long, right? Save some descendants at most, and tell them to come back and take revenge when they have the ability!

Speaking of which, my own existence is also very abnormal. Paired with the words of different dimensions in the history books, Li Xun always felt that there was something interesting. Could it be that he appeared in this strange world inexplicably, and could he have something to do with those arcanists? Forget it, the information is incomplete, and it has been swept away by the gods for nearly a thousand years. Most of what survives is just a few words, the outline is there, and the details are mostly guesswork, not much credibility. When you have the ability, you can completely learn from the gods Finding information can be regarded as digging your own roots!

Flipping through the history books, Li Xun fell asleep in a haze.