"Let's keep going. We'll save a day by going through the mountains." Rex held the magic map, found the current coordinates, and enlarged the map.
"There's a village here?"
"Maybe. Maybe they moved away. This is the Kogan's territory."
"Why don't we go around it?" Salin didn't want any trouble. The Koghans were a tribe that was brave and skilled in battle. Qin Yin had conquered this land, but he did not exterminate the Koghans, so not a single noble was willing to come here. No matter how large the land was, they needed to be alive to enjoy it.
"It's okay. I know the Kogan language. The people here are nice to mages. In comparison, they hate the Cloud people more. "
Salin was silent. The Cloud people were from the Fourth Dynasty. The Fourth Dynasty had once massacred in the Kogan mountains. He happened to see it. He didn't expect the Kogan people to still remember the hatred of a thousand years.
Rex marked a detailed route on the map for Salin to note down.
Next was the equipment check. In Dragontooth Town, Salin used a lot of low-level scrolls, and more than half of the golem's level-eight magic core. It couldn't support another battle like that.
The spells stored in Salin's bronze magic book were also used up. There was no time to stop and store spells. Most of his intermediate and high-level scrolls were blank. Salin couldn't write them either.
If he had time, Salin could write a lot of low-level blank scrolls. Now, he could only install new magic cores for the Witcher Spiders and hope that there wouldn't be any high-intensity battles in the next few days.
Rex's loss was greater. After using the Shenluo Ring, she couldn't use it for a year. The two spells stored in her magic staff were also used up. She couldn't store the same spells. Luckily, she didn't use the silver magic book. The eighteen intermediate spells were the strongest ability she kept.
Storing spells in a magic book was easier than writing scrolls, but it took a lot of time. The main advantage was that there was no problem of success.
The disadvantage of a magic book was also obvious. The spells stored inside had to be stored by the user. Otherwise, there was a high chance that elements would dissipate during the release, causing the spells to lose effectiveness. Salin didn't have the skill to write a silver magic book. The six intermediate spells in the demonic magic book were his last hope.
Fortunately, Shika and Nelis were not injured. Salin did not know that Nelis's body had been strengthened again, eliminating some of the hidden dangers caused by absorbing the Chalcedony.
Shika carried Rex on his back again, and the four of them carefully walked down the slope towards the mountains. There was no path under their feet, and the soil was slippery. If it were any other team, their speed would be greatly reduced. Salin's team was still advancing at a speed of close to 20 kilometers per hour. After crossing over several mountain ridges, a huge village appeared in front of the four people.
Salin stopped. There was no sound in the village. There was a wooden tower at the entrance of the village, but there was no one inside. From the entrance of the village, Salin could only see the crooked wooden houses and the uneven road surface.
Not a single person!
"Neris, go in and have a look." Salin did not dare to enter rashly. The size of the village seemed to have at least a hundred families, but it was so quiet that not even a panting animal could be seen.
Rex's injury wasn't serious. At least she could still release magic. Her ribs were hurt, so she didn't really want to talk. Salin was commanding the team now.
Neris nodded. Actually, even without going in, she knew that there was no one in the village. To be precise, there was not a single living thing in the entire village. Neris was now an adult and much more daring. Even if she encountered a black mage, she would not be at too much of a disadvantage.
She entered the village, walked around, and then retreated.
The village of the Kohens was very simple. The wooden houses off the ground were to guard against snakes and insects. They did not engage in large-scale farming, and food would be stored together.
"Master, there's nothing."
"Nothing?" Salin asked. "What do you mean?"
"It means there's nothing. No people, no food, no weapons, no magical beasts, no livestock …" Neris's Qin Yinese was getting better and better. She described everything one by one, but Salin stopped her.
"Is there danger?"
"No, it's just a village that has been emptied."
Salin nodded. He had been overly cautious. This was not the Caucasus region. The Kohens were brave, but there were no Caucasus priests. There were few warriors who could reach the level of a swordsman. The priests of the Kohens had long been killed by the Fourth Dynasty. The only thing he had to worry about was the poison of the Kohens. However, he was a mage and could detect poison.
"Let's go rest." Salin felt very tired. He had been very tense these few days, and he could face danger at any time. One of his arms was broken, and it would take five to seven days to recover. This was the credit of the magic liquid. Most people with bone injuries needed at least three months to recover.
There was no need to hurry. Shika put Rex down and said, "You guys go in. I'll go up to the tower."
She carried the club on her back and nimbly climbed up the ladder. She did not go through the door, but jumped in from the window. Shika's figure had just disappeared from the window when there was a loud crash in the tower.
Then, Shika's angry shout came. Something was smashed, and a black shadow flew out and landed on the ground. Salin had been using Icy Vision the whole time, and saw that it was a skeleton.
The skeleton fell heavily on the ground. Salin did not ignore the dark light in its eyes. He immediately released the Illusory Swamp and trapped the skeleton.
Crack … crack …
The lower jaw of the skeleton opened and closed, and it struggled to get up. Shika's voice came from the tower. "Make it stop moving."
The skeleton soon stopped moving. Shika's head popped out of the window and said to Salin, "I caught a guy."
"Didn't you say there was no one?" Salin looked at Neris angrily.
Neris felt wronged. "There's no one in the village, this …"
"Catch!" Shika threw a person out of the window. The person danced in the air and screamed loudly. Rex released a binding spell. Fine wind ropes wrapped around the person, and he was lightly placed on the ground.
The person's hair was unkempt, and his robe was full of holes. One of his shoes was also missing. He was bound by the binding spell, and his face happened to be facing Salin and the others. It was an extremely simple face, just like the most honest farmer in Scotia.
Even the pope had praised that in Scotia, if a person was willing to farm honestly, this person must have a pure soul.
"Don't kill me, I have no money, I'm very poor, I …" The person screamed like a pig being slaughtered. The eyebrows on his square face were thick, and there were tears in his eyes. He looked as pitiful as one could imagine.
Salin walked up and looked down at the guy. "Mr. Necromancer, if you have no money, how can you have a skeleton from the Death Plane?"
The skeleton suddenly jumped up and was about to pounce on Salin. A white light flashed in Salin's hand, and an ice arrow accurately hit the skeleton's chest. The skeleton was frozen by the ice arrow. Salin said, "If it moves again, I'll smash your head with an ice arrow."
The bound necromancer did not dare to move anymore. Only then did he realize that Salin was wearing a gray magic robe. There were two magic symbols on it. Fifth-level mage?
This was a misunderstanding. This robe was originally Rex's, and Salin was only a fourth-level mage now.
"Mr. Necromancer, I'll have to trouble you for a bit." Salin waved his hand and had Neris carry the necromancer into the village.
The necromancer saw that Salin had instantly cast a spell without any warning and immediately gave up on resisting. The skeleton that fell to the ground followed the four of them. Schika stayed on the tower and did not come down.
They found a clean wooden hut, and Rex spread a blanket in it. He sat down to rest first. Neris threw the necromancer on the ground. The skeleton stood at the door. Without the necromancer's orders, it would not attack anyone.
Salin looked at the skeleton for a while and said, "A very beautiful winged skeleton, but it's a pity it's incomplete. Mr. Necromancer, there's no one in this village. Did you kill them? "
Necromancers were not black mages. They would not kill the innocent, but their tempers were not very good. It was hard to say what they would do when they were angry.
The honest young necromancer blinked a few times. He felt that Salin was not easy to deal with. He looked at Rex, who was meditating, and felt indescribably depressed. He had only found a quiet place to sleep, but he was caught and questioned. The other mages were so respected. Why was he so unlucky? The Binding Spell was a simple spell, and it could last for a long time. However, one had to be at least two levels above the enemy to be able to last that long.
Damn, two great mages!
"Mr. Necromancer, only I have a gentler way of questioning here. If you make me lose my patience, it won't be good for you."
"I …" The necromancer thought for a long time and felt that he shouldn't be angry with the two great mages. He could only answer honestly, "Sir, I'm just a small mage. How would I dare to kill people openly? When I came, this place was already empty. Not even a bone could be found. Sir, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving. "
Salin looked at his sallow face and weak body. He shook his head. "Being a mage like you is really a failure. There's nothing to eat, unless you speak honestly. Don't tell me you're poor. The cheapest Necromancer costs millions of gold coins. "
The necromancer said with a sad face, "It's because of this that I've become very poor. Otherwise, if I summoned the skeleton army, I would have become a royal mage long ago. Why would I need to run around? "
"Skeleton army? Just you? Do you think I don't know anything? Unless you can find a stable passage that can open the Death Plane at any time. "
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