"Mei Li, Mei Li."
In the darkness, Mei Li heard a familiar voice. It was the voice of her parents.
"Father? Mother? Are you still alive? "
Mei Li turned around. Suddenly, two sinister and pale faces appeared in front of her. The blue flame eyes stared at her unwaveringly.
"Why didn't you save us!"
"Unfilial daughter!"
Their bodies suddenly caught fire, and Mei Li woke up from her sleep.
"Ah!"
Her chest heaved up and down as she gasped for breath. She looked like she was still in shock.
"Nightmares?"
Fei Na's voice came. Looking carefully, the black dog fire was not by her side. Mei Li immediately climbed out of the tent and found that everything was almost packed up. It started to snow again.
Then, she heard a dog bark. She turned around and saw fire wrapped in a few pieces of cloth, as if it was patrolling.
"I'll help."
Mei Li hurriedly moved. She didn't want to do nothing, but she didn't seem to realize that her leg was no longer in pain.
Soon, they packed up the tent and put it on the bags on both sides of the saddle, ready to set off. Miss Fei Na was going to take her to the nearest village and warn them to be careful of evil spirits. Living in a different village was a challenge for Mei Li, but life had to go on. A small person like her had long been used to a tough life.
With a nervous heart, they embarked on their journey. The nearest village was a small mountain village more than ten kilometers to the east. It was also mainly lumbering, but there were a few flat lands around it that could be used to grow food. Perhaps Mei Li could find a job there.
Riding on their horses, they set off, shuttling through the white forest.
Fei Na rarely took the initiative to speak. In order to avoid the atmosphere becoming awkward, Mei Li often took the initiative to find something to talk about.
After chatting for a while, she realized that this female knight who lived in the mountains had no common sense at all. She didn't even know what money was, and she didn't know the whereabouts of the person she was looking for.
Moreover, that was four years ago. A teenage girl went down the mountain alone to explore the world. As a woman, Mei Li felt pessimistic about this. The world was big and cruel. If she was like Fei Na and didn't understand the outside world, she would be deceived very quickly.
Thinking of this, Mei Li began to worry about Fei Na.
She was her savior, and Mei Li didn't want her to be deceived by bad people.
It didn't take long to get to the village next door, but they had hidden in the mountains last night to avoid the evil spirits, so it took them a lot of time to get out. By the time they found the main road, it was almost noon.
The wide road was surrounded by cut wood. Since there were no trees, the sides of the road were usually covered with weeds, and it was relatively bright.
However, Fina suddenly stopped in her tracks. Her expression was solemn, and the black dog Huo Huo lowered its tail uneasily. Mei Li seemed to have sensed something. When they quietly approached, they discovered that there was actually an orderly army on the road full of mud and snow.
It was the army sent by the Empire!
Before Mei Li could be happy for too long, she was frightened by a shushing sound. She saw Fina pointing in a direction. Mei Li looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a strange, skinny, monkey-like soldier standing on a big rock beside the army.
No!
His eyes were burning with blue flames. He was an evil spirit!
In that instant, Mei Li held her breath. She felt like something was strangling her neck. What was going on?
It was an evil spirit soldier, or a soldier that had turned into an evil spirit. No matter what, they were disciplined and even had sentries. Didn't they say that their intelligence was even lower than that of wild beasts?
Seeing this scene, Mei Li felt great fear.
"They are getting stronger and stronger, and will also gain a certain level of intelligence. We better hurry and reach the village before them."
Mei Li agreed with her suggestion, so they quickened their pace, bypassing the main road and following the mountain path to the village.
However, the evil spirit sentinel sitting on the rock had already turned its head in the direction they left, the blue flames in its eyes flickering non-stop.
… …
The Wizard Tower was located in the Bluestone Castle in the east of the Luas Empire. It was close to the Blue Ice Sea and was one of the few ports in the Luas Empire. Due to the demon invasion, the royal family brought their army to this city where they could escape to the ocean at any time. The Wizard Tower, which had been abandoned for a long time, also welcomed its new owner.
Originally, the Wizard Tower was built to guard against attacks by sea monsters, but now, it had become a temporary place for the Luas Empire to handle official affairs. As the capital was in ruins, the new king of the Luas Empire, Zeon Durriss, had no choice but to hold his coronation ceremony here.
The old sage Ethan hugged a pile of magic scrolls and staggered to the Wizard Tower. He looked up at the statue of the sea monster on the top of the tower, then sighed and entered the tower.
The tall stairs were the bane of old men. He had no choice but to cast a spell and let his withered legs carry him up the snake-like stairs.
Soon, he heard the roar of the new king.
"We must return to the capital immediately! Build everything up, not stay in this place. "
Seeing the old Grand Tutor, the royal guards guarding the iron gate consciously stepped aside and knocked on the door.
"Your Highness, the Grand Tutor is here."
"Let him in."
A loud roar came from the other side of the door, and the guard pushed the door open.
The white-haired sage sighed and stepped through the door. Many people were sitting inside, and they all turned to look at him.
King Zeon's face was a little red, and it seemed that he was still angry. After the war ended, he had always wanted to return to the capital and the ruins. This was opposed by all the ministers because winter had arrived, and rashly moving the army would only increase the risk. One had to know that all the countries were waiting for an opportunity. They were like vultures, waiting for an opportunity to strike. And now, the Luas Empire was at its weakest.
"Your Highness, are you still insisting on returning?"
The old man asked.
"Of course! A king must sit on the throne, not in this remote corner. If I continue like this, people will only think of me as the king of some place. "
Zeon said.
Ethan had watched him grow up and was his magic teacher.
"We will return, but not now. I'm afraid I have worse news for everyone."
He slowly placed a magic scroll on the table and spread it open. The scroll was very large, almost taking up half the table. Suddenly, a magical light shone out, and a three-dimensional image appeared on the scroll. In the image, hundreds of "people" with blue eyes were wandering around the river. No, they seemed to have a purpose, as if they were going somewhere.
"Evil spirits?"
Zeon had heard of these things before. Living corpses and black magic that made people feel disgusted. Everyone knew that this was a curse that An Mihu had cursed the world after defeating the Underworld Demon King. At the time, many blamed An Mihu for it, saying that he had failed to kill the Underworld Demon King and caused this disaster.
"How is this bad news? Just send a few soldiers to clean it up."
He snorted coldly.
"That's what we did before, and it was very effective. But recently, they seem to have become more abnormal and stronger. Everyone, do you remember when the corpses become evil spirits? "
The Grand Tutor looked at everyone. They all knew very well.
"One day. If you die at night, it will be faster. If you die during the day, it will take longer. But it won't take too long, so the corpses will be burned the next day. But now, they are changing even faster. Everyone, please pay attention to these things. The next event will happen right under our noses, in the Bluestone Castle. Please take a look. "
He pushed the first scroll to the side and put down the second one. On a street somewhere in the city, there was an old woman kneeling on the ground in pain. She hugged a blood-stained corpse on the ground and was surrounded by people. It seemed that something had happened.
The silent image made people feel strangely depressed. Perhaps it was because the image of the magic scroll was not rich in color, and the colors were cold.
However, at this moment, something terrible happened. The corpse covered in blood suddenly opened its eyes, and a dazzling blue flame burned in its eyes. Suddenly, its body underwent a terrible change, and it bit at the old woman. The scene was cut off, and everyone froze at the moment when they were fleeing in panic.
"This! Could it be … "
The King's face was ashen. He seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem.
The Grand Tutor frowned and nodded. "It has been less than an hour since the corpse changed. This is a very terrible disaster. Not only that, but the older corpses are also being driven by this evil energy. We don't know how many more corpses are buried underground. It's not safe anywhere now, especially the King's City."
Hearing this, King Gene gulped. There were hundreds of thousands of people in the King's City. After that battle, no one would clean up the battlefield. In other words, there were at least four to five hundred thousand evil spirits wandering there.
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