"We don't know what this is!"
The four knights were invited into the cabin by Ash, and they also brought this 'moving corpse' in with them.
"We are originally a force from the northern city, and we are searching for suspicious people nearby. Recently, hunters who go up the mountain have said that they have spotted some suspicious figures." The knights, who had just recovered from the shock, slowly recounted their experiences at this time.
Troops in northern cities.
That is, those cities that have been reorganized. The northern part of the empire is now very depressed and only the big cities have people. The four knights are the troops there.
As for the situation they described, it was reported by someone...
Even residents living in cities will still go up the mountain to hunt. Because of the war, not only the land where humans live but also the animals are not doing well, resulting in few prey in the forests around the city. Therefore, some people and mercenaries will of course choose to hunt in farther places.
They also reported the situation, saying that when they were in the wild, they would always see some strange figures in the forest. They moved very fast, but they could not be found even if they looked carefully.
You have to know that this area was once a relic of war. The residents of the town had moved away long ago, so there would be no one here.
This strange figure is so fast that it makes people feel uneasy.
"So the Earl asked us to come over and take a look. I heard that people from the Imperial Capital also received the same news, so they placed signal flares according to the Imperial Army's request!"
Ai Xiu roughly understood the other party's origin. They were the troops from the nearest big city here, and they were also here to look for those living people!
"What happened next?" Warren asked from the side.
"We went deep into the woods, searching according to the source of the information, but we found nothing for a day or two... Finally, tonight, we saw a dark figure walking through the forest. There were originally six of us, but we didn't expect the figure to be so fast in the dark. They killed one of us and then ran towards us."
As he spoke, there was a look of fear in the man's eyes.
There were six people, but now there are only four...which means one of them died during the pursuit.
This is probably why, when we saw the other party just now, the black shadow was running faster from behind.
"They won't die at all. Look at that hand. I cut it off, but it can still move!"
The man pointed to the dead body next to the fire that had been completely penetrated by ice crystals and said.
Igonia's magic almost broke the opponent's body apart, but the arm that was obviously broken was still moving, and it was crawling towards the living person little by little!
Warren hurried forward and knocked it down with his magic wand.
The rotten arm was still attached to a little flesh, and most of it was just exposed finger bones, and it was very old.
There was no blood left, and the bones were frozen, breaking when hit hard, and the flesh was scattered... But what was even more strange was that the bone in the middle of the wrist was not broken, and there was still a middle finger connected to it, and it could actually move slowly.
"Damn it, what the hell is this thing? Won't it die?"
Even the knowledgeable Ash was shocked when he saw this scene. He was surprised that he could still move even after becoming like this.
In a fit of rage, Warren threw the bone of his wrist and middle finger into the fire in front of everyone...
"See if you're still moving!"
The flame jumped suddenly.
The fireworks instantly burned into a blue flame in the center, which looked very strange.
However, the middle finger was finally unable to move due to the burning of the flames... Slowly, as the blue fireworks returned to normal, it became completely motionless.
"It seems that they are afraid of fire." Ash said, and was also glad that he had just used fire magic.
A few people actually gathered around to take a look, and then threw in the toes that were still moving in the bones. The situation was the same, they were no longer moving after burning.
"So that's it, it's flames!"
"Where on earth did you encounter this kind of monster? Are there any more?"
"It's in the forest two kilometers away from here. There was only one when we found it, and we don't know what's going on now." said another man among the knights.
Ash stood up and approached the pile of shattered bones again. All the joints still moved, even the ribs, which no longer had a chest cavity, still rose and fell as if breathing...
"This is really strange. I've never seen this kind of magic before."
For a moment, Ash couldn't figure out what it was, or what kind of magic could have caused such an effect.
These were clearly corpses, yet they moved like living people. He particularly looked for signs of magic on the skulls and other bones, wondering if they were the work of alchemists. However, after searching for a long time, he found no trace at all; it was simply a corpse.
"Teacher, do you know this thing?"
Shake your head.
"I'm not sure yet. I've never seen this kind of magic, and it's not the product of an alchemist." Ash couldn't answer.
However, Ignia had some thoughts about these moving corpses...
"Have you thought of something, Madam Witch?" a knight suddenly said.
Igonia was the only female in the team and she was pretty enough. The knights noticed her during the conversation, so every little change in her expression was noticed by them.
"No, I don't know."
Igunya didn't say anything but she was thinking of something else.
It's a story.
To be more precise, it was the stories Sean had told me... It was also a winter like this, when we were still in the small town of Thelmian, and I would often ask him to tell me some of the unheard stories he had told me.
At that time, I even felt that I was about to become a baroness, so I cared about the entire town very much, and even decorated Sean's house according to my own preferences.
The nights in the small town were boring, so Igunya often pestered Sean to tell her stories.
Although I later regretted why I didn't be braver, maybe the result would have been different.
But I was really shy at that time, and the most activity I did at night was listening to Sean's stories... I didn't know that he had so many stories in his head.
This creature is mentioned in a story where a prince transforms into the Dark Knight and kills his father.
Undead.
She even remembered the name Igunya, and the creature before her looked very much like the one in Sean's story.
Strange, it was just a story. Could it be that Sean had seen it before? Or had he heard about it?
"Nia, have you thought of something?" Ash asked again.
"It's just a story..."
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