That's the benefit of relying on local indigenous people.
Richard only used the gift of six golden horned frog eggs, which saved hundreds or even thousands of days of searching! This did not include the casualties and other losses caused by various monster attacks and dangers encountered during the search. It was really a good deal.
Since three possible locations had been found, Richard immediately decided to take Stephanie and the other person with him. The first destination was naturally the most likely Silent Forest.
According to the Apache Shaman, "There are walking skeletons, tall ugly deformed monsters, knights riding on bone horses, and evil spirits!"
Richard believed that there must be secrets in the Silent Forest. As for whether it was the site of the ruins, he didn't know. He would have to go and check it out to find out.
As for the first mate of the Princess, Otombo, and the twenty melee members, Richard thought about it and decided that it would be safer to let them stay in the Wolf Tribe camp.
If the Silent Forest is really full of undead creatures, ordinary people like them going there would only cause more casualties and would be of little use to Richard!
"Apache Shaman, please send an experienced hunter from the Wolf Tribe to take us to the Silent Forest. I suspect what I need is in the Silent Forest." Richard, who had made up his mind, spoke to Apache.
"Dear guest, it's getting late now. If you really want to go, why don't you stay here for one night and go there tomorrow morning?" Although he was surprised that Richard was going to that dangerous forbidden place, Apache also knew that wizards were all powerful people.
A forbidden place for ordinary people is not necessarily a difficult place to visit for wizards.
"No, night might be more suitable for us!" Richard smiled mysteriously and declined the Apache Shaman's kindness.
Richard and Stephanie are both friendly to dark elements. Although the dark night is also the home turf of the undead, it is also Richard's home turf.
"In that case, then fine. I'll ask the tribe's most experienced hunter to come and take you there right now!"
"Thank you, Apache Shaman, and thank you for the hospitality of the Wolf Tribe. By the way, I would like to ask the Wolf Tribe to provide food and lodging for the 20 melee members here. We will pay them accordingly."
Richard pointed at the orc first mate Otombo and the others standing beside him and said.
"Haha, this is just a small matter!" Chief Benlang laughed.
Hearing that Richard didn't need him to follow him, the orc first mate Otombo became anxious and said, "Sir Richard, although my fighting ability is far inferior to yours, it's okay to let me lead the way! The dense branches in the dense forest will block your way."
As Otombo spoke, he swung the double-edged axe in his hand.
What a straightforward orc! Richard and Stephana looked at each other and smiled, "Otombo, your task is to lead the team well. The melee team members need you more. Also, if we don't come back within seven days, you can return to the Princess and leave Basileus Island on your own."
Seeing Richard's insistent expression, Otombo knew that he could not change the decision of the wizard in front of him, so he could only nod in a muffled voice and said, "Yes, sir! I will wait here for you to come back."
At this time, a sturdy indigenous hunter walked in. He looked like the leader of the hunter team that Richard and others had encountered before, with three stripes of red paint on his face.
The Apache shaman smiled and said, "Dear guest, this is Tal, one of the best hunters in our Wolf Tribe!"
The native named Tal touched his chest and saluted Richard, saying, "Master Wizard, it's a pleasure to meet you again. Let me lead the two of you to the Silent Forest!"
Richard nodded, took Stephanie, and followed Tal out of the Wolf Tribe camp, with the Apache Shaman, Wolf Chief, and Otombo seeing them off.
“Swish, swish, swish!”
No matter how fast Tal was moving ahead, he could always feel the wizard following him calmly.
The other party's unfathomable strength immediately made him feel much more at ease.
You know, although he is one of the best hunters in the Wolf Tribe, he doesn't want to go to that damn place called Silent Forest.
It was filled with gloomy air and all kinds of weird undead creatures! When Tal thought of that scene, he couldn't help but shudder.
The road from the Wolf Camp to the Silent Forest is not flat, so it is not suitable to ride a horse. Legs are the best means of transportation.
At Tal's speed, he would definitely be able to reach the edge of the Silent Forest within an hour and a half.
Gradually, about an hour later, several people heard the sound of flowing water in the distance.
Richard thought about it and decided that this should be the Lunn River mentioned by the Apache Shaman in the Wolf Camp before, where the evil spirit was discovered.
As they gradually approached the banks of the Lunn River, Tal's speed slowed down significantly and his level of vigilance increased sharply.
It seems that he is very wary of the possible evil spirits that may appear here.
Yes, for the indigenous warriors, unless their strength is comparable to that of Chief Benlang, that is, according to their indigenous saying, they have reached the level of totem warriors, otherwise, if they encounter these evil spirits, they will be completely unable to resist.
"roar!!"
On the flat river bank, there was a huge mountain bear fighting with a giant skeleton holding two swords!
This strange scene made the three of them stunned! "Master, the strength of this two-handed greatsword skeleton should have reached the first level, right?" Stephanie asked with her beautiful eyes wide open in astonishment.
Richard nodded, and the mental power fluctuations emitted by the Greatsword Skeleton clearly reached the first level.
What surprised Stephana was that it was extremely rare for such wild undead creatures to reach the first level, and many conditions had to be met.
For example, the Great Sword Skeleton must have been at least a Great Knight in its lifetime, its body must be intact when it dies, and the area it is in must have extremely strong dark element energy particles, etc. Only when all these conditions are met will there be a certain probability that the situation in front of us will appear, a Great Sword Skeleton that has reached the first level.
Although only a two-meter-long skeleton was left of the Greatsword Skeleton, he swung the greatsword in his hand with incredible swiftness, and knocked the mountain bear, which stood at a height of four meters, back repeatedly.
But the mountain bear, as the overlord of this area, would naturally not give up its territory, so a bloody battle broke out.
However, as the Great Sword Skeleton's attacks became more and more fierce, the Mountain Violent Bear had more and more bloodstains on its body, and soon it retreated in a panic! But the Great Sword Skeleton did not continue to chase it, but instead walked downstream along the edge of the river as if on patrol.
This immediately made Richard and Stephana stunned again! This was completely inconsistent with their common sense about wild undead creatures.
Because according to the records in the Ignis School library, the purpose of wild undead creatures killing living creatures is to absorb death energy, but this big sword skeleton in front of him actually let the mountain violent bear go and did not kill it to absorb the death energy. This is really too weird! "Tal, you go back first!" Richard turned and said to Tal.
"Okay, honorable wizard, I'll go back first! You must be careful." Tal bowed slightly, obviously very surprised by the scene just now, and soon disappeared into the dense forest on his way back.
"Stephanie, do you think we should go directly into the Silent Forest? Or follow this big sword skeleton?" Richard smiled and turned to Stephanie.
"Master, how about we follow the Greatsword Skeleton to take a look?" Stephanie said with a smile.
As for danger, the path of a wizard is full of dangers. If you don't even dare to face secret events, how can you talk about the subsequent wizard path?
Of course, the main reason is that the strength of the big sword skeleton in front of them is not strong compared to Richard and Stephania, so it is not very dangerous.
The two chose to follow the Greatsword Skeleton from a distance, walking along the river, but soon, the Greatsword Skeleton strangely began to turn 90 degrees and cross the river, walking towards the depths of the Silent Forest.
Richard and Stephanie looked at each other, then continued to follow slowly, also crossing the Lunn River and beginning to walk towards the depths of the Silent Forest.
As soon as they stepped into the forest, they discovered that the plants in this forest grew in all kinds of strange shapes. Various branches hung down, blocking the evening sky completely, making it as dark as night.
"Huh! Such a high concentration of dark element particles!" Richard couldn't help but blurt out.
"Yes! Master, the concentration of dark element particles here is at least 20% higher than that outside! I feel that the power of my witchcraft will be greatly enhanced here." Stephanie was just as surprised as Richard at the concentration of dark element particles here.
You know, even in the depths of the mud swamp where the Ignis School is located, the concentration of dark element energy particles is only about the same as here.
Could it be that this is another place where black wizards practice? Richard couldn't help but become more curious, what exactly is in the Silent Forest? The Great Sword Skeleton continued to move forward slowly, but the black branches became more and more dense, and thick fog slowly rose from the depths of the forest.
In the thick fog, all kinds of strange sounds slowly sounded!
There are strange cat calls, baby crying, and gasping sounds like a dying person. The feeling of being unable to breathe and suffocating would drive a normal person crazy.
But Richard and Stephana are both necromancers, so they are naturally not afraid of such weird things.
Just to avoid being discovered by the Greatsword Skeleton, Richard and Stephania who were following behind deliberately controlled the distance and kept a distance. But now as the thick fog rose, visibility dropped sharply and it was almost impossible to see clearly within a range of more than five meters.
Therefore, the two soon lost the trace of the Greatsword Skeleton.
Richard frowned slightly at this time. The wizard's perception was far beyond that of ordinary people. He could feel that the greatsword skeleton suddenly disappeared about fifty meters in front of him.
The next second, a cloud of death began to linger in front of him, and bone armor began to cover his entire body. Richard turned to Stephanie and said, "Pay attention, something is wrong. Follow me."
"Okay, Master!" Stephanie nodded.
After thinking about it, a light green inverted pentagram formation flashed under Richard's feet, and a three-meter-tall blood-bone puppet appeared in front of Richard.
For safety reasons, Richard let the blood-bone puppet lead the way.
Not even two steps!
"clang!!"
There was a loud clashing sound!
The blood-bone puppet immediately sent a mental message to Richard, saying that it was fighting with the enemy, who was very powerful.
“Bang!”
The Blood Bone Puppet was repelled several meters and came not far from Richard. The next second, a huge abomination walked out of the mist and chased after the Blood Bone Puppet! "Abomination!" Stephanie blurted out.
She found that she had experienced more shocks today than she had in the two months of sailing on the Princess! "How could a wild abomination appear?!"
"This is impossible!"
Stephanie looked incredulous, and so did Richard.
This is a bit contrary to common sense. Logically speaking, the Greatsword Skeleton may be wild, but abominations like this usually come from the undead world or are transformed by undead wizards. There will never be a wild abomination.
Therefore, the two really couldn't figure out what other circumstances would cause hatred to appear in this world.
However, Richard was still confident that he could deal with an abomination.
For example, using one abomination to deal with another abomination! A second later, the pale green inverted pentagram in front of Richard flashed again, and a huge figure appeared in front of him. It was the Wraith Abomination.
Since the last injury, the space inside the Wraith Abomination's body has been repaired by Richard and can be used to place evil spirits and vengeful spirits at any time.
The evil spirit squinted its eyes in disgust, sniffed its nose, and seemed to find this place very comfortable. It couldn't help but look at its owner Richard with gratitude.
Then, it spotted a smaller beast of its kind! The two monsters stared at each other for several seconds before roaring and rushing forward to fight.
Suddenly, there was a tremor that felt like branches breaking and the earth shaking!
The weight of the two giants was measured in tons, and the ferocity of their fight was even more exaggerated. However, the vengeful abomination was still more skilled, and the wild abomination was no match for it and began to retreat slowly.
But how could Richard let it do as it wished? He immediately ordered the evil spirit to follow closely.
Fight and retreat at the same time!
Richard and Stephanie continued to move deeper into the Silent Forest.
Suddenly, the thick fog in front of us became much lighter, and a strange two-story wooden house suddenly appeared in the depths of the forest! From the appearance of the house, it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, and it almost looked like it was about to collapse.
But the point is, the appearance of a small house in the center of such a strange and silent forest is the most bizarre thing! Richard and Stephanie looked at each other, and both saw the surprise in their eyes!
This is a strange area, isolated from the outside by thick fog.
What was even more bizarre was that the greatsword skeleton that had been following them had just walked into the second-floor cabin.
And the abomination was now running towards the hut on the second floor.
It seemed like there was a refuge there, where it could avoid being hunted down and harmed by the evil spirits.
(End of this chapter)