After leaving the Moon Guard Principality, Charlotte quickened her pace.
Castel's caravan did not stop in the two counties, but headed north. After traveling for about ten days, it finally entered the north of the Crescent Kingdom and arrived at the Violet Duchy adjacent to the Earldom of Castel.
As we entered the Violet Principality, the surrounding landscape changed significantly. Large tracts of plains disappeared, replaced by rolling hills and endless forests.
Under the azure sky, the river, like a silver ribbon, flows quietly through the hills and low mountains, shimmering in the sunlight and reflecting the white clouds.
From time to time, you can see free deer and hares jumping out of the woods, drinking water and playing by the stream. Large clusters of wild flowers dotted among the bushes, attracting colorful butterflies to fly around.
It was hard for Charlotte not to be attracted by such a beautiful scenery that looked like an oil painting, and similar beautiful scenery could be seen everywhere in the Violet Principality.
However, in contrast to this idyllic beauty, the number of villages and towns here has become noticeably sparse, to the point where it can even be described as sparsely populated.
Sometimes, while walking, you can see some traces of battlefields that are quite old.
A dilapidated chariot covered with mushrooms and moss, vaguely discernible bones, and rusty fragments of armor or weapons...
"The Violet Principality was once one of the main battlefields of the Star-Moon War. These battle traces were left over from the Second Star-Moon War more than a decade ago."
Seeing Charlotte's curious look, Sebastian introduced.
Charlotte nodded slightly.
When she was in Boulder, she also read the records about the Star-Moon War. The war that lasted for decades almost reduced the population of the entire northern part of the Crescent Kingdom by half, especially the main battlefield, the Violet Principality.
Only the Earldom of Castel escaped due to the heavy protection of the kingdom.
At this time, the importance of Mithril Mine becomes apparent. In order to prevent the loss of Mithril Mine, which is extremely important in the war,
The looted supplies fell into the hands of the Falling Star Kingdom. The Crescent Royal Family had invested heavily in it and stationed a legion directly on the border between the Principality of Roman, an enclave of the Falling Star Kingdom on the mainland, and Castel.
After decades of war, the entire north was almost destroyed, but the Earldom of Castel further north became more and more prosperous, more or less because of this reason.
There was no war, and the kingdom accepted a large number of refugees from the north. At the same time, it was located on the main transportation routes and trade routes of multiple forces, and it had its own mines. Under this chosen model, it would be strange if Castel did not develop.
In comparison, the Violet Principality, which was the main battlefield, was much more bleak and unlucky.
The beautiful scenery that is rarely visited by people is certainly charming, but this beautiful scenery also represents poverty and backwardness.
War is never grand and passionate, but cruel and full of tragedy.
Along the way, Charlotte could even see the remains of some villages, many of which contained dead bones, which had obviously disappeared in the war.
What surprised Charlotte was that although the wilderness of the Violet Principality was littered with dead bones, she hardly felt the breath of the dead.
You know, battlefield ruins are often the birthplace of the undead.
It is difficult for the priests to pray for so many dead soldiers in time and help their wandering souls return to the kingdom of God, so there will always be residual souls wandering on the battlefield.
But along the way, Charlotte didn't see even a single dead soul.
There was no night, and the only thing you could hear was the roar of monsters.
"Undead? Perhaps they were all conquered by mercenaries? The forest of the Violet Principality is vast, and it can be called a paradise for magical beasts. There are many mercenaries active here, and of course, there are many bandits as well."
Sebastian guessed.
Warcraft are feared by ordinary people, but in the eyes of extraordinary people, they are walking treasures.
The vast violet forest is not only a paradise for Warcraft, but also a paradise for mercenaries.
The Violet Principality, the East Yunite Black Land, the Serpent Ridge Mountains…
These three places are where Miriah's free mercenaries are most active.
However, Charlotte was not very satisfied with Sebastian's answer.
As a vampire who has mastered the magic of necromancy, Charlotte has a relatively good understanding of the undead.
The undead are special spirits that are good at hiding and retain some of their wisdom from their lifetime. Not everyone can defeat such beings, and even mercenaries cannot deal with them so cleanly.
Not only that, after entering the Violet Principality, Charlotte clearly felt that the concentration of magic in the air here was higher than other places.
Violet has many magical beasts, which is probably closely related to this high-magic environment.
In this environment, it is indeed easier for the undead to be born.
Especially since the magic of violet is obviously still somewhat chaotic and mixed, this environment is more favorable to the undead.
Charlotte didn't think it would be easy for the mercenaries to hunt down the wandering undead so cleanly.
Unless... a church force like the Holy Royal Court takes action and regularly "purifies" the entire Violet from beginning to end.
But Charlotte didn't think the Holy Court would be so idle.
However, although she was confused, Charlotte just buried it in her heart.
She was just passing through Violet.
Although it was strange and a little curious, she was not willing to stay to research and investigate.
Due to the many low mountains and hills, the roads in the Violet Principality were not particularly easy to travel on. However, Castel's convoy was not moving slowly.
It’s not that the speed has been accelerated, but there are too few violet gathering points, and as a result, there are also few noble castles and cities.
There were few places to stay, and Charlotte gave the order to hurry as quickly as possible, so the convoy naturally moved faster.
Obviously different from the Moon Guardian Principality and the Bold Principality, the Violet settlements, even those small villages, often have tall wooden walls.
As for the towns built around the castle, they have solid stone walls and look like fortresses.
Charlotte knew that this was another result of the Star-Moon War that had lasted for decades.
For the people of Violet, only tall city walls can give them enough sense of security.
Charlotte could clearly feel the scars that the Star-Moon War left on this principality.
Many of the villages and towns she passed along the way were extremely wary of Castel's convoy and kept their gates tightly closed. Only when the convoy identified itself and gained enough trust would they carefully let them in to rest.
Of course, after knowing the identity of the caravan, the villagers will become extremely enthusiastic again. For the desolate violet, Castel in the north is a rich land that people yearn for.
The Violet Principality is indeed much poorer.
This can be felt from the banquets she attended when the nobles invited her. The overall feeling is even worse than that of the nobles of the same level in Bolder. Both the decoration of the castle and the food at the banquet seem a bit shabby.
But on the other hand, Charlotte noticed that the Violet people were much stronger in terms of military strength than Bold and even the Moon Guard Principality.
In the nobles' castles, the proportion of extraordinary people is very high, and even a baron has followers of extraordinary people.
The same is true in the village. The militia guarding the village are almost all extraordinary people.
Charlotte guessed that this was closely related to the fact that the magic power of the Violet Principality was significantly higher than that of other places.
However, unlike the enthusiastic villagers, although the Violet Noble was extremely enthusiastic when inviting Charlotte, the perceptive Charlotte could sense the other party's alienation under the politeness when attending the banquet.
Although she acted very properly on the surface, Charlotte could sense that Violet's nobles did not welcome her.
However, she didn't care. It was just a way. If she was not welcomed, it would be a good way to avoid tedious social interactions.
After bidding farewell to yet another lord, Castel's caravan continued on its way and entered the northern part of the Violet Duchy.
The population here is even sparser and the trees are even more lush.
To the north of Violet is the Violet Forest that runs across the north of the Crescent Kingdom. After crossing the forest, you will reach Castel Territory.
As for the capital of Violet, Lint City... It is located a little further west of the principality. Charlotte, who is heading northeast, will not pass by it, and naturally will not go there to visit the Duke of Violet.
The Violet Forest is vast, and it would take days to traverse the entire jungle.
Fortunately, the caravans that had traveled with Castel along the way arrived at their destination one after another and went their separate ways.
By now, there were only a few caravans whose destination was Castel, and the number of people in the entire caravan was less than 700.
With fewer people and caravans, the team can move faster.
But even so, it would take at least three days to cross the Violet Forest, and during these three days, the entire caravan would need to spend the night in the forest.
That night, the watery moonlight shines through the dense woods and illuminates the forest floor.
After a day's journey, the caravan also settled down and set up tents and bonfires around the carriages.
A circle of spice called Avila was sprinkled around the camp. This spice has the effect of repelling monsters and mosquitoes, and can ensure the safety of the camp.
Of course, spices alone are not safe. There are many monsters in the forest, and there are always some that are immune to them, so the extraordinary knights are stationed at the edge of the camp, always on guard.
Ordinary people naturally stayed in the camp, as did the accompanying merchants. It was very cold in the woods at night, and they gathered around the crackling campfire, rubbing their hands to keep warm while listening to the wandering bards playing and singing ancient songs.
From time to time, the howling of unknown monsters could be heard coming from the depths of the forest, startling bats and birds, making the jungle under the night even more mysterious and dangerous, making ordinary people in the camp shiver involuntarily, and only felt at ease after getting closer to each other.
But Charlotte likes the environment here very much.
Night is the home turf of the vampires, and as a natural magical creature, Charlotte also quite likes the high-magic environment of the Violet Forest.
She stayed alone in the tent, closed her eyes and meditated, while reviewing the various vampire magics she had learned.
Her body suddenly turned into a ball of black mist, and then suddenly turned into countless black bats...
She really understood the use of Misty Shadow, a shadow spell under the resonance of darkness, and Night Bat, a shapeshifter under the resonance of wildness.
And the next moment, the bat turned into a girl in human form, but there was a pair of huge bat wings behind the girl.
A flash of blood flashed across Charlotte's vagina, and a shadow emerged from her body, quickly covering her in the night.
Charlotte leaped up and flew out of the tent.
No one noticed her actions.
Only Sebastian could not help but glance up at the sky. After sensing a familiar breath, he quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to lazily hold up his goblet and drink the wine.
Charlotte flapped her bat wings and flew into the sky. She was a little unskilled at first, but soon she was able to fly steadily and fully release the power of the vampire.
Normally she has to conceal her identity and be careful wherever she goes, not revealing her strength. Only in a deep forest like Violet can she feel the extraordinary power without any scruples.
Charlotte, who has mastered more than ten kinds of vampire magic, is no longer the same as before, even without using the power released by the True Ancestor!
However, just as Charlotte was about to fly to the nearby woods and take a stroll, a shrill scream suddenly pierced the night sky.
Charlotte's heart skipped a beat and she immediately gave up the idea of playing and returned to the ground.
Returning to her normal self, Charlotte arrived at the edge of the camp.
Here, several extraordinary knights are picking up their weapons and preparing to head into the forest.
"What happened?"
Charlotte asked.
Seeing the girl, several knights bowed respectfully and said:
"My Lord, it's Darren. He just went to the woods... to relieve himself. I'm afraid he encountered a monster..."
"Warcraft? Didn't he bring the Avila spice?"
Charlotte asked, frowning.
The knights looked at each other, but no one could answer this question.
A strong smell of blood gradually drifted from the forest, and Charlotte's heart skipped a beat.
"Let's go and have a look together."
She said solemnly.
As she spoke, she took the lead and walked towards the forest, and the knights hurriedly followed.
When Charlotte entered the dense forest, she soon saw the extraordinary knight Darren lying on the ground.
However, at this moment, this extraordinary knight has already died.
His death was extremely horrific. His armor was completely torn off, his body was covered with marks of being torn by beast-like claws, and his chest and abdomen were directly cut open...
And a shadow shrouded in darkness was lying on top of him, greedily biting at his flesh.
"Blood...blood demon?!"
The two extraordinary knights guarding Charlotte widened their eyes and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Charlotte's eyes narrowed slightly.
"No... not the blood demon..."
Looking at the shadow in the darkness, she narrowed her eyes:
“It’s the undead.”
The clouds that obscured the moonlight dispersed, and the silver moonlight penetrated the branches, illuminating the figure in the dark.
The knights also saw the attacker's appearance clearly.
It was indeed not a monstrous blood demon, but a zombie wearing tattered armor and with a rotten body.
There was a spooky green fire burning in its eye sockets.
At this moment, bursts of roars came from the depths of the woods.
Green "lanterns" lit up one after another in the dense jungle, densely packed and countless...