Zhao Xu's pace was not fast because he had to control his pace.
He kept a close eye on the moving shadows throughout the whole process. If there was any abnormality, the "fireball technique" of the eternal wand in his hand would be thrown out without mercy.
It was just the bushes that moved once, but there was no other sound after that.
When Zhao Xu got close to the bush, he was on guard and stretched out the wooden stick in his hand to explore.
But found nothing.
It was as if it had just been disturbed by a small rabbit-like animal.
At this time, there was a whistling sound in the forest, accompanied by the swaying of the branches, and an indescribable coldness.
The gloomy feeling of the countryside at night is also the reason why novice mages go offline.
As for Zhao Xu, his cloak, which was almost semi-immune to physical damage, gave him a strong sense of security.
Wearing this cloak, he was like driving a truck around here, and when paired with invisibility, it became even more incomprehensible.
Suddenly, a crow arose from the depths of the distant jungle and flew towards the sky.
After seeing this, Zhao Xu gave up the idea of circling the bonfire for his original intention and continued to move in the direction where the crow flew.
Thanks to his dark vision, he was able to clearly see the location of the crow.
The forest path ahead slowly became narrower. In many places, dense bushes were squeezed together, and Zhao Xu could only barely step over them.
After crossing a stream, Zhao Xu found that he had come to a cemetery.
Except for a few scattered earth bags and tombstones, most of them were neatly stacked in that desolate area.
At this time, Zhao Xu's eyebrows twitched.
His eyes crossed the forest of tombstones and landed deep in the jungle in the distance, where there was fire.
It would be a bit unique to hold a bonfire party in a place like this.
At this time, Zhao Xu gently took out his holy emblem, cast a few protective spells on himself, and then lurked forward with a slight bow.
It wasn't until he got closer that he realized that in front of him were five young men and women in their teens, sitting around a bonfire, with rocks piled on the ground to create a simple pattern.
It makes the mysterious bonfire in the center a little erratic and indescribably weird.
"Why is this mantra so hard to pronounce?" one of the slightly fat young men complained.
Sitting next to him was a freckle-faced woman. She gently tugged on the young man's sleeve to indicate not to talk too much.
The outfit on the freckled woman looks like she came from the nearby Women's Clerical College. Many nobles like to send their daughters there to receive cultural education.
A tall and thin man stood in front of the bonfire, holding a book in his hand. There was a gold frame hanging on the bridge of his nose, with a heavy expression.
"Everyone follow me and pray this spell, so that Lisa will hear our call." The tall and thin man said at this time.
"The undead sinking into the earth, the king sleeping forever in darkness, the Deathly Hallows wandering the doomsday..."
ceremony
Zhao Xu, who saw this scene, did not expect that he would actually see Arthur residents performing magic rituals.
It's just that he hasn't guessed yet whether this ritual is the resurrection of the dead or the summoning of the undead.
But generally speaking, for rituals performed by ordinary people, these two generally have the same result.
Zhao Xu also didn't expect that there would be a group of students from the nearby civil service cadets here, who had nothing to do but had enough to eat and came to the remote tombstone forest to perform magic rituals.
Aren't you afraid of really getting into trouble
Zhao Xu noticed the thirty-one concentric circles on the outermost circle and the half-burnt pale candles, and those candle tears were even attached to the ground.
These thirty-one candles were like nails half nailed to the ground.
This shows that the ceremony has already gone through more than half, like a sailboat that has drifted across the ocean, it is no longer so easy to pull back.
Whenever a ritual is interrupted, the consequences depend on its own power. Zhao Xu's sudden interruption might have caused disaster to the few college students in front of him.
But he wasn't too nervous. With the Holy Emblem in his hand, he was more or less able to drive away the undead.
If any abnormality does occur, he can control it.
Zhao Xu now has powerful equipment, and his work style is not as strict as before.
During the entire ceremony, the tall and thin man in the middle first chanted some incantations, and then the remaining people divided into four corners repeated the chants.
But the more Zhao Xu heard, the more something seemed wrong.
He found that the incantation of the ritual seemed to be a little off.
Some strange words started to appear.
Zhao Xu, who sensed something was wrong, was already preparing to interrupt the ceremony.
At the same time, he is constantly searching for knowledge and skills.
One of the most serious consequences of interrupting the ritual is to reverse the alignment of the person performing the ritual, or directly summon other strange creatures.
Zhao Xu was holding the seconds while preparing to insert a certain mantra that had been repeated to stop the ritual of this group of students.
That was it, until he was about to speak.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, absorbing all the heat from the surrounding air.
Then the tall, thin man who presided over the ceremony grabbed a handful of powder and threw it into the fire.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu wanted to shout to stop, but found that the sound could not come out at all.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, you failed to save against the effect of the ritual "silence", and the area fell into silence]
silence!
At this time, the four people who were still chanting the spell were surprised and couldn't understand what was happening.
This effect is like the second-level divine spell "Silence" of the same name.
In addition to making the area within a 6-meter radius unable to emit sound, it can also prevent any spells with "verbal" components.
However, one of the key elements of most of the spells Zhao Xu learned was spells.
Even without casting posture or casting materials.
But Zhao Xu was very calm at the moment.
The only thing an ordinary mage can do now is to run away from this area as quickly as possible, or cast a very small number of spells that do not require words.
But Zhao Xu is different.
The "teleportation boots" under his feet can teleport him out of the range of the silence spell without any words.
At the same time, he can also consume "potential points" to simulate "silent spell casting", a metamagic feat that requires an increase of one level, so that his spells do not require spells.
Immediately afterwards, the air that seemed to have been stagnant resumed its flow.
The four people who could only open and close their mouths without making sounds successfully recited the spell again.
Even Zhao Xu noticed that another notification for canceling the silence spell appeared on his dynamic panel.
But he knew it was too late.
The fireworks that were constantly jumping on the top of the bonfire suddenly emitted a huge plume of smoke, and slowly a human figure shrouded in smoke began to appear.
"You summoned me here, what are your requirements?"
The voice of the smoke was very cold, and even the only dark red eyes projected by it had a cold and ruthless expression.
"We want Lisa back." The man standing in front of the bonfire said dryly, and then he looked guilty.
"Haha, as expected, stupid humans will never make such stupid requests to me."
At this time, the smoke body made a deep mocking sound, "But the great me, I am in a good mood today and will meet your request."
"Since you know this ritual, you should know the rules."
At this time, the tall and thin man showed joy, nodded quickly and said: "I know, it is written in the book, and I have prepared the sacrifices for the ceremony."
As he spoke, he quickly put down the book in his hand, lowered his head and picked up the bag that had just been placed on the ground, which contained the body of a goat.
"No, this is not enough. Restoring the body is one request, and letting her come back is another request. Do you want your girlfriend to live with a rotting body?" At this time, the spirit possessed by the smoke was bewitched. road.
By the way, it gently pointed to the ground with its finger, which was where Lisa was buried.
At this time, Zhao Xu also took out the staff in his hand.
It seems that he has never seen this mysterious spirit that can make wishes in the previous summoning ceremony in the legendary library.
In this case, he has already thought about the reward for solving this matter, which is the book in the hand of the tall and thin man.
According to the legendary library "Luduo", every magical book she has not collected before can be exchanged with her for a magic item.
"Excuse me, what do you want? As long as I have it, I will give it to you." At this time, the tall and thin man said anxiously.
"Very good, the great me only needs one thing."
As he spoke, the mysterious spirit that turned into smoke suddenly burst out with a ferocious smile, "Those are your friends!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the four people who were sitting in the corner following the ceremony fell to the ground with a "plop" on the spot, apparently dead.
The tall and thin man collapsed immediately. He cried and shouted: "No more, I don't want them anymore, I want them back."
At this time, the smoky mysterious spirit continued to smile and said, "That's okay, who put me in a good mood today."
Immediately afterwards, the four dead people slowly stood up again, but each of them looked pale and stared straight at the tall and thin man in the middle.
At this moment, they have all been transformed into zombies.
"Don't worry, your Lisa will come back like them later." The spirit continued to smile strangely, as if it was satisfied with the tall and thin man's expression.
"Back in time."
Zhao Xu held the amulet in his hand and said silently.
Suddenly, all the surrounding scenes quickly moved backwards, and the charcoal ash that had been dried on the bonfire flew back and turned into the original charcoal.
The dark wind that had just flowed over flew back in reverse.
The faces of the four people who transformed into zombies became rosy, and their cloudy eyes turned again, full of life.
They all returned to 6 seconds ago, to the state before they died and fell to the ground.
Zhao Xu glanced angrily at the man kneeling on the ground, held the staff in his hand and shouted to the spirit body in front of him: "Get out."
Expulsion!
Zhao Xu looked at the mist that dissipated with a speechless expression. These days, he could only use garbage spirits to transform zombies, but he dared to come here to pretend to be powerful enough to use the wish technique to resurrect.
(End of chapter)