Knight and Wand

Chapter 19 Return to the Mortal World
Ever since the griffin started traveling with everyone, the process of finding a way out has become much easier. When they encountered those wandering zombie beasts, Leon and the other two didn't even have to put in any effort, as the griffin behind them easily tore the wolves, bears, tigers and leopards in the forest into pieces.

Although the griffin was seriously injured, this giant beast at the top of the food chain has the advantage of tonnage, and the huge size difference is enough to crush any ordinary beast.

Leon even felt that if this big guy recovered from his injuries, he would be able to compete with that damned Dinocampus even if he met it. After all, the griffin can fly, take advantage of the dimension and keep diving and fighting, which even the giant bear would find difficult to deal with.

The master of the sky versus the king of the forest.

If it were in his previous life, Leon could imagine how fiercely the netizens would argue over this level of beast fighting.

The griffin once again strolled leisurely and tore the attacking zombie wolf into pieces with one claw. It lowered its head and sniffed tentatively, then shook its head in disappointment, and lost interest in the undead corpse with a look of disgust.

Leon found it funny. He failed to stop the griffin before, causing it to accidentally swallow a zombie beast. As a result, it soon had a diarrheal attack and vomited for a long time. Now it finally learned its lesson.

Continuing to move forward with the griffin, the three of them went more and more smoothly.

Leon gradually discovered that the light of the spirit lamp in his hand seemed to have stabilized, and they rarely needed to change their route.

"Are we taking the right path?" he asked himself.

"Yes, this place should be close to the edge of the spirit-like field."

The girl reiterated, "After we get out, as a spirit, it will be difficult for me to talk to you so easily. Don't forget what we agreed to do."

“Well, I will never break my promise.” Leon promised her in his heart.

"However, you also know that the Holy City has been captured by the Kantardars. It will be difficult for me to go back in a short time, but I swear that as long as I have the chance, I will fulfill my promise to you as soon as possible." As he spoke, Leon recalled the request made by the girl's voice before.

She actually wanted to go to the place where Ilaril's coffin was buried.

Leon knew Ilarriel's name clearly through the original owner's memory. He was the only one of the two people the Holy Sun Church believed in. Azerien and Lohak had recited the name so many times during their prayers that Leon's ears were almost callused.

The Church of the Holy Sun, also known as the Church of Saint Sol, believes that the Holy Sun "Mosera Sol" is the only true God.

The prophet "Ilaril" is the only spokesperson for the Holy Sun on earth in history.

The place where the Holy Prophet's coffin was buried was not difficult to find. Every Serian knew that the Prophet rested in the crypt of the Great Temple of Rolandar.

But for a commoner like Leon, it was almost impossible for him to enter even in the past before the war broke out. Ordinary believers were not qualified to go to the temple tombs. Only senior clergy and devout believers of noble status could enter for pilgrimage.

Of course, the situation is even more troublesome now.

The city of Rolandar has already fallen, and the Kantardar army has occupied the holy land of the Holy Sun Church. Even if there is a chance to go back now, Leon cannot bypass the enemy army and get close to the temple while ensuring his safety.

However, compared with the other party's kindness in saving his life many times, the difficulty of this request is not enough to make Leon give up his promise.

Anyway, there are always more solutions than problems. Let's wait for opportunities and take one step at a time.

"By the way, after you tell this, we won't be able to communicate like this anymore?" Leon confirmed again.

"Of course. I can communicate with you so easily now, thanks to this spiritual land. Here, I can temporarily get rid of the influence of the laws of life and death in the mortal world, just like those wandering souls here. But when I return to reality, I must always keep my soul from being dragged into the Dead Sea, so I can't spare the energy to communicate with you, unless..."

"Unless what?" Leon asked quickly.

Honestly speaking, being in this strange and alien world full of dangers, it would be very helpful for my survival if I could always have this mysterious and knowledgeable magician lady to give me advice and help.

"Well, unless you can embark on the path of magic and become a wizard who can control the magic of nature, then I can borrow your excess magic to maintain the stability of my own spirit."

"Then do you think I can become a wizard?" Leon became interested. Being able to master the magic of this world and become a wizard was really attractive to him, a modern Muggle from Earth.

The girl's voice became thoughtful. "You are indeed very talented and smart. Even in the past, I wouldn't mind taking you as my apprentice. Speaking of which, I made a mistake when I used your body to release the Arrow of Isha."

"What do you mean?" Leon asked curiously. "Do you remember that you fainted? Well, I have to apologize to you."

Leon was a little confused: "I thought that was the side effect and cost of casting a spell."

"Isha's Arrow is just a basic elemental spell, so there is no side effect. At that time, considering that you seemed to have never learned magic, in order to avoid failure due to insufficient magic power, I induced the life magic in your body to connect to the spell composed of hand seals to make up for the lack of magic power and lack of proficiency in hand seals. However, I didn't expect that you were so talented that you almost lost all your life magic."

The girl paused, and ultimately didn't say the rest of the words. Fortunately, it almost cost him his life, but it turned out well.

Leon didn't know what magic element was, but he roughly understood that it seemed to be praising himself for being excellent in some aspect.

"So you can teach me to be a mage?"

"Unfortunately, I don't have enough time and energy, unless you can stay in the spirit-like field without eating or drinking and spend a year or two to complete the basic knowledge." The girl's voice replied.

"Well, is there any quick method that doesn't require an answer but only requires application? For example, magic secrets, magic meditation, magic breathing, etc." Leon was still fantasizing with expectation.

"What? Secret manuals? I can remember more than 200,000 volumes of magic books from various departments and subjects, but without the theoretical and cognitive foundation, you can't understand it. As for meditation, it's just a way to adjust the mental state. What else? Breathing? Forgive my ignorance, I don't know."

Tsk tsk, this world is so fantastic, how come it is so unrealistic in a place like this? Leon couldn't help but sigh. It seems that there should be no romantic adventure of picking up a magical secret book and being reborn.

"Don't be discouraged. Although I can't teach you in public, you still have the opportunity to learn magic."

"you mean?"

"Have you forgotten the crossbow with the spell of manipulation on your waist? It's not like there will be no more mages in this world after I die. Go find another spellcaster outside. With your talent, other mages would have to be blind to reject a good candidate like you."

"So I might be quite popular? Okay, I see." Leon felt a little embarrassed by the compliment.

"Hey, wait a minute, you're dead?" He suddenly realized that the other party seemed to have said something terrible.

"If I were still alive, would I have to squeeze into the same body with you?"

The girl said in an unpleasant voice: "Besides, you're already dead, so why make such a fuss?"

Leon opened his mouth. This was not necessarily true. After all, he really didn't remember what happened before he traveled through time. But he didn't refute it. Anyway, he was here, and it was no different from dying once.

As he was walking, he suddenly thought: "I have been busy running for my life and may have to go out soon. I almost forgot to ask, Miss Mage, how should I call you? Do you mind if I ask your name?"

"It's okay, just call me Lola if you don't mind."

The girl who called herself Laura suddenly asked, "What about you? Don't tell me your name is Leon. That's the name of the dead boy, not your name, right?"

"Believe it or not, it sounds pretty much the same when read in Serian." Leon answered truthfully: "My name is Leon."

"Forget it. I'll just trust you for now." Laura's voice was noncommittal.

The autumn wind blows through the dense forest, and the rustling sound echoes throughout the earth.

Standing on the towering cliff, the three young men looked at the long-lost blue sky and white clouds with a sense of relief.

The peaceful afternoon sun shone upon them, making them feel as if they were in another world, as if everything they had experienced before was just a psychedelic nightmare.

But the huge griffin beside Leon reminded everyone that everything was reality, just like the vast mortal world before them.

"Leon, look down." The sharp-eyed Lohak pointed to the foot of the mountain.

Everyone looked in the direction where they saw a few wisps of smoke rising slowly from the foot of a cliff in the distance. It was a small village.

(End of this chapter)