Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 81 Trial Passed (Only one update today)
After a difficult journey, the three strange twisted tree spirits finally arrived among the wolves.

Richard looked at the three tree spirits and narrowed his eyes slightly. The appearance of these three tree spirits was completely different from what he had seen in the book illustrations. Their bodies were pitch black. They didn't look like tree bark at all, and they had a slightly fleshy texture. From where Richard was standing, they looked like walking pieces of bacon.

Gulu!
At this moment, one of the three tree spirits sat down cross-legged, with its roots digging into the ground.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, a large number of tentacles emerged from his body and entangled all the wolves around him.

The roots penetrated deep into the wolves' bodies, like blood vessels, constantly absorbing fluid from their bodies.

Those poor wolves whimpered miserably and looked extremely miserable.

What shocked Richard the most was that he saw with his own eyes a zombie wolf tied up by tree roots having the undead virus drained out of its body in a few seconds, and degenerated into a forest wolf.

Richard frowned, feeling a little absurd.

"That tree spirit seems to be absorbing the undead virus from those zombie wolves! Is there such a thing?"

Gulu!

Just as Richard was wondering, the vines of the tree spirit suddenly expanded and spewed out a bunch of fruits wrapped in fleshy bark.

Under Richard's puzzled gaze, the fruits cracked one after another, and the zombie beasts wrapped in the fruits were spit out by the tree spirit.

Richard was very surprised.

In his field of vision, the undead virus in the air had entered a riot state because of the twisted tree spirit. They all gathered in the direction of the twisted tree spirit, and even formed a cyclone composed of undead viruses.

A large amount of undead virus was injected into the twisted tree spirit's body. The strange reaction that occurred in the twisted tree spirit's body caused the twisted tree spirit to continuously reproduce new zombie beasts.

More and more zombie beasts gathered around the twisted tree spirit, creating a stronger attraction to the undead virus and accelerating the gathering of the undead virus around it.

In the end, the twisted tree spirit actually sucked away all the death energy of the undead around it.

Richard looked far away, but could not see any trace of death.

At the same time, more than a thousand zombie beasts have appeared around the twisted tree spirit. They gather together consciously to be killed and sucked by the three tree spirits.

“This is… self-production and self-sales?

I understand. The process of the undead virus being transformed into zombie beasts and then being killed by them is a purification of the undead virus.

Just like purifying alcohol through distillation.

These three tree spirits are using the purification method to make their life forms undergo a qualitative change, thus constantly approaching true high-level undead spirits. "

Richard was shocked:

“This wisdom and this means.

These three twisted tree spirits are probably not ordinary creatures, but [core troops] or even [elite troops] with stronger attribute templates.

If I continue to let the twisted tree spirits grow, they will eventually grow into [champion troops] that I cannot defeat, just like the secret angels. "

Richard touched his cloth bag. He had only three squirrels left.

Three squirrels are not enough to kill the tree spirit.

So Richard turned and went into the jungle to continue looking for other squirrels.

When he filled a large bag with squirrels and returned to the starting point, he unexpectedly discovered that the three twisted tree spirits had devoured all the zombie beasts and pulled out their roots to move. And the direction they were moving was exactly the direction of the village.

"That won't do. The other little beasts are fine, but if the people from these three trees enter the village, the whole village will be finished. All the villagers will be slaughtered by them."

Richard frowned and immediately followed the three tree spirits. He took out a squirrel grenade about 500 meters away from the tree spirits and threw it out.

Boom!
A huge flame exploded among the three tree spirits, but failed to kill any of them.

It didn't even cause their figures to sway a bit.

Richard's heart tightened. He was now absolutely certain that these three tree spirits were high-template soldiers.

This means that these tree spirits are much stronger than soldiers of the same level.

The squirrel's explosion made the three tree spirits very angry. They let out terrifying roars and stayed where they were, looking around.

Richard was not afraid. Although these three tree spirits were huge and looked very brave, they moved slowly. Even if he could not defeat them, he could run away without any problem.

So he took out another squirrel without hesitation, swung it hard, and threw it over.

Another explosion sounded from the throat, and the squirrel was in the middle of the three tree spirits. The blazing flames shot straight into the sky, and this time, the tree spirits finally determined Richard's approximate location based on the direction the squirrel flew from.

They opened their mouths, took a step forward, and moved towards Richard.

coming!

Richard's heart tightened but he was not panicked.

He threw the squirrel while running backwards, fighting and retreating.

The squirrel's explosion damage is equivalent to a third-ring magic.

The mana recovery rate of the Disintegration Staff is 2 magic points per minute, and the magic value of releasing a sacrificial fire is exactly 2 magic points.

This means that Richard can throw out a squirrel every minute, and the output is quite considerable.

As long as there were only three tree spirits foolishly chasing Richard, he was confident that he could blow them all up. But unfortunately, the tree spirits were not as stupid as Richard imagined. After Richard's sixth bombing, the three tree spirits suddenly roared at the same time, stopped chasing Richard, and took root in the place.

Their roots extended rapidly, and soon formed a faint root network on the ground.

At the same time, emerald green light emerged from their bodies, and the injuries caused by the squirrels gradually recovered.

"Damn. It can even restore health! How can I tolerate this!" Richard couldn't accept it at all and immediately threw out the squirrel bomb!

Chi!

Just at the moment when the poor zombie squirrel entered the root position, a root popped out from the ground, viciously whipping the zombie squirrel down from the air, killing it with a snap.

Richard: No! Rat! Woohoo, you died miserably, Rat.

The zombie squirrel was not killed by the sacrificial fire, so it wouldn't explode. Moreover, even if it exploded at this distance, it wouldn't be able to hit the three tree spirits.

Richard was stunned for a moment. The twisted tree spirit moved too slowly and could not do anything to him.

But now, he couldn't do anything to the tree spirit.

What to do?
Richard was confused for a moment.

"If I continue to stare at the twisted tree spirit here, I'm afraid something bad will happen in the village.

If I ignore the twisted tree spirits, I'm afraid they will pull out their roots and run towards the village."

Richard was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.

After thinking it over, Richard clenched his fists.

“We can’t let them delay us. The later we deal with them, the more likely it is that problems will arise during the trial.

My ultimate goal is to resolve the village crisis and ensure the safety of the village for the time being.

Killing these three twisted tree spirits is of course the best way to ensure the safety of the village, but if that is not possible, then we have to settle for the next best thing!"

Richard stretched out his hand and pinched the evil cloth bag. The remaining squirrels were struggling in the cloth bag. When Richard needed them, they were cheap and practical squirrel bombs, but now Richard didn't need them anymore. They were the key to breaking the situation!

Crunch!

Richard cruelly crushed the squirrels to death one by one!
When Richard pinched the third one, a strange energy came from the bag.

The spiritualism worked!

However, the strange energy disappeared again after moving for a while, and failed to successfully summon skeleton soldiers.

"Huh? What's going on?" Richard was a little dumbfounded: "Could it be that the energy contained in the squirrel's corpse is too low to be transformed into a skeleton soldier?"

When Richard's plan failed, he came up with another one.

He took a deep breath, picked up the cloth bag, and threw it to the ground with force!
Bang!

With the help of his extraordinary divine power, he killed all the squirrels in the bag with one throw.

The familiar feeling came again, and Richard quickly poured out all the squirrels in the bag and poured them on the ground.

The corpses of more than twenty squirrels gathered together, and finally had enough energy to form skeleton soldiers.

Their bodies gradually dissolved, and a dwarf skeleton soldier the size of a baby stood up from their corpses.

"It really works." Richard smiled slightly.

"It seems that the records in the ancient books are correct. The summoning of the dead by the Necromancer is based on the total health of the summoned corpse.

Although this skeleton soldier looks a little small, it is enough. "

Richard captured the skeleton soldiers, then found a dozen squirrels in the nearby forest and stuffed them into his pockets, waiting patiently.

After a long time, the three tree spirits retracted their roots, turned back, and moved towards the village again.

"Tsk. As expected. I knew these three tree spirits would run towards the village. Fortunately, I didn't run around." Richard cursed in his heart.

If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If the enemy moves, I will move randomly.

Richard immediately threw out the squirrel bomb, attracting three tree spirits.

This time, he did not use squirrel bombs to cause damage at a high frequency. Instead, he used squirrel bombs to gradually attract the tree spirits, and drew them to the outskirts of the forest little by little.

Richard looked around for a while and found the tallest cedar tree in the forest. He nodded secretly, climbed up the cedar tree, and hung the skeleton soldier on it.

Finally, Richard used the squirrel bomb again, which just happened to attract the tree spirit under the cedar tree!
"Ha! Roar!" The three twisted tree spirits saw the skeleton soldiers hanging on the cedar tree and shouted excitedly.

They howled and waved branches under the blood pine tree, trying to knock down the skeleton soldiers.

But the skeleton soldiers were more than ten meters away from them, and they couldn't reach them at all.

And their heavy bodies do not allow them to make movements such as bouncing.

If it were any other zombie beast, it might be able to knock down the skeleton soldiers by hitting tree trunks or something like that.

But this is a dryad.

The instinct of tree spirits is to protect trees. After being infected by the undead virus, their instincts are amplified and they will not attack cedar trees.

For a moment, these three twisted tree spirits were all trapped by Richard's bug.

Dryads won't attack trees, so they can't get Skeleton Soldiers, and they won't leave unless they get Skeleton Soldiers.

“If you can’t kill the tree spirits, then restrict them.

Restraining them would also ensure that they would not threaten the village.

I just don’t know if this method is feasible…”

[The second wave of trials: a great welcome from death.]

Successfully passed, settlement in progress. 】

The sudden sound of the voice in his mind made Richard breathe a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it seems to be feasible."

[Trial Evaluation:
Very good!

You find out the truth about the undead virus and help the villagers escape the crisis of mutation.

You used powerful and incredible magic to deal with the beasts in the forest. The peaceful souls of the little squirrels are the most dazzling gems on the crown of your wisdom.

Even the skeletons summoned by necromancy can be used in various ways in your hands and become tools to restrict the tree spirit of disaster.

You use wisdom to solve problems elegantly, instead of smashing everything with a skull crusher. This is what a qualified spellcaster is.
I take back my first comment on you. You are an outstanding spellcaster. It seems that the first test was too easy, so you don't want to use your brain.

My evaluation of your second wave of trials is still: perfect!
Based on your trial evaluation, you can draw two common treasures, or one high-level treasure.

Come on, choose your reward. 】

Three black shadows appeared in front of Richard. Two of them were smaller and located on Richard's left hand, and one was larger and located on Richard's right hand.

The three black shadows were constantly changing shapes, from bottles, teacups, swords and shields to clothes, pipes, and even rabbit ear headbands that Richard saw.

Richard did not make a choice immediately, but asked carefully:
"Can I know the difference between high-level treasures and ordinary treasures?"

"That's a good question. I can tell you that ordinary treasures focus on attribute values ​​and will only increase your attribute values.

For example, a sword with attack +2 or a helmet with spell power +3, the effects are simple and direct.

High-level treasures have special skills that ordinary treasures do not have.

The effects of these stunts are varied, some can improve luck, some can increase health, and some can even reduce the magic consumption when you cast spells.

It all depends on luck what treasure you can draw.

It is worth mentioning that high-level treasures do not necessarily have attribute values.

If the high-level treasure stunts you draw do not satisfy you, it is equivalent to getting nothing.

If you draw ordinary treasures, you will gain something no matter what."

"I see. I understand. It seems that ordinary treasures are safer.

No, that's not right.

If I draw an ordinary treasure that increases knowledge, then I won’t gain anything! ”

Richard frowned and said, "I've decided! I'm going to choose a high-level treasure."

"Haha! Well, you are very brave! Then let's see what you will get!"

The two black shadows on Richard's left hand side dimmed, but the black shadow on his right hand burst into a strong light.

In the light, a treasure in the shape of a pendant is slowly taking shape!

【Oh my god! Lucky guy!
Congratulations on obtaining the Level 3 treasure: Soul-Calling Amulet! 】

　I have something to do in real life, so let's leave it at that for today. Hamster loves you guys.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)