Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 228 The Land of Heinous Evil and Cursed Lifeforms
After Locke and his entourage had moved far away from the black wooden face sculpture they had just encountered, the sculpture, now hidden in the mud, began to speak mechanically, repeating itself: "One out of ten will die; out of ten… one will die, and the eleven will be cursed with death…"

At the same time, many shadows appeared around the black relief.

These shadows all looked like humans, but they were never life.

A shadowy monster picked up the wooden carving from the ground. It was the one they had secretly placed there along the route of the carriage caravan, and any response would mark the beginning of the curse.

These shadowy monsters gathered around and began to discuss.

"I'd better not follow that convoy. I don't know why, but I've suddenly started to dislike them. They have an unpleasant smell..."

"who are they?"

"It has nothing to do with us. We curse living beings, those wizards, and all the mortals on this land are enemies."

"Choose the next ordinary family, put this wooden carving inside, and then we might have more of our kind... Hehehehe..."

"Sooner or later, we will destroy all wizards and mortals."

……

On the carriage, Locke glanced back at the area where the demons had gathered. Under the twilight, countless shadowy monsters thronged there.

What a magnificent spectacle of curses!

This land should be teeming with these kinds of [cursed life forms].

Locke had not studied them in depth and had not read many related documents, but he knew that these cursed life forms were formed by the entanglement and condensation of the cursed energy of this land with a large amount of death energy and resentment.

In other words, any living being that dies in this cursed land may become a cursed life form after death.

“The wizards of the Blood Curse Court are using them to raise venomous insects,” Albert’s voice came through Locke’s ear. “These beings, filled with resentment, are the best materials for curse magic.”

Locke said, "I've learned a lot."

Locke glanced at the muddy path the carriage caravan was traveling along, secretly noting the plant characteristics of the Blood Raven Wasteland. Magical plants were very common; there were many magical plants in the wild.

Therefore, the Blood Raven Wasteland also has its own group of magical plants.

Albert looked out the carriage window and said with some concern, "It's getting late; we can't go any later."

"The nights in the Blood Raven Wasteland are uninhabitable for mortals."

"There are already so many evil creatures at dusk; if it gets completely dark, there will be even more of them. And it seems very strange that mortal caravans are moving at night."

Sophia's voice, transmitted through the Nibelung astrological system, appeared in his ears: "According to my map, there's a mortal village ahead. Once we enter the village and get protection from the campfire in the center, we should be fine."

Suddenly, the witch Gabriel said within the Nibelung astrological system, "No, I have a very bad feeling. We absolutely cannot spend the night in that mortal village ahead."

“Something terrible will happen there.”

Gabriel's words plunged Locke and the others into silence.

Gabriel's Perpetual Defensive Field is an arcane prophecy, so her intuition is of extremely high priority within the group. Anything she perceives as dangerous must be stopped immediately.

But according to Sophia the Witch and Albert, they couldn't move around at night in Blood Raven Wasteland, otherwise it would seem very strange.

Moreover, this is also dangerous.

If they encounter some mindless cursed life forms, they might be forced to take action.

This could easily trigger a reaction from the five sets of Walls of the Unbelievers on the side of the Blood Curse Court.

Lady Morgana, within the Nibelungen astrological system, offered her advice: "You only know the 'what' but not the 'why'."

"The campfire is just ordinary fire. As long as there is a light source, those cursed life forms will actively avoid it. So you can borrow some firewood from the village ahead and build a campfire in the wild yourself."

Andy, the Incinerator, agreed, saying, "Yes, just as Teacher Morgana said. When I was fighting on the front lines, I also heard that ordinary merchants in the Blood Raven Wasteland would light their own campfires in the wilderness if they had no other choice."

About half an hour later, a village standing in the wilderness came into view.

The village was small, and the main buildings were thatched huts.

Albert was better at negotiating, and no one knows how he negotiated with the villagers of that village, but soon he had hundreds of villagers deliver a large amount of firewood to their wagons.

As the carriage drove away, Locke saw through the window that some people in the village had strange looks in their eyes. They were standing in dark corners or behind doors with a crack open, looking at them with complicated expressions.

Locke said, "There are some low-level vampires mixed in with that village. They don't seem like bloodline modifications performed by wizards on themselves. They're more like byproducts of the vampire transformation curse system. They're vampires that were infected mortals in disguise."

Albert nodded affirmatively and said, "Locke, your observation skills are very keen, which is a good quality."

"Yes. You're right. About a third of the people in that village are vampires, and they're very bloodthirsty. The killing continues, and if we stay in the village tonight, we'll probably clash with them."

"Gabriel's intuition is really useful."

"That's why they were so willing to give us all kinds of firewood. They didn't want any trouble and hoped our caravan would leave as soon as possible. Especially since we drank the Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion, the smell on our bodies would make them feel physically uncomfortable."

Locke frowned. "What kind of place is this Black Wizard's Land?"

Albert looked at Locke and smiled, "You don't like it, do you? I don't like it either, but the Blood Curse Court has completely corrupted this place over the centuries."

"Perhaps the day we become more powerful wizards, we will have the power to destroy things we don't like."

Sophia the Witch's voice came to Locke and Albert's ears. "Gentlemen, we will be spending the night in the wilderness."

"At the same time, in about a day, we will enter the location of that curse spell research institute."

"We must be vigilant. The closer we get to that cursed spell research institute, the more frequently the Wall of the Believers will detect us."

"I will give each of you a bottle of energy potion later. Let's not sleep at night in the Blood Raven Wasteland."

(End of this chapter)