It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Roy looked at the white-haired, silver-eyed girl whose face was as cold as frost and whose beauty shone against the snow: "Ais, sense which direction has a higher concentration of magic, and we'll go there to look."

The existence of "artificial miniature magic pulse points" would cause a sharp increase in magic concentration in that area, which Roy could hardly detect with his perception, but Ais was different.

As a Grand Witch, and whose first talent evolution focused entirely on elemental affinity, her sensitivity to magic far surpasses Roy's.

Ais nodded slightly and pointed west: "There."

Her exceptional affinity for ice magic allowed her to immediately sense the unusually "abundant" magic in that direction the moment she stepped into Rose Territory.

Upon hearing this, Roy perked up.

The three of them started walking and headed west.

About fifteen minutes later, they stopped in front of a small hill.

“This is it,” Ais said in a cool voice. “The magic concentration in this mountain is very high and it flows rapidly, which makes it impossible for me to pinpoint the source of the magic.”

“That’s enough.” Roy smiled. “Leave the rest to me.”

By narrowing their search area from an entire territory to a small hill, they significantly reduced their search time.

As for the problem of excessively high magic concentration and high-speed flow, it was not a problem for Roy at all.

The energy perception ability granted to him by [Infinite Desire], although its range is very small, even after advancing to the Gold rank, it only increases from a radius of one meter to a radius of three meters. However, within this range, his energy perception ability even surpasses that of Ais.

Therefore, in theory, if Roy were to walk through the entire hill, as long as the "artificial miniature magic pulse point" exists, it would be impossible for him to escape his scan.

At Roy's pace, it would take him no more than an hour to walk across this not-so-big hill.

"let's start."

Looking at the lush hill in front of him, Roy took a step and walked into it.

Half an hour later, Roy and his two companions stopped in front of an exceptionally large ancient tree, nearly three meters in diameter.

This ancient tree is quite peculiar. Although its trunk is thick, it is only about 20 meters tall, just a little taller than the surrounding trees.

Below the main trunk, there is a tree hollow large enough for an adult to enter.

By lifting the vines that hung down, serving as the doors to the tree hollow, Roy saw an illusory crevice suspended in mid-air in the center of the hollow.

The "artificial miniature magic pulse point" has been found!

As expected, the gray text panel displayed a notification. Roy said softly:

"As expected, all of this was premeditated."

The presence of a forbidden item in one "small magic pulse point" could be described as an accident, but with two such points, there is no room for luck.

Roy stepped forward, reached out and touched the illusory rift, and used the [Original Sin Cube] to absorb the forbidden object hidden inside.

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[Absorbing the item "[Lustful Demonic Source] - Mixed Branch Magic Power"...]

[Absorbing...]

[Absorption complete!]

[This magical item has been absorbed! Energy reserve progress +10% (Lust)!]

【当前能量储备进度：56%——20%嫉妒、15%混沌、10.6%色欲、10%怠惰、0.4%暴食】

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Looking at the prompt in front of him, Roy pondered deeply.

The progress of absorbing forbidden substances into the energy reserves of the [Original Sin Cube] is not constant.

Having lit up three sides of the [Original Sin Cube], absorbing C-level forbidden items now will only increase the energy reserve progress by 10%.

It's worth noting that when the [Original Sin Cube], which hadn't lit up a single side, attracted the C-rank forbidden item - the Cursed Doll, its power increased by a whopping 97%!

Now, only a pitiful 10% remains...

but.

Even if it's only 10%, judging from the current progress, absorbing four more C-grade forbidden items would be enough to gain another talent ability.

Roy thought with great joy.

"call……"

Roy let out a soft breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Although he couldn't wait to set off immediately to search the other six territories where monster incidents had occurred, the most important thing right now was to inform the Border Duke's Mansion about the "artificial small magic pulse point".

I wonder if Lilia has found any of the Crimson Knights members who are out on missions?

Roy turned his head and looked south, thinking to himself.

……

At the southernmost part of the province of Lafa lies the Stone Wall, and to the north of the Stone Wall, the closest territory is a viscountry called "Starland".

Continuing upwards from Xing'an Territory is the Baron's Territory known as "Golden Orange Territory".

Continuing north from Jinchengling, you reach Tieshanling.

In fact, Iron Mountain Territory is only two territories away from Solid Stone Wall.

Once the empire is defeated and the Stone Wall is breached, both Iron Mountain Territory and Black Rock Territory will perish.

At this moment, on the official road at the border between Golden Orange Territory and Star Peace Territory, under the shade of a large tree.

Lilia stood there, blending into the shadows, waiting silently.

During the harsh winter when heavy snow blocks the mountains, only the official roads are cleared regularly by lords who send out cavalry to sweep them.

Compared to the difficult snow-covered mountain roads, the official roads are undoubtedly the best choice for travel.

Even knights with the strength of a gold medalist are no exception.

The Golden Knight is not a legend; he can only step into the air for short distances and cannot fly for long distances, so he spends most of his time traveling on foot.

Of course, to prevent individual Crimson Knights from having a unique style and preferring to take the rugged and difficult snow mountain paths, Lilia also released many shadow creatures: three Shadow Ravens and three Shadow Giant Wolves, to act as her eyes and ears.

There are no blind spots, neither in the sky nor on the ground.

In other words, as long as a Crimson Knight passes through here, unless he burrows underground, he will absolutely not escape her sight.

After a long wait, a figure finally appeared on the distant official road.

The heavy snow fell on his figure, turning him into a walking "snowman," but the faint red armor visible against the white snow allowed Lilia to immediately recognize his identity.

Members of the Crimson Knights under the Border Duke!

"Finally, I've been waiting for you..."

As the sound of the wind and snow dissipated, Lilia's figure disappeared from the spot.

The crimson knight in the distance had no idea what kind of treatment he was about to face!

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Chapter 143 Decay

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Snowflakes larger than goose feathers fell in a flurry, bending the tree branches under their weight.

Harald walked briskly along the official road leading to the Golden Orange Territory.

The biting wind and snow seeped into the crimson armor through the gaps, bringing a bone-chilling cold. Even a golden knight would feel cold in such extreme weather if he relied solely on his physical body without using his battle aura.

Harald's physical condition is very poor. Under his armor, there is a bowl-sized penetrating wound on his abdomen, from which strange purple blood is constantly seeping out. This wound was caused when he was careless during a battle with a highly venomous spider-like magical beast and was pierced by its spider spear. Although he later killed the spider-like magical beast, the venom remaining in the wound continues to erode his body, preventing him from healing.

But more than the physical injuries and the deadly poison, what weighed heavily on Harald's mind was the rapidly deteriorating disaster situation in the province of Rafah.

Just two days into winter, a much heavier snowstorm than usual caused many houses to collapse. Along the way, Harald saw far too many ordinary people freeze to death because their houses were damaged and could not be repaired in time.

Natural disasters are merciless, but even more cruel than natural disasters are rampant monsters.

As for ferocious animals, the combined armed forces of various territories are enough to resist or even hunt them down. However, once magical beasts appear, their power is at least at the gold level, which will inevitably bring extremely heavy casualties.

Although the Duke's mansion was operating at high speed and constantly sending Golden Knights to various places to provide support, it was still stretched thin with manpower when faced with a vast land and hundreds of territories.

It's only been two days since winter began! Harald couldn't imagine what the province of Rafah would be like when winter was deep.

"Cough cough..."

After coughing twice, Halad raised his hand to wipe the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Seeing its faintly purple color, he knew that the poison had already invaded his body, and if he did not rush back to the Solid Wall, he would surely die.

Although the spider monster wasn't particularly strong, its venom was more potent than anything he had ever heard of.

At this moment, he was using all his fighting spirit to fight against the toxins in his body, so much so that he couldn't even muster the fighting spirit to resist the wind and snow.

"Almost there...almost there..."

Halad's consciousness was somewhat scattered. He shook his head vigorously, forcing himself to rouse himself.

One step, two steps... after walking nearly a hundred steps forward, Halad tripped over a protruding pebble on the official road, lost his balance, and fell down.

"boom!"

Soft snowflakes mixed with dust rose into the air.

Halad tried to support his body, but his once strong and powerful hands, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, were now too weak to support his body, which weighed less than 300 pounds (including the armor).

He forced his head to tilt and look at his palm.

The palm, which was not covered by the soft armor, was covered with purple lines.

—The deadly venom from the spider monster had already invaded his bloodstream.

"Ho..."

With a wry smile, Halad stopped struggling.

He knew he was beyond saving.

Even if he returned to the Stone Wall, the doctors couldn't save him; besides, he had no hope of going back now.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and when his vision was reduced to a tiny sliver, he vaguely saw a shoe appear in front of him. The next moment, he completely lost consciousness.