Wizard Immortal

Chapter 293 Corpse Demon

"I want you to travel to various places in my place and resolve the chaos in several areas as much as possible."

Standing in the quiet room, Culardo spoke solemnly.

Before him, Adir did not speak, but simply nodded silently.

In a way, he is indeed the most suitable person to do this right now.

With the strength of a second-level wizard, the added boost to his combat power from his moon elf bloodline, and the protection of the high-level magical artifact, the Moon King's Sword, Adir's current strength is unmatched even in the entire Maison region.

Among the entire elven race, apart from King Cast, who nominally rules everything, and Kuraldo, there are probably very few who can rival Adir.

"Don't worry about those underground creatures teaming up to ambush you, although that possibility is indeed quite high."

Before him, Culardo spoke: "Our astrologers have already calculated that it is still a long way from the time when the portal to the underground world will be fully opened. At this stage, the strength of the underground creatures that enter is severely restricted. Even a second-level wizard would have to pay a heavy price, or even perform a blood sacrifice, to enter."

"Like that dark elf named Andrew who appeared before, the reason he went to great lengths to enter the Silver Mist Forest was to create chaos in the Silver Mist Forest and take the opportunity to perform a blood sacrifice in order to lure powerful wizards from the underground world into the surface world."

Kuraldo said indifferently, "Blood sacrifices are most effective between people of the same bloodline. The reason he chose to enter the area between our Silver Mist Forest is obviously because he wants to sacrifice the people of our elven race in order to summon the dark elf wizards of the underground world."

"I understand." Sitting opposite Kuraldo, Adir remained calm, simply nodding before asking, "When do we depart?"

"The sooner the better," Kuraldo said. "I will arrange for some priests to accompany you. As for your first stop, let's go to Morrowind City."

"That's where your family lives. Recently, there seem to be a lot of strange things happening there, including signs of a wizard who appears to be in the metamorphosis stage."

"Yes." Adir nodded again upon hearing Kuraldo's words, having no objection whatsoever.

Having agreed on the next steps, they no longer hesitated.

Half a month later, a magnificent procession set off from the capital, led by Adir, the successor to the high priest, and assisted by several high priests, forming a huge caravan and heading towards Morningwind City.

Perhaps because the procession was so extravagant, all the strange signs along Adir's journey disappeared, and no one dared to make the slightest move.

This situation continued until it changed near Morningwind City.

"What an enormous corrosive aura."

Walking along the roadside, looking at the various scenery along the way, Adir's face showed some emotion.

The roadside, which should have been lined with lush vegetation, was now completely devoid of vegetation, leaving only stalks of dry grass that looked desolate and withered, as if some force was at work here, sucking away all the vitality of the surrounding vegetation.

In Adir's natural perception, the surroundings were also filled with a strange and corrosive force field, which was rapidly eroding the life force around him.

This wasn't something someone did intentionally; rather, it's as if some powerful being once passed through this area, its aura instinctively spreading and leaving a deep imprint that lingers for a long time.

"This situation started two months ago." A familiar voice came from beside me.

In a spacious carriage, Faral, the high priest stationed in Morningwind City, stood behind Adir. Looking at the withered grass in the wilderness, he sighed, "After this happened, the local priests immediately reported to me, but after investigating for so long, we still haven't found anything."

"Such a powerful and corrosive radiation aura could only be possessed by life forms in the underground world. It's just that, for some reason, no matter how we investigate, we can't detect its existence."

"Besides this, is there anything else unusual around here?" Adir asked, turning around.

"Yes, quite a lot." Faral gave a wry smile. "These past few months, there's been trouble everywhere."

"The forest outside the city has become a disaster area, with many dark elf wizards secretly lurking there, causing us a lot of trouble recently."

Faral continued, "There are also several cemeteries outside Morrowind City. Every now and then, a few ghouls sneak into them, and many of the dead have risen up, killing quite a few civilians during this time..."

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly stopped, and his expression turned somewhat awkward.

Suddenly, several figures appeared ahead without anyone noticing.

They were several ragged figures, their clothes tattered and their flesh corroded and weathered, looking like resurrected corpses, stumbling through the wilderness, occasionally letting out a low growl.

"These are the undead you're talking about?" Adir raised an eyebrow, surprised to see several terrifying ghouls in the distance that looked like corpses.

This place is on the edge of the wilderness of Morningwind City, still quite a distance from the city itself.

Even in these remote places, where few corpses are found, ghouls can be seen rising from the dead. One can only imagine what the scene must be like in the densely populated elven settlements…

With a thought, a force field extended far and wide, instantly binding the several low-growing ghouls and pulling them directly towards him.

The ghoul roared in an attempt to resist, its eyes flashing with ferocity as it looked at Adir and the others in front of it. However, it was powerless against the heavy force field binding it and could not break free at all.

"Judging from the general outline of his clothing, he must have been a nobleman in his lifetime, at least five hundred years ago."

Behind the carriage, an elf dressed as a scholar walked forward, wearing reading glasses. After carefully observing the attire of the ghouls before him, he came to this conclusion.

Upon hearing this conclusion, the faces of the priests present darkened.

"Even corpses from hundreds of years ago can be corrupted by demons?" Adir's expression also became much more serious.

The demonization of corpses is not entirely unconditional.

To corrupt a corpse, certain conditions must be met. Generally speaking, the more intact the corpse is and the less corroded it is, the greater the possibility of it being corrupted.

Corpses that are reduced to mere skeletons are extremely difficult to corrupt, and even if corrupted, their strength is extremely weak. Not to mention knights and wizards, even an ordinary strong man could kill them if he mustered the courage.

The corpse in front of us, which is hundreds of years old, should have been reduced to a skeleton long ago and should be extremely difficult to be corrupted by demons.

"It seems that the underground entrances near Morningwind City are much easier to breach than other places."

Looking at the several ghouls before him, Adir frowned and thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)