Chapter 37: A Difficult Decision
Should I go to the mountain city of Kandia first, or should I go find the ancient battlefield shrouded in the mystery of the necromancy magic lock mentioned in the diary of the defeated Blood Blade bandit lord, where all the dead seem to have turned into undead?
Two options with both advantages and disadvantages were placed in front of Luo Wei.
First go to the mountain city of Kandia, then while the dying body is still effective, think of a way to sneak into the Kandia Magic Academy mentioned by the leader of the Defeated Blood Blade, and then think of a way to learn a few attack or curse magic.
After narrowly escaping death in yesterday's battle, Luo Wei had a deeper understanding of this world of swords and magic.
Even if you have the Black Ice Skull, if you don't have other means of saving your life, then encountering a battle like yesterday's would probably not be so lucky.
Next time, there may not be a second Felicia, for Rouvi to open up the sacred unicorn shield.
However, in the diary of the leader of the Bloodletter Gang, Kandia, the city in the mountains, was not a harmonious city. In this only city in the Ferroja mountain range, there were not only arrogant and extravagant nobles, but also sanctimonious priests, as well as evil gangs and mages who disregarded human life.
Indeed, the mountain town of Kandia is not lacking in good people, nor is it lacking in upright knights, nor is it lacking in devout and loving priests, etc. However, the existence of these virtuous individuals cannot conceal the fact that the mountain town of Kandia seems to be not very suitable for outsiders, especially those with low social status, to reside in for a long time.
Yes, if the Black Ice Skull is charged to its limit, it can indeed release a certain "Death by One Finger" necromancy.
But if the opponent is a Golden Paladin like Azura, Rovin doesn't think he has any chance of winning - Golden Paladins, even if they don't know how to set up a fatal boundary, probably carry magical tools that can trigger a fatal boundary with them.
The knight spear named Gungrir, which Azusa used to kill eight people at once, was not a killing tool that the Shield of Ice could withstand.
So, even if he was actually quite displeased in his heart, displeased with the radiant knight's judgmental face, Rove still had to remain silent in front of others yesterday, or more bluntly put, remain... humble.
There are many strong people like Azusa in this other world.
In this world of swords and magic, without sufficient strength, one has no right to equal dialogue with the strong, while the strong seem to have been born with the right to trample on human life.
Where does the strength of the strong come from?
The strength of a swordsman comes from their refined martial skills and innate bloodline.
And for casters like Luo Wei, their actual strength obviously comes from the level of their caster class, as well as... the number of top-grade magical equipment they possess.
A higher rung of spellcasting means greater magical power and understanding of the world's essence, and the higher the rung, the more magic one can master.
The more magic you master, the easier it is to respond to various emergencies after reasonable combination.
As for the top-grade magical equipment, Luo Wei actually understood it the most deeply. If he hadn't had the Black Ice Skull Necklace yesterday, there was absolutely no way he could have killed the younger brother of the defeated Blood Blade bandit leader, that somewhat arrogant and short-tempered three-ring fire magician.
It was also for this reason that Luo Wei hesitated to go to the ancient battlefield ruins, because according to the diary of the leader of the Defeated Blood Blade, he had used it yesterday but ultimately fell into Luo Wei's hands. The Saneriel Mithril Ring, which was obtained after killing a White Silver Lower-rank Skull Knight in the ancient battlefield ruins, was the spoils of war.
That one battle also left the leader of the Defeated Blood Blade with some internal injuries, because what appeared in front of him was not just a skull knight, but also hundreds and thousands of undead creatures such as white bone swordsmen, zombie archers, corpse demons, rotting wolves, and ghostly helmeted gunners.
What's even more bizarre is that those who have been dead for thousands of years, the weakest among them still possess the strength of a lower-tier Black Iron warrior, not to mention some still retain their mediocre bloodline abilities!
Now, Luo Wei clearly knew that the strength of the sword holders was divided into ranks with names such as "Black Iron", "White Iron", "Bronze", "Silver" and "Gold".
Although black iron may seem insignificant, the basic conditions for becoming a black iron rank require having at least twice the strength of an ordinary strong man and at least one year of knight training in the vassal system.
The wielder of the Black Iron Rank is no longer an ordinary person who can be dealt with, let alone a fearless and undead spirit who has undergone rigorous military training in his lifetime.
To put it in perspective, the undead Tarrant that Rove barely managed to subdue had retained its innate monstrous strength even after death and had grown into a Ghoul. However, if pitted against ten or eight Black Iron-ranked Wraithguard... Tarrant's chances of victory would be zero percent.
So it's not like we can't go to that ancient battlefield, but if something unexpected happens, it'll probably be a party wipe...
After all, relying on the gradually dying body of the card, Luo Wei now looks like a full-fledged living person, rather than an undead spirit.
For the dead, the flesh and blood aura emitted by the living is an irresistible temptation.
So, what's in front of Luo Wei is really a difficult choice.
In the diary of the leader of the Bloodletter Gang, there was no mention of where exactly the ancient battlefield shrouded in undead magic was located within the Ferroja Mountains.
What's even more depressing is that the Blood Scythe bandits who invaded Aslata, under the attack of the brilliant knight Azisha, have all become headless corpses, leaving no opportunity for Luo Wei to capture anyone for questioning.
As for the diary of the leader of the Bloodletter Gang, after writing about obtaining the Sarenrae's Blessed Ring, he only wrote a few more entries unrelated to ancient battlefields before permanently stopping at one point - "Grey Month 2801, Green Willow month, Week 2, Day 7."
Perhaps in the lair of the "Blood Blade Bandits", there were still a small number of guards left to watch the house, and among those guards, perhaps someone knew about the intelligence of the ancient battlefield ruins, as well as the reason why the leader of the Blood Blade bandits came to attack the slave traders.
But now the key question is, for a completely unfamiliar Ferrozhia mountain range like me, where can I find out the location of the lair of the Blood Blade thieves?
Maybe... go out on the streets and try to gather some information?
Great rewards will always attract brave men, won't they?
When his gaze unconsciously fell on the bulging wallet on the table again, Luo Wei finally had a compromise idea.
Go to the streets to gather information, if you can gather intelligence about the lair of the Defeated Blood Blade thieves, then decide whether to go to Kandia in the mountains depending on the situation.
Well, before doing that, I still need to go take a look at the condition of those wounded people, and then buy enough various spellcasting materials from slave trader Colenweil. Anyway, now there's money.
Rov's gaze finally fell on the fire shield ring, he didn't need it that much, so taking it to find slave trader Colenwill II and exchanging it for the necessary spellcasting materials seemed like a good idea.
Division line
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