139: Chapter 87: Return to Kosos County_3 139: Chapter 87: Return to Kosos County_3 “No, I took Kovis back into the Cursed Land, passing directly through Nightmare Forest,” Leon explained.
You went back to that cursed place again?” Lokhak was surprised, but thinking of his companion’s remarkable abilities along the way, he came to terms with it, “True, both you and Kovis know witchcraft; that place surely couldn’t trap you two.”
Leon gave a bitter smile.
Without Miss Mage, he wouldn’t dare return to that haunted place, not even if he had ten times the courage.
But he didn’t plan on spending too much time explaining the details at the moment, as there were more pressing matters, “The Cursed Land has dissipated, Lokhak.
I’ll tell you the details and reasons slowly later.
Right now, many Living Corpses in Nightmare Forest have lost the domain’s restraint.
We need to prepare our domain quickly and also inform other Lords to defend against potential undead attacks from the forest.”
Hearing this, Lokhak’s eyes widened, “The Cursed Land is gone?…
No wonder, these past few days, I’ve seen those ghostly things outside the forest.
I thought, like in stories, an evil wizard had come nearby.”
Speaking of which, Leon couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, what’s the date on the Orland Calendar today?
Do you remember how many days it’s been since we separated?”
Lokhak scratched the back of his head and frowned; he rarely kept track of the days and genuinely didn’t know the exact date.
However, after some effort to recall their journey, he remembered the day they parted ways with Leon.
From his words, Leon learned that they had been apart for a whole ten days.
And Lokhak’s group had just arrived in Selva three days ago.
Leon pinched the bridge of his nose, marveling at the wonder of disoriented time.
In his memory, splitting up had only happened yesterday.
“…We had just returned to Selva, hadn’t rested long when we encountered strange events; lots of crows and eagles and all sorts of crazy birds came flying out of the forest, biting people like mad, and when we killed those things, we found out they were the same ghostly things we saw in Nightmare Forest.
Yesterday, a Corpse Wolf even broke into Selva’s wheat fields and bit people,” Lokhak explained.
“Did any subjects die?” Leon asked with a furrowed brow; his domain now had a sparse population, which he could hardly afford to decrease further.
“No, fortunately, Olivia was also in the fields at the time.
With one swing of her axe, she split that ghostly thing’s head right open,” Lokhak shrugged, “Only before, a few villagers suffered superficial wounds from the Corpse Birds’ pecking.”
Leon was relieved that the undead dying in the Spirit-like Field were not virus zombies from past life movies, but merely Living Corpses whose souls hadn’t escaped their shells; being bitten wouldn’t result in a venomous mutation, otherwise, it would be too terrifying.
“After the attacks, Azeryan and I discussed and decided I should also see the situation here in Longka, and try to recruit a few archers from the hunters to protect Selva.
Though the Corpse Birds aren’t very deadly, they are troublesome when they fly around and injure people.
In Selva, only Uncle Bryan knows how to shoot arrows; the strong men who came back to the village had only served as spearman in the military.”
Lokhak spoke, shaking his head helplessly, “However, I searched with the village elders yesterday.
Most of the hunters in Longka Village who are skilled with a bow and arrow had been conscripted into Lord Eriv’s army and haven’t been released yet.
The few left who are about our age cannot spare any to go to Selva as archers, except those necessary to protect Longka.”