Chapter 1 Death Forest
The sky of the Death Forest is always gray, shrouded in thick fog all year round, just like a gray ocean that can never see the sun. The gray forest is like a dead place, and it is difficult to see a living thing.
The air flows slowly, overflowing with the smell of dead corpses all year round. And the forest is always filled with the stench of sulfur, mixed with the rotten smell, which is more and more pungent. Except for the bone crows that occasionally fly from the forest, I'm afraid it's hard to see any more creatures that can move.
The undead and fierce monsters inhabit here, making it a forbidden area for life. Coupled with the occasional frightened strange screams, it will always make those passers-by avoid it.
No one will like this damn place, and so will Starr.
Through the car window, he could clearly see the strange twisting of the trees on both sides. The continuous smell of choking his nose almost suffocated him.
He didn't know how to cross. When he woke up, he was stuffed in the carriage like a pig and became a boy named Star, and successfully took over the body and all the memories of 16 years.
He has a deep understanding of what this forest means in the whole Hastan continent, so Sta doesn't want to escape from here all the time. But when he saw with his own eyes a boy who jumped out of the carriage and his head was cut off by the coachman, he completely gave up this unrealistic idea.
Escort them is the scar face of the carriage. That is a thorny knight, who is said to be a powerful warrior who can tear the wolf with his bare hands. The scar extending from the corners of the eyebrows to the cheekbones made his face look extremely ferocious. Even a smile will make the child in the car tremble with fear.
And the carriages are loaded with servants bought from the market like Star. They don't know where they will be taken and what kind of ending they will meet. But even if they come to heaven, their fate will not change.
"Hey, Star!" The voice in my ear pulled back Star's distant thoughts. The little boy with freckles on his cheeks is Star's only friend now.
"What's the matter, Cole?" Star replied in a low voice.
"This is the forest of death!" Cole waved his hands exaggeratedly and laughed loudly. We may be left behind in the carriage to feed Warcraft! Just like the escaped boy, I guess he must have become the feces of Warcraft now.
"Yes, I don't want that!" Star shrugged his shoulders. In order to hide the boy's death, the driver deceived the group of inexperienced teenagers with lies.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the terminal. Even if it is a nightmare, it will eventually come to an end.
Breaking through the last layer of thick fog, they have reached the hinterland of the Death Forest.
"Guys, it's time to get out of the car. We're at the place!" The Scar Knight reminded loudly.
A group of teenagers quickly got out of the carriage, and there were a total of 15 people one after another. Appearing in front of everyone was a huge ancient castle, which was majestic and luxurious and extremely damaged. The whole castle occupies a huge area. Standing in front of the door, Star can't even see how far the walls on both sides extend. In the middle of the castle, there is a tower standing like a sword, which reigns over the whole forest. Two armors also stood in front of the door of the castle.
It's hard to imagine such a huge castle in such a forest, so what kind of people will live in the castle? Star couldn't help guessing.
The door is open.
Walking in front of him was an old man with a high-horned hat on his bald head. The funny appearance made everyone seem to forget the danger of the forest behind them, and the teenagers couldn't help laughing. And behind him was a blonde girl, as cute as a doll.
"Why are there only fifteen?" The old man glanced at the teenagers in a row with awe-eyed eyes. It's like looking at a batch of goods, not looking at people. He said coldly. I remember that I did ask for sixteen when I ordered, but one was missing here.
"The one who wanted to escape was killed by me." The Scar Knight took a step forward and waved the whip in his hand and said fiercely. Master Sadek, the little bunny almost let me get into the woods. You should know that it's not my little thorny knight who can escape.
Obviously, this scar's fear of the forest is not a star.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less!" Sadek frowned and didn't seem to like such an answer very much. But he still took out a money bag from his arms and lost it. After this batch is used up, look for another batch for me! The recent experiment has reached a critical point, and it can't be delayed any longer.
"Okay! However, recently, the empire has been very strict with the disappearance of teenagers, and the commission for the next batch is more than this price. The Scar Knight took the money bag and smiled in an instant. He slipped back and turned over the carriage, as if he didn't want to stay in the dirty forest for another quarter of an hour. He muttered casually, and his figure gradually disappeared in the path in the forest. Star was shocked all over, and there was shock and fear in the eyes of the speeding carriage.
"One more and one less, and you will die sooner or later!" This is what the Scar Knight said. When the owner of this sentence left, Starr understood what kind of place he had come to.
"Okay, dear children." Sadek clapped his hands on the teenagers and said, "Next, I think Alice should lead you to familiarize yourself with the environment here and start working tomorrow. I hope you can fall in love here. Also, please don't think about escaping. The Death Forest is not a place for human beings to step on.
"Yes, Lord Sadek." The girl behind the old man stepped forward and put her hand on her chest and said respectfully.
The teenagers followed Alice into the castle and looked around curiously. As described in every fairy tale, there is a powerful and abhorrent witch living in the dark and silent castle. But in this world, there is a powerful alchemist and his followers living in the castle.
The rooms on each floor are full of items, tall bookcases, strange plants, beautiful magic arrays, and, of course, fierce monsters. However, most of them are dissected corpses, soaked in ** containers that will not make the body rot. Such a room is full of the smell of dead bodies, as if the rotten smell of the whole forest comes from this. After seeing this, all the teenagers couldn't help vomiting. They had never seen such a disgusting scene. Even Star, he can't stand it.
The unspacious corridor is illuminated with a strange color by red candles, making the aisle, which is not very bright, more gloomy. Every turn, there will be two sets of standard armor, like a fairy tale knight who is quiet and arrogant. At the same time, it makes the castle more gloomy and horrible.
The laughter of the teenagers gradually became refreshing, and it looked extremely abrupt in the quiet castle.
"So this is the legendary alchemy laboratory!" A teenager exclaimed in an excited tone.
Being a servant of an alchemist is something that every teenager will be excited about. They can even fantasize about what profound alchemy they can learn from Sadek, and they will soar from then on.
But Star didn't think so. When he heard the words of Scarface, his heart sank in an instant. They may become lambs waiting for death at any time, not as an ordinary servant, which is a luxury for learning alchemy!
And there was a more bad feeling in his heart. I don't know why Starke couldn't say the reason.
"Who can read?" Alice stopped and turned around and asked. The teenagers in the carriage quickly fell in love with this beautiful and gentle girl. Therefore, her words will always make them flock to it.
"I will." A teenager rushed to answer, "I used to serve nobles and have a little cooking skills. Beautiful lady, I will do the work that satisfies you.
"Call me Alice." The girl smiled.
"I can also read." The other teenagers were not willing to show weakness and rushed to answer.
"Can't you?" Alice's eyes turned around and stopped on Star. Fifteen teenagers, only he didn't say anything. This made him look a little abrupt in the crowd, so the girl quickly noticed him and asked.
"I..." Star was asked and pulled back to his senses. The owner of this body used to be a dilapided aristocrat, and Star, who took over the memory, naturally knew words. But the girl in front of him made him feel a deep cold in his heart. She was not as gentle as she appeared. Maybe silence at this time is a good choice.
Hesitating for a moment, Star shook his head.
"Very good. You will be my assistant from tomorrow." Alice regarded Star's silence as shy and nodded with satisfaction.
As soon as the words fell, other teenagers cast envious and jealous eyes on Star. But Star's heart was tightened in an instant and he could hardly breathe. Although it is easier to find out the secrets in the castle as close to the girl, it also means that he is on the verge of death.
"Except for the room I previously indicated that you are not allowed to enter, you can move freely in the castle. Of course, it's better not to disturb Master Sadek. He is a very strict person.
The teenagers promised happily and returned to their own rooms. Star still stood there, looking at Alice, who disappeared around the corner, with her sharp eyes.
If a person can't see his surroundings clearly, he is destined to be passive.
Star is not a young man who is not in the world. He understands that the castle is full of strange atmosphere and danger everywhere. Perhaps it in the Death Forest is the real forbidden area for life. And it is this pair of masters and servants who harvest life!
It is obviously not so easy to escape. There is no reason why Scar Knight will kill the children who want to escape on the road, but he will leave them safely in this castle.
The only answer is that there will always be a way to stop children from escaping. Star doesn't believe the warcraft that only lives in the forest outside the castle. Because the feeling given to me here seems to be closer to the embrace of death!
Perhaps, as soon as you step out of the castle, you will die!
I really hope this is a nightmare. Star shook his head vigorously. He may have a way to escape, but all this must wait until night falls.
Every teenager has his own room.
After nightfall, Star's room shone with a slight light.
The purple dragonfly flashed the card with black patterns on a brown background, and the handsome characters in the complicated mysterious pattern did not react at all. There is only a blue-yellow five-pointed star above the card, which means that even if you look at the whole continent, you may not find a lower-level magic card than this one.
Star stared intently at the card and breathed slowly. The magic flowed along the veins on the back of the palm-sized card. Every time I walked through a magic array, the whole room would suddenly light up, but then it quickly faded and returned to normal.
"Failed?" Starr put the card gently on the table in frustration.
The only difference between Starr and other teenagers may be here. He is a card apprentice. All nobles will get their own magic cards by baptism at birth. The card soul that belongs to Star is just a 'chest ball', and even an adult dog can easily tear up a warcraft.
If you want to understand the magic card, you must first understand the history of the magic card.
The so-called magic cards are cards that hold fragments of biological souls. Legend has it that these cards are gods's toys, which are thrown into the mortal world because they are spit on by the god of wisdom.
And human beings quickly learned how to use these cards with their unique wisdom, and thus gave birth to a new career as a card magician. In the long river of history, Kashu has become the same battle dominance as magic and fighting spirit. However, the card is sealed not only the soul, but also magic, traps and even a world. Therefore, these also make card practitioners have different classifications as if they are full of flowers, but no authoritative person has ever given a detailed classification of these cards.
However, becoming a card magician has strict requirements to attract his own soul fragments from his own magic card. Obviously, Starr can't. And he is just an apprentice, trying the only hope left according to the memory left by this body.
Since it has failed, you can only choose to take one step at a time.
(There is another chapter in the afternoon)