At night, the dark forest is shrouded in boundless darkness, and the night owl's penetrating howl adds a bit of eerie flavor to the quiet woods.

Solotto slowly opened his eyes. He had just slept on the treetops for exactly 3 hours, accurate to the second.

Judgment warriors can go three days and three nights without eating, drinking or sleeping, and still maintain a clear consciousness and sufficient fighting power. As long as necessary, they can close their eyes and sleep in any environment and wake up on time, whether standing or lying down.

It didn't matter at all. Solotto once slept for 2 hours under the wash of a waterfall. In comparison, standing on a tree branch to rest was simply not difficult for him.

The dense tree canopy blocked the cold and dim moonlight, and the dark forest made it impossible to see any fingers. In the complete darkness, the moon elves with dim vision could not see the surrounding scenery clearly. Solotto silently circulated the holy power, and his eyes

A white-gold light gradually lit up in the room, and all the details around him became clearly visible, but he did not see the group of ferocious wolves.

Level 4 Paladins who are promoted to Judgment Warriors must practice the Holy Art. They tear apart their own muscles and bones inch by inch, and then heal them bit by bit with magical spells and secret medicines. They hone their bodies and minds in unimaginable pain.

After completing the training, the bodies of the Judgment Warriors can be as soft as cotton or as hard as fine iron. Ordinary soldiers holding a battle ax cannot cut open their muscles and bones at once. The Judgment Warriors have overcome pain, loneliness and fear, and their hearts are like diamonds.

It is indestructible and crystal clear, with keen intuition to discern danger and malice. In addition, in the process of divine magic healing the body, the remaining holy power is integrated with the Judgment Warrior, regardless of each other, and they can be mobilized like a knight operating his fighting spirit.

The holy power strengthens oneself, and its strength, perception, speed, agility, physical fitness, defense, and even elemental resistance and self-healing abilities reach incredible levels.

The Holy Residence Technique is the Holy Residence Technique that allows the Holy Spirit to reside within the body and integrate with the body and soul! From then on, the Judgment Warrior has entered the ranks of extraordinary beings and has the status of a Silver Knight.

Solotto used holy power to strengthen his senses. Not only could he see the surrounding environment clearly in the dark, he could also hear the sound of insects crawling, but he could only not detect the movement of the ferocious wolves, which puzzled him.

At the same time, he began to worry about gains and losses.

This group of dire wolves struggled with Solotto for a day and night. During this period, Solotto tried to trap and kill several dire wolves to reduce the pressure on the rescue team, but when he jumped off the branch, the wolves immediately fled and hid.

In the dim woods, no more ferocious wolves appeared in Solotto's sight, but the howls of the wolves always echoed around him.

It is the habit of wolves to avoid direct conflicts with powerful opponents while adopting tactics of stalking and harassment. However, Solotto felt that these ferocious wolves were extraordinary and their behavior was even more suspicious.

There are a total of 21 ferocious wolves in this group, and they are so powerful that there is no need to avoid any prey. In fact, if the wolves attack regardless of casualties, Solotto cannot guarantee that he will survive. However, no matter how he teases, ferocious wolves

The wolf was always hiding in the dark. Solotto did not feel the hostility of the dire wolf.

The dire wolf neither attacked nor retreated. Solotto couldn't catch it even if he wanted to, and couldn't get rid of it even if he wanted to. In the end, he could only stay on the treetop waiting for rescue.

However, Solotto became more interested in this wolf pack. He believed that there were two situations that could explain the abnormal behavior of the dire wolves. They were either protecting a strange object, or they were controlled by a wizard! But no matter which one it was,

For any reason, Solotto has to get to the bottom of it!

Paladins are one of the three major clergy, and their promotion rules are different from priests and paladins. Before level five, paladins can be promoted to level four by relying on their own beliefs and trials, but paladins become judges.

In the future, warriors can only advance through divine grace, and divine grace can come from two sources: purifying wizards or fighting orc monsters.

It is too dangerous to fight against the wild beastmen. Solotto finally became a high-level priest. He will not easily lose his life to the beastmen unless he has to. However, the life span of the Judgment warriors is short, and they generally do not live past 65 years old. Solotto

Tuo is 47 years old this year. There are only two ways before him, either to be promoted or to die of old age.

Some wizards have very terrifying abilities, but wizards are often alone. They have no backup, no cover, and no inheritance. At best, they are just farmers with extraordinary power. The degree of danger is far less than that of organized orc tribes, and the purification wizards have gained

The divine favor is very rich, and far exceeds that of destroying orcs and monsters.

Therefore, once a cleric discovers the traces of a wizard, he is as elated as if he has been favored by the Lord of Glory. Ordinary clergy generally give up the honor of purifying wizards to the bishop, but of course this does not include paladins, who are accustomed to eating alone.

Solotto decided to report the changes in the dark forest directly to Archbishop Lazarus. Whether these ferocious wolves were guarding some kind of rare object or hiding a wizard, he had no way to find the target in the vast forest, nor could he

He has the ability to solve the problem alone. And Archbishop Lazarus can mobilize thousands of paladins and priests to search this area. If a valuable target is really found, the archbishop will reward him based on his merits, and Solotto's benefits will definitely be included. If

He would be satisfied if he could get a high-level magical crystal infused by the Archbishop himself.

In fact, Solotto had already made a mark. When he jumped on the tree branches, he secretly used force to crack the inside of the branches. Those branches would soon wither and become the most obvious road signs. But Solotto was not sure.

Whether the abundant void water element could repair these branches, he wanted to capture a dire wolf alive.

However, the dire wolf is missing!

Solotto used his holy power and strengthened his hearing to the limit. He was unable to detect the movement of the dire wolf, but he heard the footsteps of two people.

Not long after, two figures appeared in Solotto's field of vision. The man walking in front was tall and strong, and the fine iron warhammer in his hand was stained with red plasma. The man following behind was holding two bright weapons.

holding his dagger, I heard him shouting from a distance: "Master Solotto, are you okay?"

"Victor?!" Solotto slid down from the tree and asked in surprise: "You didn't go back to Thorn Manor?"

"I was originally going to go back to Thorn Manor. But...since the ferocious wolves are staring at you, I might be able to take this opportunity to find the surviving guards." Victor sheathed his swords and pointed at Renault.

Said: "Fortunately, I found Renault in time, otherwise he would have died in the dark forest."

Looking at Victor with a happy face, Solotto was filled with doubts.

Nobles value two things, one is profit and the other is reputation. Victor ordered his soldiers to cut off the rear and protect the trainee knights of the Solim family. This is in line with the interests of the nobles. However, sacrificing the lives of soldiers is detrimental to the lord's interests.

Because of his reputation, Victor advocated searching for the missing soldiers in order to save his reputation. However, the difficulty of finding 20 soldiers in the vast forest was no less than finding a needle in a haystack. Solotto believed that Victor was just pretending.

He didn't expect that Victor actually rescued a soldier.

Victor went into danger alone and went deep into the jungle to search and rescue soldiers. This was not in line with the usual practice of the nobles. Solotto was inevitably doubtful, but after he saw the soldier's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but ask: "Is this warrior like that?"

A ferocious warrior?"

"That's right."

Victor nodded happily and said: "I have two ferocious warriors under my command, one is Nelson and the other is Renault. Thanks to the master attracting the attention of the dire wolf, if it drags on for another day, I am afraid that Renault will not be attacked by the dire wolf."

Even if you are killed by a wolf, you will be lost in the dark forest."

Renault bowed to Solotto solemnly, "Thank you, Master."

There are currently no knights in the Randall family, so it makes sense for Victor to take the risk to rescue the ferocious warriors under his command. Solotto waved his hand, "No need to thank me. I didn't help much." Then he asked: "Reno, yours

Where are your companions? What will happen to you after we leave?"

"We broke through the siege of the goblins and ran westward for a while, only to encounter a whole group of dire wolves. The brothers fled for their lives, and the team dispersed. Later, I heard the call of the lord, and then I joined the lord.

The adults took me to search around, but found no one else, so we gave up." Renault said in a dull voice.

Solotto nodded and said to Victor: "Those who are not found now will be difficult to find later. By the way, did you encounter that group of ferocious wolves when you came here?"

"No." Victor shook his head and said, "I can hear sounds within 500 meters, and I haven't found a dire wolf from the beginning to the end."

"It seems that the dire wolves have left somewhere else..."

Solotto was secretly relieved. He originally suspected that the wolves evacuated because of Victor, but if Victor really got the rare object, the wolves would never let them go. Victor could

While avoiding the dire wolves on the treetops, the dire warrior could not walk on the tree branches. Since he followed Victor unharmed, it was enough to prove that they did not encounter a pack of wolves and did not obtain any rare items.

"Let's go back."

Victor climbed onto the treetop, figured out the direction, and took the lead towards the edge of the forest.

When the sky was dark, the three of them walked out of the forest, and were greeted by several barking hounds. Then Victor saw a makeshift camp. The barking of the hounds alarmed the people in the camp, and two slim figures rushed in first.

Come over and jump straight into Victor's arms.

The twin sisters were wearing scale armor and had long swords hanging from their waists. Elina, the elder sister, buried her head on Victor's shoulder, while Alice, the younger sister, hugged Victor's arm tightly and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, are you okay?

?!This is so good!"

Victor gently patted Sister Alina's back and comforted her: "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Haha! Victor, Master Solotto, I knew you could come out."

Clifton was wearing armor and walked over with a big smile. The Crusher knight of the Schultz family followed him with several followers.

"Your Excellency Randall, Master Solotto, just be fine." Knight Crusher was also fully armed. He was obviously relieved after seeing Victor and Solotto.

"I'm sorry for making you worry." Victor let go of his personal maid and said apologetically.

"Master Randall, Master Solotto, we are planning to go into the forest to look for you. Since you have come out, why not go to the camp to eat something first."

Lelila said next to her. She was wearing leather armor and carrying a long sword, looking like a swordswoman. Victor smiled and said, "Lord Lelila, you have become a trainee knight? What about Lucien?"

Lelila made a knightly salute to Victor, and said with half joy and half sadness: "Yes, sir. I just realized fighting spirit yesterday. But... Lucien hasn't woken up yet."

"It doesn't matter, I will wait for him for 10 days." Victor nodded and said, "Let's go to the camp to talk first."

The three of them filled their stomachs randomly, and Victor began to describe their encounters in the forest. When they mentioned that there were many dire wolves at the edge of the forest, Lelila and Crusher's expressions changed drastically. If the dire wolves entered human territory,

, not only will Thorn Manor suffer, but Baron Schulz will also suffer huge losses.

Clifton looked at Renault on the side and said tactfully: "Victor, those separated soldiers are probably in danger..."

"Yes." Victor sighed hypocritically and said: "I can't sacrifice more people for my soldiers...I will take good care of their families. We will rest in Thorn Manor for a few days.

Let’s hit the road.”

Solotto said: "Victor, Clifton, I won't accompany you for the rest of the journey. Although the dire wolf usually won't leave its territory, I'm going to summon the paladin just in case.

, stationed at Thornthorn Manor for a period of time to prevent the invasion of dire wolves."

"Master, thank you very much." Knight Crusher said gratefully.

Solotto nodded, and took the resident priest to a distance to chat in a low voice. Victor was secretly amused. In order to separate the Judgment Warriors, he had to expose a group of alchemy war mastiffs, and Solotto's reaction was also expected.

However, the church was destined to find no clues about the dire wolf. Victor ordered the alchemist militia to quickly eliminate the traces and then return to Randall territory. The forest glade would soon be occupied by goblins or jackals.

As for how many manpower the church will lose while exploring the dark forest, Victor can't control it. If they are lucky, it won't be in vain if they find an adamantium mine, a white crystal mine or a sunflower root, although it depends on luck.

Although it is a pity to give up the resources of the Dark Forest, Victor has achieved all his goals and has also awakened a new talent - activation.

Victor tested the activation in the forest camp. He found that after the life attribute was increased to 26 points, the duration of Overrun, Windwalk, Super Sense and Apocalypse increased exponentially. Now the duration of Overrun is 70 minutes, and Windwalk is 35 minutes.

Minutes, 100 minutes of super-sense, 15 minutes of apocalypse, the wind element can shoot 15 arrows in a row. In addition, the use of the Blue Blade in the apocalypse state could only last for 21 seconds, but now it has reached 38 seconds. Once Victor uses it

When activated, his physical strength and energy are fully replenished, and these abilities will be activated again. Under normal circumstances, activation can be used once every 4 hours, and in hidden state, it can be used once every 1 hour and 10 minutes.

With the activated talent, Victor's combat effectiveness and survivability have been significantly improved. Unfortunately, after the water element rune was repaired, Victor could no longer look inside himself, and his interaction with the void water element was interrupted.

Victor planned to slowly study the secret form of the Golden Toad after returning to his territory. He vaguely felt that he had reached a bottleneck period. Only by entering a state of internal vision could his bloodline be further purified.

Five days later, Lucien spent 10 training potions but failed to become a trainee knight. The church's paladins also rushed to Thornthorn Manor. They built a camp on the edge of the dark forest and stored supplies. It is said that there are more to come. The priest is coming.

For a time, the Thorn Manor was in turmoil, and Victor, the instigator, had already left.
Chapter completed!