"Come to think of it, this world does seem to have some problems."
Sitting at the head of the bed, thinking about what he had inquired about during this period of time, this thought flashed through Athir's mind.
During this period, through communicating with the nobles around him, Athir gained some understanding of the history of this world.
This world was originally just a normal world. Although there were no powerful beings like wizards and knights, there were also no terrifying, strange and mutated creatures.
But seven years ago, a natural disaster suddenly appeared, and a strange and crazy outbreak directly affected all the kingdoms, causing the originally good world to become what it is now.
Weirdness broke out everywhere, and its remnants formed horrible forbidden areas everywhere. The creatures that were directly affected by the weirdness turned into ghosts and corpses, wandering around continuously.
Apart from the terrorist outbreak seven years ago, certain areas occasionally enter outbreak periods.
During the outbreak period, a large number of weird things will breed in a short period of time, and even cause some weird life forms in the surrounding to gather together, forming a weird outbreak wave in a short period of time, directly destroying the vitality of a certain area.
The village area where Athir was last time was obviously in the outbreak zone. Not only were all the horrible lives around it attracted in a short period of time, but some corpses were also affected and directly mutated into corpses.
Even now, several years later, although the strange outbreak period has passed, the area has also fallen into silence. Apart from some mutant monsters, there are very few normal creatures alive.
"This situation is obviously very abnormal."
Standing up silently, Atier thought to himself as he thought about the information he had obtained.
The strange things that suddenly appeared in this world, the pollution and radiation left after the strange outbreak, and the unknown power and crystal cores that appeared after killing those mutated monsters, all these things clearly indicate that this world is abnormal.
However, when it comes to this level of the world, it is not something that Athir can touch for the time being.
Even in ancient times, if you wanted to explore other worlds, you would need at least a fourth-level wizard to do it. In the Uraldo Academy, records and knowledge related to this level of the world were also very rare, and many of them could only be accessed by formal wizards. For Athir, there was still a long way to go.
But for Athir, he doesn't need to know so much for the time being. He just needs to get enough benefits in this world.
"After two months of repairs, some things have been dealt with. It's time to go out and take a look at those forbidden areas."
Standing there, Athir looked towards the gate and muttered to himself.
As a base in this world, Atier is quite concerned about this territory and has done some things during this period.
The dangerous mutant monster nests around have basically been cleared out by him and his men. In recent times, the frequency of appearances of those mutant monsters has decreased significantly.
In addition to Sidlu and other people who have the qualifications of knights, he also recruited a group of dozens of ordinary guards. During this period, they also began training under the leadership of several veterans. Although their fighting ability is not worth mentioning, they have no problem expelling some ordinary mutant monsters under the leadership of Sidlu and others.
After this period of training, practicing the knight breathing method passed down by Athir, Sidm and his companions have become knight apprentices. In order to accelerate the formation of their combat effectiveness, they usually eat the corroded crow meat disinfected by Athir, and with the bloodthirsty potion used in advance, their combat effectiveness is not bad at this time.
If things continue at the current pace, with the help of the potions made by Athir, within a year, one of these four people may be able to activate the seed of life and become a formal knight.
Having made up his mind, Athir walked towards the gate.
After walking all the way to the hall, he gave a few instructions to the servant beside him and then sat aside.
After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside.
Under Athir's gaze, the four people of Xidem, wearing black tights, quickly walked in front of Athir.
"Sir, you're looking for us?"
Walking up to Athir, the four of them bowed their heads respectfully.
"I'm going to go out tomorrow."
Looking at the four people in front of him, Athir's eyes became a little gentler and he asked them.
As soon as these words were spoken, the four people below were startled and couldn't help but look up at Athir.
"It may take a while to go out this time. In addition to a few followers, I plan to choose two of you four to go out with me."
Sitting on a wooden chair, he looked at the four people in front of him and spoke.
"Sir, I am willing to follow you!" As soon as the words fell, a firm and loud voice rang out.
Standing in front of Athir, Xidem looked at Athir with a firm expression and spoke.
"Sir, I am willing too." Another softer voice sounded at the same time.
She was an ordinary-looking girl with red hair, who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was looking at Athir's face quietly, and her expression looked serious and solemn.
This girl was discovered by Athir accidentally in the wild. She was the daughter of a wanderer and her name was Lati.
In Athir's opinion, she was somewhat similar to Sisti whom he had known before, with the same red hair and similar temper.
At the side, the voices of two other people were also heard, and they all expressed their willingness to leave with Athir.
Sitting on the wooden chair, listening to the words of the four people below, Athir's expression did not change: "Sydem, Lati, you two come with me."
"El, after I leave, you will be responsible for leading the guards in the manor and guarding the entire manor."
He turned to look at the oldest knight apprentice and spoke to him.
Under Athir's gaze, the middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties nodded quickly.
As for the last knight apprentice, he was arranged by Athir to be the deputy of the manor guard.
After giving these instructions, he called Sid, Ariel and others and gave them some instructions.
After finishing all this, Athir turned around and returned to the previous laboratory.
By the next day, as the entourage began to gather, more than a dozen horses had been pulled out of the stable.
These horses were naturally not originally owned by the manor, but were gifts from the surrounding nobles during this period.
Even though he actually wanted to kill more mutant monsters, on the surface, he still accepted the reward.
If the nobles in this area, including Thor, want to ask Athir for help, they will give him rewards as a reward afterwards. The horses in front of us are one of the harvests during this period.
After a while, they mounted their horses and slowly walked out along the simple road outside.
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More than half a month later.
Thin raindrops gently spread on the earth, wetting the earth and bringing bursts of chill.
A group of people were traveling on a difficult path.
"It looks like the rain is going to get heavier."
Riding on the road, feeling the changes around him, Athir looked at Sidru beside him and said, "Sidru, is there a place ahead where we can take shelter from the rain for the night?"
"I'm sorry, sir..."
At the side, feeling the breeze blowing around him and barely controlling the horse under him, Sidru said, "The map does not record the terrain of this area in detail."
"But there are some relatively intact roads here. According to common sense, there should be some abandoned villages or post stations ahead."
He hesitated for a moment before speaking to Athir.
Listening to his words and looking at the sky, Athir nodded: "It's still early before dark, and it looks like it will take some time for the rain to get heavy. Let's go a little further."
Listening to Athir's words, the guards around him nodded and rode their horses carefully, looking at the road ahead.
Among the crowd, Sidru and Lati seemed to be more reluctant to ride horses.
Before being discovered by Athir himself, they were all commoners or even slaves. They had no access to precious things like horses, so it was naturally impossible for them to ride horses.
However, during the time at the manor, in addition to the knight's breathing method, Athir also arranged for people to teach them how to ride horses. After more than half a month of practice and bumps, the knight apprentices have almost mastered it with their physical fitness, but they are still relatively clumsy compared to others.
After riding for a while, an hour later, some traces of human activities began to appear in the distance.
There was even a conspicuous sign on the roadside with some words engraved on it.
"Kulu Town?"
Standing on the road and looking at the sign, Athir frowned slightly.
The sign in front of him was very large, and the words on it were written in the language of this area. They had been parsed by the chip, so Athir recognized them.
However, what made Athir frown was that the words on the sign were not only written crookedly, but also appeared a dark red color, like dried blood.
The overall look and feel is as if someone had written these words on it with their own blood, carrying an inexplicable meaning.
"Composition testing completed...98.8% is human blood..." The voice of the chip machine sounded in my mind.
"Let's keep going."
Looking at the sign in front of him for a long time, Athir spoke again and walked forward with the people around him.
Not long after we walked, a small town came into view in the distance.
"Sir, this town..." After walking for a while, Sidham's hesitant voice sounded in his ears.
He looked at the town ahead and said hesitantly, "This place seems a little weird."
"It's too quiet..." At this time, Lati on the side also said: "And... it's too clean."
On the side, listening to what the two of them said, several guards nodded in agreement, looking at the town in front of them with the same look of surprise and doubt in their eyes.
(End of this chapter)