Chapter 187: Chapter 187 Stuart Manor

Translator: 549690339

The luxurious carriage that the newcomers were riding in had an interior space of over twenty square meters.

Six people could sit inside without feeling cramped, the space was spacious and comfortable, and there was plenty of room in the middle aisle to move about.

Thus, when this peculiar egg-shaped object fell into the carriage, there was plenty of ‘room for maneuvering’.

A slight hesitation  would lead to a pollution disaster.

The vulture perched on top of the carriage couldn’t prevent the egg-shaped object from entering the carriage due to the suddenness of the incident, and immediately relayed the information to its master.

Currently assisting in a nearby battle was Kenny, the second platoon leader of the Behemoth Knight Group.

Upon hearing the urgent news brought by the vulture, he instantly turned into a fleeting shadow with his scimitar in hand, and rushed back to the carriage.

This egg-shaped object wasn’t just any trivial thing… it was an Evil Heart that had already birthed some form of consciousness, possessing strong contaminating power on its own.

It was in the midst of the mist that someone covertly targeted the ‘weak’ inside the carriage, finding a gap to throw this heart in.

Once the pollution spreads, causing all ‘weaklings’ to be infected, it will disintegrate the human army from within.

This suggests that these evils possess some sort of intelligence.

“These rookies are going to be a pain in the ass for the upcoming training if they get infected!”

Kenny, who arrived first, reached out to open the carriage door. Just as he was preparing to quickly execute the Evil Heart inside, he paused.

The so-called Evil Heart had already been smashed into pieces by a hammer, and the remnants of contamination were frozen by various small chunks of ice.

All of this was due to the collaboration between ‘Blacksmith Winry’ and ‘Magician Dumps’.

Winry, who had been holding a hammer the whole time due to anxiety.

When the egg-shaped object fell onto the carriage, she had no time to think and simply smashed down with her hammer!

A ‘cracking sound’ could be heard from inside the egg-shaped object.

As though the protective layer couldn’t withstand this huge power, the whole thing shattered, the egg-like object was smashed into pieces  granted, it did strike a dent into the robust metal floor of the carriage.

The scattered remnants of the shattered egg-like object also had contaminating properties.

However, just when these shattered remnants were about to release the pollutant, Dumps had already turned his unique metal magic book to a certain page.

A cold aura emanated from between the pages, instantly freezing the remnants. The potentially dangerous situation was defused.

“These rookies  they’re not bad.”

What caught the attention of Platoon Leader Kenny wasn’t the cold aura that froze the pollution.

But rather, he was particularly interested in the dent left by the hammer on the floor of the carriage.

The carriages used for out-of-town trips are made with a special alloy material containing 50% copper.

Moreover, a magic array for reinforcement is set up in the inner layer, which can withstand the attacks and collisions from powerful Oddities, ensuring the safety of the passengers.

Not to mention the apprentice knights, even some formal knights would have to put in some effort to damage the carriage.

This blacksmith Winry, when she smashed the ‘Evil Heart’ with a hammer, she left a dent on the carriage floor  her strength was at the level of a qualified Crusader knight.

“You all stay in the carriage, Deputy Leader Heidler has set off. With her ‘Earth Sense’ ability, she will quickly find the mastermind controlling these evils.”

“Alright, Captain Kenny!”

Sure enough.

In less than ten minutes, the fog dispersed gradually from the forest.

The skeleton evils that surged like a tide also slowly retreated back to the forest, returning to where they belonged.

From deep within the forest, a giant python slithered out.

Riding on the python was Deputy Leader Heidler, who was holding a skull that shimmered with a silver metallic sheen in her hand, dotted with some regular circles.

Captain Abe started to educate everyone again:

“It should be a relatively high-ranking Evil.”

Due to the high concentration of aura in the burial ground, coupled with the peculiar nature of the bones, the person might have been a talented individual in life  Under the nourishment of high-concentration evil aura, such an advanced Evil was born.

It would be quite difficult for us to deal with it.

From what we have experienced, this forest should be under its control.”

Han Dong nodded, “Indeed, even if it is classified as ‘low rank’, there is still a difference in strength.”

Abe evaluated the previous incident:

“Having said that, it was lucky that Dumps acted promptly._

If the pollution had spread, affecting any of us, our subsequent actions would have been hindered.

Winry, try adjusting your mentality and relax a little.”

“I’m sorry! I was too nervous!” Winry realized that she had been too reckless, smashing the egg body, causing fragments to scatter.

Unexpectedly, Han Dong spoke up for Winry:

“You did a good job  If you had waited even a second longer, a large number of evil eyes would have opened on the surface of the egg, causing ‘visual pollution’ to all of us.

Moreover, I could see that there was a protective layer inside the egg body, which probably wouldn’t be easy to kill.

But it didn’t expect to be shattered by your hammer blow.”

“Ah! Is that so? Thank you, Vice Captain!”

Winry was very happy, showing a cute smile at Han Dong before returning to her seat.

Abe suddenly asked, “Nicholas, can you see through the structure of this polluted egg body?”

“Mmm  The Evil egg we saw just now can be divided into three layers.

The outer protective layer, the middle pollution layer, and the inner core layer.

The moment it landed on the ground, the internal core immediately activated, and a large amount of pollution seeped from the inside to the outside, attempting to express itself through ‘eyes’ on the outer layer.”

“Impressive!”

As the grandson of Captain Kaimon, Abe naturally had some special treatment.

When the Behemoth Knight Group was conducting small-scale outings, the captain would always ask them to bring along his extraordinarily talented grandson.

He had secretly followed the Knight Group out of the city many times, making him one of the most ‘experienced’ among the newcomers.

But Abe had never heard of anyone who could see through the structure of life outside the city at a glance.

This Raven student’s secret is more terrifying than he imagined.

The team continued on.

The latter part of the journey was unobstructed.

The ‘campsite’ – Stuart Manor had been reached.

Although it was a manor, it looked more like a small town.

Among the overgrown farms, various strangely shaped scarecrows stand,

The streets paved with random stones connected the farms to the town,

A mini town included in the large manor with abandoned houses, bars, blacksmith shops, monasteries and other buildings.

Through this series of dilapidated buildings, one can still see the prosperity of the mini town in the past.

This proves that before the Dark Age, many people lived a beautiful self-sufficient life under the protection of the Great Lord Stuart.

Go deeper along the stone path, bypassing a cemetery, to reach a hill.

A dark castle belonging to Great Lord Stuart stands on the hill.