After everyone had dispersed, Horn and the other two returned to Douglas' Carpenter Shop.
"I'm really exhausted. They're so much stupider than you two," Horn complained to Enoch and the other person. Then he plopped down on a chair, picked up a water cup, and gulped down a large mouthful of water. His throat was dry from talking non - stop all night.
Although Horn wasn't really complaining, there was always a smile on his face. He was in an extremely good mood because a wild - witch group of more than a dozen people was what he had always longed for.
Now, including Horn and the other two, there were eighteen people in this wild - witch group. Although after some time, all the wild witches except Horn and the other two would go to the God - Forsaken Land, Horn was still very satisfied.
As long as Ian Parker and the others could establish themselves in the God - Forsaken Land with the knowledge given by Horn, the knowledge created by Old Douglas would take root there. Maybe one day it would really grow into a towering tree!
This towering tree would bring earth - shattering changes to Ceylon, and Horn was very much looking forward to it.
Horn felt a bit disappointed that he couldn't personally participate in this great change, but his teacher was here, so he didn't want to go anywhere.
One day passed. Early that morning, Horn got out of bed and went for a stroll on the street. He had some ideas he wanted to put into practice, so he went out to buy some materials.
But Horn suddenly noticed that the atmosphere on the street was different today. It was obviously much more oppressive.
All the hooligans on the street had disappeared. From time to time, North Wind Knights could be seen patrolling, and even the city guards, who usually didn't do much work, were standing at their posts.
Listening to the gossip of the aunts on the street, just last night, two gangster groups that had been entrenched in the Black Street for many years were wiped out by the North Wind Knights.
Actually, Horn felt a bit sorry for those two gangster groups. There were no extraordinary beings among them, so they always kept a low profile in Leen City and couldn't afford to offend even slightly more powerful organizations.
But even so, they were often casually harmed by passing extraordinary beings. For example, when Horn saved Enoch some time ago, a gang had more than a dozen of its members killed by a passing wizard. In fact, if these two gangs hadn't been constantly recruiting new members, they would have gone out of business long ago...
The changes in Leen City weren't just limited to the gangsters being wiped out. The family of the mayor of Leen City, who had been traveling outside, also came back to handle the city's affairs. One really couldn't imagine how he could face the fact that his entire family had been killed by wizards...
This feeling that something big was about to happen made Horn a bit uneasy. Those wild witches would leave Leen City in a dozen days. Would the changes in Leen City have any adverse effects on their journey to the God - Forsaken Land?
Feeling uneasy, Horn grabbed a passing poor North Wind Deacon. After Enoch used illusion to bewitch him, they got the information they wanted.
The Holy Maiden of the North Wind God Church had come!
This was indeed a big deal. There were more than a hundred cities, large and small, within the sphere of influence of the North Wind God Church, and Leen City was just a medium - sized one.
The Holy Maiden was nominally the second - in - command of the North Wind Church, only second to the Pope!
With the arrival of the Holy Maiden, there couldn't be any visible filth in Leen City!
After learning this news, Horn breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the martial law in Leen City wasn't aimed at them wild witches, it was okay.
Rather than worrying about the arrival of the Holy Maiden here, Horn might as well think about what new things he should teach those wild witches in two days.
After all, a big shot like the Holy Maiden and Horn and the others were simply not on the same level. Their lives would never intersect.
One was high above, and the other was looking up from the mud.
The North Wind Knight vaguely said that there seemed to be another big event, but it was some distance away from Leen City, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so Horn didn't pay much attention.
After the investigation, Horn and Enoch went back for breakfast.
Old Douglas seemed to be in a good mood these days. He added extra dishes to their meals every time. He smiled during meals and wasn't as strict with them as usual.
It was worth mentioning that since Annie moved into Douglas' Carpenter Shop, Horn finally didn't have to do the dishes. Since Annie didn't need to do carpentry work, the task of doing the dishes in the family was all handed over to her.
As for cooking, Old Douglas originally intended to let Annie cook, but after eating the first meal she made, he changed his mind. He would take on this glorious, great, and arduous task of cooking himself. The little girl wasn't suitable for it.
Horn and Enoch whole - heartedly agreed with Old Douglas' decision. The food Annie cooked, well...
It's better not to describe it.
Horn had made some progress in researching illusions. In Horn's consciousness sea, at the position where the first - ring magic was branded, the seven - pointed star pattern magic array representing the illusion emitted a charming glow.
He could now easily drag people into the illusion. Except for being a bit unskilled, it seemed to be perfect.
The reason for saying "seemed" was that there was a rather embarrassing small problem with the illusion created by Horn.
To put it simply, if the realism of the environment was divided into four levels: movies, TV shows, cartoons, and stick figures,
then Enoch was now at the TV - show level, while Horn was at the level of a kindergarten child drawing with crayons.
When Horn asked Enoch about illusions, Enoch volunteered to experience Horn's illusion. He wanted to experience it and then point out his mistakes.
But as soon as Enoch entered the illusion, he started struggling. Relying on his familiarity with illusions, Enoch easily broke free from Horn's illusion. As soon as he broke free, he couldn't help but bend over and vomit. He vomited miserably...
In a sense, Horn's illusion actually had an advantage over Enoch's. At least Enoch's illusion only affected the spirit of the person being cast on and didn't harm the person's body,
while Horn's illusion...
Induced vomiting!
Disgusted by Enoch's vomit, Horn was determined to master illusions. He didn't know where he got a big, fat, white rat and fed it well to practice illusions.
However, Horn sadly found that it was effortless for him to put the rat into the illusion, but it was like a dream to make his illusion a normal environment!
Because after a day of practice, the rat lost weight!
Lost weight!
...
Late at night, three miles outside Leen City, in the mass grave.
This was the place where Leen City disposed of unclaimed bodies.
At this moment, a small team of North Wind Knights was patrolling here.
Every night, these North Wind Knights would come here to patrol once to prevent undead creatures from being born among the randomly buried bodies.
But they had been patrolling for a long time and had never seen any undead.
According to the old people in the team, five years ago, a weak undead was found here and was killed with a single sword. That was the only undead that had appeared in this cemetery in ten years.
As they were patrolling, a thick arm reached out from the soil!
The North Wind Knights were startled. Then, to their stupefaction,
a short and stocky figure crawled out of the ground!