Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 385 Aftermath
With a full-fledged knight leading the way and several squire knights following behind to finish off the monsters, Yarrow didn't need to worry about the monsters around him at all.

He maintained the Knight's Breathing Technique and took a break to drink the medicine to treat his external injuries, but the pain in his brain still did not subside.

Every second, with each heartbeat, the cerebral cortex seemed to expand, squeezing the skull, as if a wooden hammer was continuously pounding on the brain.

It hurts, I feel dizzy, and it's so uncomfortable!

"The body's drug resistance is getting stronger and stronger."

The erosion by the power of the abyss was happening faster than Yaro had predicted.

The purification potion works by repelling foreign energies in the body. However, after being repeatedly eroded by the power of the abyss, Yaro's body gradually adapted to the presence of the abyss power, and the effect of the purification potion was naturally greatly reduced.

While Yaro was still dizzy, Baron Claire had already led several squire knights to the entrance of the canyon.

He looked at the burning, stitched-together giant elephant, saw the now-filled trap, and noticed several patches of fresh blood at the entrance. He immediately jumped off his horse and charged forward, shouting, "You all stay here and guard!"

The canyon was now crowded with skeletons, making it inconvenient to enter while riding a mount.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The squires responded in unison.

Yaro mustered his strength, dismounted, and shouted, "I'll go with you!"

Claire had no time to pay attention to Yaro at this moment, and like a savage bull, she charged fiercely into the canyon.

When Yaro arrived and entered the canyon, he saw only debris everywhere and a few scattered skeletons with most of their bodies missing.

Yaro had no intention of getting entangled with these skeletons; he avoided them as much as he could and blocked them as much as he could, rushing forward anxiously.

"Please don't let anything happen! I promised to stay here for an hour!"

Yaro gritted his teeth and used three times the magic power to overcome the pain in his brain, successfully releasing the 'Dragon's Movement Technique'. His figure became ethereal, and his speed increased.

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

bump--!
A distinct muffled thud suddenly came from ahead, and the sound of Baron Claire's charge abruptly disappeared.

"what?"

As Yaro watched Claire's retreating figure, he slowed his pace and, using the torchlight in the canyon, peered ahead in surprise.

What's going on? Why are there no skeletons over there?
Also, why did Baron Claire stop?
Wait... isn't that the boy I just saved?
How did he...

"Liwai, Liwai! Wake up, Liwai!"

The boy's shrill sobs echoed through the canyon.

Beside him, several veterans were exchanging words with Baron Claire.

Yaro noticed the bloodstains on the surrounding skeletons, and also saw the skeletons stacked together and fixed in place. Through a few words he vaguely heard, he finally understood the reason for the death of the emaciated boy.

Undead creatures love to chase and kill living things. The boy used his own life as bait to make the undead creatures in front turn around and get entangled with the skeletons behind them, causing them to get stuck in the narrow canyon.

Yaro slowly walked to the side of the quiet boy who looked dazed. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a low voice, "I'm... sorry. It's my fault for not guarding the canyon well."

The quiet young man slowly raised his head, looked at the tall and imposing formal knight, and then at the mysterious and powerful demon hunter beside him.

“Witcher, it’s not your fault. You just went to eliminate a few particularly powerful monsters, and... you were only gone for a short while.”

"Indeed, Lord Witcher, this is the best destiny for us as men, as soldiers, as warriors."

He wiped his tears with his blood-stained sleeve, but the tears only flowed more and more, the blood and tears mixing together, staining his face like a big, messy cat.

A soldier... a teenage soldier?

That's true. They were the same group guarding the entrance to the canyon before, and many of them had already died then. Now, with only him dead, they've successfully stopped the skeleton army's advance.

Yaro pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Bang!

Baron Claire tapped his arm on his breastplate in a standard knightly salute and said solemnly, "My lord, thank you for your selfless protection!"

Through the explanations of veterans like Old Charles and Old Man Hunter, Baron Claire finally understood why Yaro was there.

"Thank you, Lord Yue, for your selfless protection!"

Several veterans standing nearby followed suit and saluted.

"Stop talking. From what you just said, the riots are getting worse, aren't they? You should go and rescue people!" Yaro waved his hand weakly and said wearily.

Perhaps because of his previous emotional ups and downs, or perhaps because of the aftereffects of the magic spell, Yaro felt utterly exhausted and had no energy left to ramble on.

……

After a while.

The wooden cabin on the side of the camp.

The candlelight flickered.

Yaro took out the skull mask from his spatial ring and swallowed all the purification potion inside.

The headache had lessened slightly, but he remained irritable. The effects of the magic spell were still present, and an unnamed rage was building up.

This situation is very abnormal!
Yaro had to find something to do to distract himself from this nameless rage.

He opened the system panel and looked at the total experience points.

[Personal Level LV22: 29766/32000]

While the efficiency of gaining experience points from eliminating skeletons isn't as high as from those undead worms the day before yesterday, with the accumulation of time, I'm still on the verge of leveling up.

Yaro thought of the female apprentice he had just met.

"Why did I become immobilized when she shouted 'Decree, freeze!' What kind of witchcraft is that? What principles does it follow?"

Yaro began to review the brief battle that had just taken place.

"Basically, all my powerful attacks require me to get close to the enemy, but while I'm getting close, the enemy can also easily attack me. At this point, if a 'pardon, freeze' order is suddenly issued, the consequences are self-evident!"

"Activating the fourth level of the Magic Strike Technique might allow me to forcefully defeat the enemy using the powerful inertia, but given my current physical condition, it's really not suitable for me to activate the Magic Strike Technique anymore."

How about accelerating the upgrade and designing a countermeasure?
Without even understanding how the trick worked, Yaro had no idea where to design his moves.

"Since that's the case... then we'll have to change our fighting style."

The main reason why Yaro had always maintained a melee combat style was to gain experience points, but against the so-called 'Miss Fox,' melee combat was tantamount to suicide.

Therefore, Yaro could only activate a backup method in advance.

It's firearms!

The gun's structural diagram was designed by Yaro when he was in the academy.

The problem now is making bullets.

(End of this chapter)