Planting an immortal tree in the wizarding world

Chapter 135 Fierce Battle in the Forest!
Ronan and Lyon chatted about the border as they sped toward the southeastern province.

The horse's hooves whizzed through the air, kicking up dust along the way.

Throughout the journey, Ronan kept an eye out for any traces on the road.

Whether using the naked eye, or divine sense and the primordial chaos, no trace of a large-scale military march could be found on the road.

'Isn't this the route they're taking?'

'Or did the Fleming family never intend to raise an army or participate in the Kingdom's Tournament, but instead choose to remain holed up in the southeastern provinces?'

Ronan was puzzled.

Of course, Ronan wasn't the only one paying attention to the traces.

Lyon also noticed this and raised the same question as Ronan.

After about a day, the two finally arrived in the Southeast Province.

Even the two horses modified by the wizard couldn't withstand a day without rest.

If Ronan hadn't used his healing powers on the two horses along the way, they probably would have collapsed and vomited.

Both men were considered important figures in the southeastern province.

So Ronan took out a basic transformation potion and had his Leon take it.

When Lyon saw this basic transformation potion, he couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

Although he was only a knight, he knew that this kind of potion was a contraband in the kingdom.

If someone were to secretly possess it, they would be sentenced to death.

He had no idea what Ronan had gone through in Triumph City that allowed him to obtain such a potion.

The two took a transformation potion, changed their appearance, and entered the Southeast Province from a fortress.

The soldiers guarding the fortress asked the two men about their purpose in entering the Southeast Province.

The two had already prepared their explanation, and after paying some toll, they were able to enter the Southeast Province smoothly.

After entering the southeastern province, Ronan and Lyon rode their horses toward the Redwood Territory.

Along the way, they saw that the customs and traditions of the southeastern provinces remained unchanged.

The manors continued to operate, the markets remained open, and tenant farmers worked on the farmland.

There was absolutely no indication that they intended to rebel or wage war.

Ronan and Lyon entered the Redwood Territory and sped to their home city.

Compared to Triumph City, this city seems much smaller and simpler, but since it is the residence of a baron, it is clean.

Ronan and Lyon went inside and headed towards the castle where they lived.

The castle is a five-story building topped with a dark blue brick spire.

The effects of the transformation serum hadn't worn off, and Ronan and Leon still looked like strangers.

When they arrived at the castle, they were immediately stopped by the castle guards.

"Who are you?" the guard asked, blocking Ronan and Leon's path.

“We are from the Tours family and we wish to see Baron Layton,” Ronan said.

The Tours family, like the Lawrence family, is a noble family in the Southeast Province and is also in the middle ranks, but the Tours family is slightly more powerful than the Lawrence family.

Upon hearing Ronan reveal his origins, the guards dared not delay and immediately ran into the castle.

A short while later, a middle-aged man wearing black leather armor came out.

Ronan and Lyon both recognized him; he was their uncle, Durand Lawrence.

"Hey, gentlemen, may I ask your names?"

Durren Lawrence smiled broadly and addressed the two men.

"Port Tour"

“Sedin Tour”.

The two men each named two members of the younger generation of the Tours family.

Anyway, they knew that although their family knew about the Tull family, their father had only seen the Tull family patriarch at a very few public gatherings.

However, no one had ever seen the younger generation of the Tours family.

After drinking the transformation potion, they turned themselves into brown-haired individuals.

The Tours family happens to have brown hair.

The family members only knew that the Tull family had brown hair, but they had no way of recognizing the others.

After they gave their names, their Uncle Durren recalled that this generation of the Tull family did indeed have these two names.

Upon hearing this, Duren smiled and said, "I wonder what business you two have with my brother? I can pass on your message."

Ronan asked, "Where is Baron Layton?"

Duren said, "Baron Layton is currently assisting his third son with his knightly training and cannot receive guests for the time being. Please understand."

Ronan pretended to ponder for a moment, then gave Leon a wink, and the two left.

"Neither Father nor Bran are in the castle."

After walking a distance away, Ronan transmitted his voice.

With his current divine sense, he could completely cover this castle.

And the castle did not possess any magic that could block divine consciousness.

He sensed everything inside the castle.

Lyon assumed this was the work of a wizard and didn't ask any further questions.

He thought for a moment and then said, "Could it be that Father and Bran both left with the Fleming family?"

After a pause, he immediately said, "Let's go see if our troop strength has decreased."

Immediately, Ronan and Lyon went to several knightly lords affiliated with Redwood County to visit their lords.

After wandering around, they discovered that the lords of those knightly territories were nowhere to be found.

Ronan scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately knew that the lord was not in the castle.

“My father and the others must have been forced to send troops by the Fleming family,” Ronan said.

"But why are there no signs of an army marching along the road?" Lyon pondered.

Logically, once troops are deployed, supplies and provisions should be transported by carts, leaving very obvious traces on the road.

"It's possible they're using storage artifacts to operate military equipment."

An idea popped into Ronan's mind, and he said:

"Then, the other knights and wizards will most likely disperse and head towards Triumph City."

"We will gather again when we arrive in Triumph City."

Immediately, the two discussed it and then mounted their horses, galloping back towards Triumph City.

……

The Kingdom of Valant, Central Province.

Layton Lawrence and Bran Lawrence, along with the four men, were dressed in casual clothes and running along a road.

Among the other four, one was a member of the Fleming family.

The others were knights forcibly conscripted by the Fleming family.

Since they were conscripted, they had a general idea of ​​what the Fleming family was up to.

They considered refusing when they were forcibly conscripting him.

At that moment, I also thought about running away.

The Fleming family sent a knight to look after them.

If they join forces, they can definitely kill this knight.

However, when the Fleming family forcibly conscripted them, they threatened them with their own people.

They are all important figures in their families and have a very strong sense of family.

If they refused to send troops and claimed to have fled en route, the Fleming family would send wizards to slaughter their entire clan.

Just as Ronan had guessed, the Fleming family members guarding them carried a storage artifact. Inside were their armor and weapons.

We will only take it out for them when they need it.

These past few days, Layton and Bran secretly discussed something while the Fleming family members were away.

They felt that they must not run away when they arrived at the gathering place.

Because once they arrive at the gathering place, the Fleming family will most likely take a headcount, and if they leave, it will implicate the entire Lawrence family.

Their best chance to escape was after the war began.

However, they are at war with the royal family, and it's uncertain whether they can escape undetected while in the ranks.

……

Augustus V devised a plan to lure his family to Triumph City through a royal tournament.

His plan was to ambush the enemy when the other families sent out their troops.

However, the head of the Fleming family, Youssef Fleming, turned the tables on this plan.

He took advantage of the fact that wandering knights, bards, and people from all walks of life across the country were heading towards Triumph City.

He had his knights and wizards dressed in ordinary clothes and blend into the crowd heading towards Triumph City, making it impossible for the royal spies to find out where his army was.

He himself was so well hidden that no one could possibly discover him.

In this way, Dolipha Augustus was unable to know his whereabouts for the time being, and could not attack him midway.

Meanwhile, heading towards Triumph City were necromancers from various strongholds of the Kingdom of Valant, as well as another family that had conspired with the Fleming family in rebellion.

……

A day later, Layton and Bran's six-man team encountered another ten-man team.

At this point, they were not far from Triumph City.

As long as the troops slowly assemble, war may break out at any moment.

Both members of the Fleming family brought out armor and weapons and made them put them on.

Because the troops are about to assemble, and once assembled, they may have to fight the royal family, at which point they won't have time to put on their armor.

Soon, they put on their armor and took up their weapons.

Layton was wearing silver plate armor; he was tall and imposing, and he held a broadsword in his hand.

Bran was tall and slender, with arms longer than average, and he was very agile in his movements.

He was wearing chainmail, which offered low defense but improved mobility.

This suits his agile swordsmanship perfectly.

In addition to the cross-shaped sword he held in his hand, he also had a short sword in a leather sheath at his waist.

He had practiced left-handed swordsmanship, and this short sword was positioned at his right waist, making it easy for him to draw with his left hand and slit his opponent's throat unexpectedly.

Of these sixteen men, two had just donned their armor and picked up their weapons when they suddenly sprang into action, brandishing sharp swords and charging towards the two Fleming family members.

These two members of the Fleming family were also knights.

Moreover, they only put on their own armor after distributing it to other knights.

At that moment, two knights suddenly charged at them before they had even finished putting on their armor.

Clang!
Just as the two suddenly enraged knights were about to bring their swords down on the Fleming family members.

The other two knights blocked their attacks for the Fleming family members.

"You're insane! If they die, our entire family will be wiped out!"

The knight who blocked the attack shouted.

The two knights who had suddenly sprang to their feet showed despair on their faces:
"Do you know what we are about to face? The royal family, the wizards!"

"We're going, but we'll surely die!"

The Fleming family members, now fully armored, were watching the two knights.

One of them had a confident smile on his face: "You won't die."

"With a great battle imminent, I will now reveal the strength of our family to you."

“Our family, in addition to having the Necromancers as our support, also has the assistance of two other families from the Seven Great Wizarding Families.”

"The kingdom's legendary wizard Dolifa was injured in the last battle against the Necromancers and was unable to exert his full strength."

"It's safe to say that we are absolutely certain of victory this time!"

“Once the clan chief ascends the throne, you will be the founding heroes.”

"The territory and resources you will gain afterward will be incomparable to what you have now!"

These were the words that Youssef had instructed them to say.

The purpose was to boost the morale of the knights as they regrouped and were about to arrive at Triumph City.

Upon hearing what the Fleming family members said, some of the dozen or so people, including knights, had a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Layton and Bran exchanged a glance, both knowing that neither would budge.

They won't bravely charge forward just because of what the Fleming family said.

After saying this, the Fleming family led the group toward Triumph City, intending to join the other teams.

After walking for a while, the ruby ​​rings on the hands of the two Fleming family members both began to flash red.

A wizard is approaching!

The Fleming family members, their faces showing vigilance, quickly issued orders:

"Spread out, form ranks, and watch out for the wizard!"

Layton, Bran, and the others immediately gripped their swords with both hands and dispersed in different directions.

This was the strategy they had agreed upon on the way here to deal with the wizard.

They were facing different directions in order to see which direction someone was coming from.

The first person to discover it can issue an early warning.

The reason for spreading out the positions is to prevent large-scale witchcraft by wizards.

"This way!"

"There's some here too!"

Soon, several knights from the southeast and northwest issued a warning.

They saw a person dressed in a wizard's robe rushing towards them like a whirlwind.

"Move, lest you be struck by witchcraft!"

The Fleming family shouted.

Immediately, Layton, Bran, and the others sprang into action, moving through the forest. The figures of the knights were sometimes obscured by tree trunks, but they still maintained a certain formation.

This time, Yusuf recruited knights of silver rank or higher.

Among these sixteen people, the one with the lowest knight level is Bran, who just broke through to the late Silver rank a few days ago.

These sixteen people all possess extremely strong initiative and teamwork skills.

While maintaining their formation, they all headed in one direction.

That direction is where the main force is gathering.

If the main force were to regroup, they might encounter the Fleming family wizards.

In this way, their chances of survival would be much greater.

Soon, they could see what the two wizards looked like.

Both wizards were very young, in their early twenties, and wore contemptuous smiles on their faces.

They rushed closer and then both pointed their wands forward.

Instantly, a fireball shot out from the tip of their wands, heading straight for their formation.

boom!
The fireball, which was originally only the size of a fist, grew to the size of a head after crossing the void and crashed into their formation.

(End of this chapter)