Corpses, corpses everywhere.

Finally breaking into the deepest hall of the bunker, the team suddenly bumped into this bloody scene.

In addition to the stench of green-skinned goblins, the human remains mixed in with the monster corpses and clad in black heavy full-body armor were particularly glaring.

The dead were not adventurers, bounty hunters, but the Dark Knights, priests who believed in the Dark King Bane.

"One, two, three...... I'll count...... Hey, it seems that there are more than ninety corpses, so doesn't that mean that the Dark Knights are wiped out in this hall? The little wanderer wandered back and forth among the corpses, and it took a long time to shake his head and walk back, and said, "This is too miserable, more than ninety elite temple guards, even if they are heroic professionals, it will take a lot of effort to clear them all." ”

Hearing this, the half-orc warrior 'Gollum' trembled his sturdy body, and said with a frightened face: "There shouldn't be some terrible monsters lurking in the hall, right?" ”

As he spoke, the orcs couldn't help but look around in a panic.

Syllable.

The female druid Doreen directly gave the big man a shock and scolded: "Think more with your brain, instead of speculating from other people's words." ”

"Oh." Gollum covered the back of his head aggrievedly.

"None of these dead Dark Knights have any external injuries."

Charles didn't have time to pay attention to the jokes of this group, and as soon as he entered the hall, he crouched in front of a corpse, his eyes swept over the joints of the knight's body, and pursed his lips: "If it is a monster, if you want to sweep these elite knights, it is impossible for the corpse to remain intact." ”

"You mean...... Other powers? Malthus and the black-robed mage narrowed their eyes.

"Yes." Charles slowly stood up as he pulled out a spare longsword from his backpack space, straining his hand. With a sword, he snatched away the corpse's black helmet.

"Clang"

The helmet rolled down the hard, cold, bloodstained floor. A screeching sound was made.

Malthus, Doreen, and Squirrel looked at the corpse's exposed head. Everyone was solemn.

Mummy.

The human corpse hidden in the heavy armor was actually shriveled like a desert corpse, covered in skin and bones, without a trace of moisture and blood in the skin.

"It's so rich in negative energy...... Charles' nose twitched a few times, and at the same time, a hint of realization flashed in his eyes, but he said to Malthus and the others: "They may have been ambushed by other evil creatures, so the whole army was destroyed." ”

"Other evil creatures?" The black-robed mage subconsciously glanced at Charles a few more times. "If the withered one were here, even if he was ambushed by a powerful being, he wouldn't be so miserable...... So, this group of Dark Knights has separated from the Blighters? This underground ruin is too complicated, and it is not impossible for them to separate......"

"Well, after we broke through the Boulder Fortress, the Blighter's coordinates were no longer updated." Doreen nodded, "Perhaps, this bunker is just a front for the Blighters to escape. She might have another secret way to escape......"

A few people in the team, you say a word, I say a word. I didn't know that my thinking was deliberately led into a misunderstanding.

Charles watched quietly as the team was discussing.

He has information that Marlene and Malthus don't know, and when the intelligence is not equal, it is not difficult to hide it from them.

It was none other than the Dark Knights, let alone an evil creature, who killed the Dark Knights, the Dark Knights' commander himself, the fallen druids, the Blighters, and Alyssa.

As for why Alyssa killed her subordinates, Charles also had a more accurate guess.

These speculations are based on the fact that Alyssa did not really submit to the dark priest Isaac and do things for him. Nor is Alyssa's faith in the Dark King Bane.

She has a handle in Isaac's hands, so she is not allowed to serve the darkness. Unlike die-hard loyalists like the Transfiguration Warlock and Terror Captain Bach, Charles felt that he could win over Alyssa and help him crush Isaac's plot. So that two people can get what they want.

The hall was spacious, and even though it was full of corpses, there was still plenty of room for the team to recuperate.

After some discussion, both Malthus and Doreen agreed that the team should not be reckless and continue their quest, primarily because the unknown evil was too dangerous.

Secondly, the passages of this hall can be described as extending in all directions, octagonal polygonal halls, and each wall is chiseled with dark bottomless passages. Of course, if you count the secret passages hidden in the mouth of the dragon statue, there are a total of nine passages in the hall. Malthus and the others were worried about which passage to take, because they had strayed into the wrong area, and those ancient traps that had not been triggered could wipe out hundreds or thousands of times.

"Six people separate, each person explores a passage, remember not to go too far, the first time every fifteen minutes, come back to gather, the second time is 30 minutes, and then add up in turn......"

Malthus quickly settled on a not-so-cumbersome approach, splitting up and rewarding at regular intervals. In the case of other players and aborigines following behind, this can only save time, if you gather a team to explore one passage at a time, there is simply not enough time.

"Charles, I'll take this passage, you go over there."

Charles and the little wanderer were at the end of the line, and only two flickering figures remained in the hall, and the sound of footsteps faded into the eastern passage.

Charles didn't move, but stood alone in the hall, waiting for about seven or eight minutes before starting to walk towards the giant dragon-shaped statue.

The dragon's mouth was open against the platform, and it looked pitch black inside, but Charles smelled the familiar withering scent.

That's the smell of Alyssa, and I'm afraid that only a priest with a keen sense like him can catch the traces of a heroic druid. The Malthusians were unaware of the evil aura that remained, and certainly did not know that there was a secret door hidden here.

"Alyssa......" Charles did not pull out the emblem to prepare the magic, but instead pulled out an unused scroll and activated the relict brooch that had been placed in the inventory and fastened to his left chest.

Swish.

The priest's face and body suddenly became distorted and blurred, and after only a second or two, Ron, the dark priest who had strangely disappeared from the world and had not been heard from had reappeared.

"Use the Scroll. Detection of the secret door] successful. ”

Tearing open the scroll and allowing the magical light to spread out from the stone platform, the dark priest in black sacrificial robes just stared at the open dragon's mouth.

Sure enough, when the magical energy flowed through, there was really a flickering door in the shadows, as if it had been grabbed from the void by a mysterious force, imprisoned in the material world, and gradually became solid.

When the secret door became real, Charles stepped forward and pushed it open, and the figure disappeared with the secret door.

When Ron the Dark Priest appeared, Malthus, Doreen, and Gollum, who were carefully exploring several passages, all received a system prompt.

"Ding, attention, [Hunt 'Dark Priest Ron'] quest information has been updated."

"Ding, warning, less than 100 meters from the target."

"Ding, the target is gone."

The message prompt came suddenly, and it was silent and inexplicable.

“BUG？”

When Malthus saw the message, he thought that there was a hero leader hidden in the passage he was in, and who knew that within a few seconds, the prompt that the target disappeared followed.

As agreed, when encountering this sudden system news, except for Charles, all five members of the team turned around and returned to the hall.

"What about the Charles?"

The crowd gathered and discussed for several minutes, but Charles did not return. Doreen grabbed the little wanderer who was walking at the end with the priest and asked, "Is there anything unusual about you staying behind?" ”

"No, no." "When I left, the Charles was quiet, yes, it's quiet......"

"Quiet?" After being reminded by the wanderer, Malthus was a little stunned, and since entering the hall, except for the first few words, the priest was so quiet that there was no sense of existence.

It's weird.

"He wouldn't have realized that the Dark Priest was lurking nearby, would he?" The orc warrior slammed his hand and exclaimed, "The priesthood must be able to sense the priesthood. Maybe these dark knights were killed by the dark priest. ”

"Why, why did the Dark Priest kill a group of Dark Knights, wasn't this Ron Priest in the Valley of Twilight yesterday, how did he appear in the ruins of the Rift Valley today......"

Doreen rubbed her long blonde hair with both hands and muttered irritably, "Dark Priest Isaac...... Dark Priest Ron...... Corpse...... What's the connection? ”

The black-robed mage lowered his head slightly, and his eyes under the hood of the robe were also full of thoughts.

Charles, who left the hall, naturally did not know that his teammates had broken their hearts for him. Even if he knew, he was helpless, because he had to walk on his own for the rest of the road.

The oppression brought to him by the Pale Lord Druw grew stronger.

Demon believers are approaching.

Malthus and the others followed him on their quest, only to suffer for no reason and be killed by the necromancer. Players would rather die at the hands of powerful monsters than be toyed with by treacherous necromancers. The reason for this is simple: once killed by a necromancer, the soul does not simply return to the altar to be resurrected.

"Da, da, da......"

Behind the secret door was an empty garden promenade, and the sound of Charles' boots trampling on the ground echoed.

Squinting his eyes and looking around vigilantly, he walked forward about a dozen steps, and the slender figure in the garden suddenly came into view, which made Charles stop in his tracks.

The underground garden is full of withered and decayed plants, devoid of magical light, and without servants, ordinary plants cannot survive long ago.

However, there were several strange empty cages in the garden, and the shadow was standing in front of one of them, bowing her head and thinking.

"Alyssa." Charles spoke up.

"Ron?"

The awakened degenerate immediately turned his head to gaze, and ripples rippled in his usually indifferent gray pupils, "Why are you here?" ”

"It's a long story." The Dark Priest chuckled, "I've been following you all the way. (To be continued......)