The night faded. The golden sunlight pierced the darkness and gave light to the earth.

Fang Qiuling raised his waist greatly in the face of the rising sun and started stretching. I didn't sleep all night. But it's still in good spirits.

In the wild morning, the air is exceptionally fresh...... Fresh ghost!

As soon as he walked out of the camp, he was about to take a slight walk, when the oncoming scene startled Fang Qiuling.

In fact, I had already seen this scene last night, but because of the darkness of the black light, I couldn't see it very clearly. In addition, the opponent is an undead, a ghoul with a skeleton of bones and a distorted face, so I subconsciously ignore it.

But now that the sky was already dawning, in broad daylight, the scene of corpses everywhere suddenly appeared in front of him, and Fang Qiuling immediately took a step back.

- What a sin.

The entrance to this camp was the entrance that Fang Qiuling was responsible for defending last night.

Directly in front of the eye on the left hangs a ghoul with half of his body cut off, looking a little creepy. This ...... I have the impression that last night this guy began to crawl from afar, and then got closer before he suddenly jumped out with a force, standard Voldemort. But it's useless, I've noticed it a long time ago, and it's over with a sword.

But this half of the body is gone, and the disembowelment is really unsightly, disgusting! A fire burned straight away!

Not...... The ghoul on the right doesn't look very good, not only has his hands and feet broken, but also has a lot of fire marks on his body, most of his body is burned, and he doesn't know where the fire came from. Ghouls are essentially free-moving corpses, but they are still dried corpses, and when burned, they smell incredibly choking. It's just a stinky three miles!

Take back the preface, let's dig a big pit and bury it all. The smell is unbearable when burned.

A few more steps ahead...... Forget it, let's go back to camp and nest.

If you look at a few more ghouls, you won't have to eat breakfast this morning!

It's the same sentence just now - what a sin!

"Thurik, you didn't train early this morning?"

Old Tom ran over sweating profusely, and he looked like he had just come back from a run.

"No, what's out there is really an obstacle. It's disgusting to watch, and I'm lazy today. ”

"Why didn't you feel disgusting when you cut it last night?"

"Who says it's not disgusting? It's just that I didn't have a choice at that time, no matter how disgusting it was, I had to cut it! ”

The undead are really ugly, except for some hardcore guys who like it and call it "dark art", most people actually can't accept it.

"Oh, yes, a question." Fang Qiuling turned around and walked back, "What happened to these bone shelves outside?" ”

"Processing?" Old Tom turned his strange gaze, "What to deal with?" ”

"Don't dig a pit and bury it? Or was it a fire? ”

"Of course not, not so much."

“…… Well, when I didn't ask. ”

Fang Qiuling's concept is to enter the soil for peace. Whether it is cremation or burial, it must eventually be buried in the ground. Even bones that have been used by the undead are no exception. However, if Elune didn't have this concept locally, then he wouldn't have taken the initiative to do it. After all, there is a big difference between talking and acting.

"How will it be arranged later?"

"How?"

Old Tom's words made Fang Qiuling put up a big question mark.

"I'll be back in a minute, or will I wait here?"

"Oh, what does that mean,......" Fang Qiuling thought for a moment, "I can't go back yet, and there are still places that haven't been confirmed." ”

"You mean Lianhe Castle?"

"Yes, we've already arrived here, and I can't say anything if I don't check it out with the castle."

Old Tom frowned, and then agreed: "It makes sense, it used to be half a day of horseback riding here. It's good to check it out. ”

Fang Qiuling added: "You can only go over and see, you can't go deep into the ancient castle. Even if you find a problem, you must leave immediately. If there are a lot of orcs hidden in the castle, we can't handle it. ”

"It's the same with hiding a lot of undead." Old Tom was impressed with the Dementors and Banshees from last night. Truth be told, he didn't want to run into such an enemy again. But he also knows very well that it is not up to him to decide whether to meet or not. He thought for a moment, and then asked, "What if there are a lot of undead hidden in the castle?" Did you escape? ”

"The undead are rarely active during the day. If you want to move during the day, you must at least use the dark flag, otherwise the suppression will be too great. The Dark Banner is obvious, Daddy, didn't you cut one off yesterday, it feels good. ”

Fang Qiuling didn't worry much about the undead, because he didn't plan to conduct an in-depth investigation of the ancient castle at all. Take a walk around the outside to see the situation, and if it's not dangerous, take a rough walk inside, and that's about it. Adventures into the castle or something are left to professional adventurers.

"Hey, hey!" Old Tom gave a thumbs up, "I like this job, and I will continue to give it to me next time." ”

This is a symbol of the highest honor of a soldier. When I was young, I couldn't fulfill this long-cherished wish in the Knights, and when I got old, I experienced it on the undead, which is very good!

"No problem." Fang Qiuling also gave a thumbs up, "That's right! He suddenly remembered the dark banner that had been cut down, "Daddy, where is the dark banner you fell?" Did you take it? ”

"I didn't take it, what did you do with this?"

"Broken things? That's a proper magic item! Where's the loss? ”

"I don't know, I guess it's still there. I'll look for it. ”

As he spoke, Old Tom ran out. It's true that he's a big boss, but he's been through several battles involving magic, and he also knows that magic items are a good thing. Having a magic item can definitely greatly increase your strength.

In a few moments old Tom returned. I saw him dragging a broken flag in one hand and a big wheel in the other.

"Thulick, it's not lost, it's all there. Help me see, how does this thing work? ”

The sound of the wheels turning alarmed more people. Ms. Moghley was the first to appear at the entrance to the camp.

"What are you doing?"

Most of the other magic materials used to make the Dark Banner contain negative energy, especially the energy storage crystals used to store negative energy as its core. The overflowing negative energy turned into a black mist visible to the naked eye, which gradually spread as Old Tom approached.

The aura of ominous negative energy is undoubtedly the greatest evil in the world in the eyes of the paladin. Miss Mogre was surprised, but she reacted quickly, and a rain of cyan light fell from the sky and enveloped Old Tom all around him

"Don't!"

"Don't!"

Fang Qiuling and Old Tom stopped at the same time, but the cyan light had already fallen.

Most of the black mist dissipated in an instant, and the dilapidated banner dragged by Old Tom directly melted away, turning into a bare flagpole.

"Mr. Haddna, I didn't expect you to fall into the company of darkness."

The crosssword came out of its sheath and pointed straight at Old Tom.

However, her actions were directly ignored by Fang Qiuling and Old Tom, and the two of them wailed in unison.

"It's over, it's over!"

"Hopefully there's something left!"

Fang Qiuling rushed forward, snatched the bare flagpole, and then quickly broke the flagpole into several sections, and found more than a dozen dark gems of different sizes from inside, but half of them were cracked. Then he kicked the skin on the outside of the big wheel again, reached in and fumbled with his hand, and soon pulled out a black crystal slightly smaller than a fist from the wheel.

Lady Mogre was already sluggish, and she didn't know whether to put down or hold the cross sword in her hand.

"Anything else?"

"Don't worry, I'm still looking for ...... Here, help smash this open. ”

"Great!"

With a click, the whole wheel was broken into four pieces by Old Tom.

Is this in the company of darkness? It's obviously "blaspheming" the darkness, okay! As for the question of how the darkness "blasphemes", let's put it aside for a while.

"This dark crystal looks good. I don't know if I can sell it for a hundred gold coins. ”

Old Tom took the largest black crystal and looked at it through the rising sun. He didn't know much about magical items, but he still knew a little bit about gems and stuff.

"Dark Crystal?" Fang Qiuling scoffed, "Dad, you're out of sight!" This is a magic crystal, depending on the size, it can be rated at least level seven, maybe level six is also possible. ”

Old Tom knows exactly how expensive the magic crystal is. Because Fang Qiuling had asked him not long ago.

"Oh! Oh! What about these ones? ”

"These pieces are broken and worthless. The others, this is black agate, this is black spirit, this is also black agate, this is black corundum...... Black corundum is the most expensive, with a price of 100 gold coins, and jewelers can grab their heads. For the other gems, each has 20 to 30 gold coins. Almost, I'm underestimating. It should be easy to shoot. ”

When looking for the magic crystal, Fang Qiu made up for his knowledge of jewelry, and then read a lot of books on this subject in Weiyang Palace. When it comes to gemstone valuation and identification, he currently has an expert level.

Several more similar gemstones were found. The Dark Banner is not so much a banner as it is a magical machine powered by a banner in the form of a display of power. Gems are nodes in a magical machine, and Magic Crystals are the central energy storage and transformation centers. There is also a control center that serves as the core of the magic machine...... Ah, found it!

Fang Qiuling picked up a seemingly ordinary piece from the wheel that had been dismantled into four pieces. The material of the fragments is not gold or wood, nor is it as crystal clear as jade, and it looks unremarkable. One side has a natural pattern, and the other side seems to be engraved with fine lines.

"Alas...... This thing is finished. ”

"What is this?"

"The core of the Dark Banner, the base plate engraved with the magic array." Fang Qiuling sighed and turned his gaze to Ms. Mogre, and Old Tom immediately understood, "This magic array base plate is made of the skin of a demonic beast, and the magic array engraved on it is very fine, no. Fortunately, it's just a dispel spell, not an attack spell, otherwise it probably won't be able to keep anything else. ”

Although he said that, in fact, Fang Qiuling didn't feel pity. Although it is not known the specific effect of the Dark Banner Magic Array, it can be guessed that it is related to negative energy. It is nothing more than negative energy accumulation, negative energy transformation, black fog, and so on. It is a magic array researched and developed by the undead in order to give full play to their own advantages.

If it's ruined, it's ruined. At least at this stage, Fang Qiuling couldn't think of anything that could be used.

As the cyan light rain fell, the other paladins in the camp were alarmed. The other three paladins ran over to take a look, and they were also a little dumbfounded.

—What is the situation, Mr. Hadner...... No, the Husky is demolishing the house?

"Everybody's here?" Old Tom walked over with a gem in his hand, "Come, come, come, see you have a share." ”

Each of the paladins present had a gem stuffed into their hands. After the circle was over, Old Tom looked at how many gems he still had in his hand, and decisively divided another circle.

At the end of the second round, there were only three gems left in his hand.

"Thurik, the dark crystal is yours, you keep it for yourself. The gems will not be given to you. ”

"Okay."

Fang Qiuling didn't raise his head, still rummaging. The big wheel has been torn to pieces.

"Borol, Borrol," said old Tom, who had searched around the camp before seeing the languishing caravan leader, "take these." ”

The three heavy gems fell into his hand, and even if he was not in good spirits, Raymond showed a look of surprise: "Mr. Hadner, this, this ......"

"The horses need to be replenished, the personnel must be pacified, and the carriages must be repaired. I don't know if that's enough. ”

"Enough, enough, absolutely enough!"

Raymond is a perennial dealer, and the price of gems is familiar. Fang Qiuling's valuation was underestimated, while Raymond's valuation was generally high, almost two to three times that of Fang Qiuling's valuation. Especially this kind of black and pure gemstone in the hand is definitely a rarity on the market.

The black gemstone sparkles in the hand. If it weren't for the actual cold touch, Raymond would have thought he was in a dream.

Don't look at the caravan of the runners, there are more than ten carriages in front and back, the scale is very large, but in fact, the amount of the transaction is not large. The goods of a carriage are generally worth about five gold coins, and if they are pulling grain or something, it may only be two or three gold coins.

A rough estimate of the three gems in his hand is that it is no problem to sell two hundred gold coins at a low price. If you don't rush to make a move and wait, four hundred gold coins is not impossible. That's enough to run two to four times, and this income doesn't have to cover the day-to-day expenses of running a business.

Before Raymond could recover his senses, several more gems fell into his hands.

"Mr. Raymond, please help me sell it on my behalf. The proceeds from the sale can be delivered directly to the temple. ”

Lady Mogre also threw the gem in her hand to Raymond, and the other two Notos paladins also gave the gem to Raymond when they saw it.

As for Lily, she is the paladin of Eros, and Erosis does not have a temple in Karthas, so she has to take it herself first.

"Yes, Ms. Mogley, no problem!"

Although it is sold on behalf of others, it is also oily and watery for sale. What's more, the quality of these gems is not low, and it is a good gift to make friends with lower-level nobles. You can also take the opportunity to sell gems to expand your network, so you can kill multiple birds with one stone!

"Shulick, did you find anything good?"

"It's gone...... Oh, and this flagpole is actually pretty good, made of obsidian. Do you want to play with it? It's nice to melt it and make it into a weapon. ”

"Okay, what's more?"

"And? Daddy, do you think the Dark Banner is a rotten street? This is a second-level power booster! ”

Fang Qiuling was not wrong at all. The Dark Banner can indeed be divided into second-level powers, especially when it is used to create the underworld with the artifact Dark Skycanopy.

"What else?"

"What else, what else...... It seems that there really is. ”