"You...... See what's coming? ”

"No, maybe I'm nervous."

"Oh," said old Tom, kicking the ashes, "look for it again, maybe...... What happened to you? ”

Fang Qiuling's gaze straightened instantly, and his body involuntarily trembled slightly.

The dust that Old Tom kicked over at random covered the three words that Fang Qiuling had written on the ground. "Pukelt Mallory Rice", the middle name "Mallory" is covered in dust, and only the first and last name remain. Shown as Pukelt Rice.

Pukelt Rice, a name Fang Qiuling had never seen. But Les Puckert, this name Fang Qiuling is very familiar!

- Les Pukelt, the corpse collector, the dungeon in the underground passage of Lakesprings, the salute of the undead, and the last boss at the end of the level!

Fang Qiuling instantly felt his cold hairs stand on end.

"Thulick, what did you find?"

Needless to say, Old Tom, even Ms. Mogre, who had already walked down the stairs to the second floor, also noticed that Fang Qiuling's expression was wrong.

“…… Hopefully it's just a coincidence. Fang Qiuling's voice was very dry, "Are there any other frames?" ”

"Yes, I have one here."

Lily tiptoed and pulled down a pair of planks leaning against the wall.

"Under the frame, see what is the name written?"

"Puckert Tinota Les."

"No, look for it again."

"Whose portrait are you looking for? Pukelt Charlton Rice? ”

"Yes."

The hall was a mess, full of discarded wood and stones. In addition, the time is a bit old, and there are even green moss growing on the larger stones.

If you look through it carefully, there are quite a few frames. However, most of them are badly damaged, not to mention the portraits in the frames, and even the frames themselves have long been broken.

"Hey! What are you looking for this thing for? ”

"......" Fang Qiuling was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "Have you ever heard of a person, Les Puckert. ”

Les Pukelt the Corpse Graber, Lich, challenge level forty-six. The list of spells is dominated by undead and prophecy spells, and they have a special talent for summoning undead creatures. According to player investigations, this guy lived in Lakesprings before becoming a lich, but his identity is a mystery. He occasionally appears on the black market in gray wizard robes, selling rare skill books of little value.

According to the information shown in the quest "The True Source of the Disease", the corpse collector Les Pukelt hated Earl DeHarus, the Lord of the Misty Lake, because of what happened in his early years, and had been plotting to destroy the DeHarus family. However, Count DeHarus himself is a paladin who has completed the enlightenment of the law, with out-and-out gold-rank strength, and his eldest and second sons are also strong people who have entered the silver rank, compared to the single-handedly corpse-gathering Les Pukelt, the Deharus family undoubtedly has an absolute advantage. So this guy has been holding back and looking for an opportunity.

In order to collect some of the treasured magical materials that can eventually be transformed into lichs, the corpse collector Les Pukelt has made several expensive bounties on the black market. A passing academic wizard saw the bounty, and it also happened to have this part of the magic materials, and the buyer and seller hit it off and found a secluded place to trade.

However, the wizards of the academy did not expect that the corpse collector Les Pukelt would not be able to pay the reward listed on the acquisition bounty. The idea of the corpse collector Les Pukelt is to grab it directly!

The two engage in a fierce magical battle in a section of Lakesprings' underground passageway. The battle caused a small earthquake in Lakesprings, and the square where the adventurer's guild was located collapsed, causing a large amount of dead air to overflow, and many townspeople in the affected area turned into zombies that bite people on sight.

The magic clash ended in a draw. Seeing that there was a lot of trouble, the academic wizard immediately fled away. Less Puckert, the corpse collector, hides deep in the underground passageway, "waiting" for the players to kick the gym.

Less Pockelt has been active in Lakesprings for a long time, and it's impossible to guess how long it will be, but based on the time progress in the game, ten years should be possible. Ten years is already a continuous period of time for human beings, food, clothing, housing and transportation are enough to form habits, and daily interpersonal contact is essential. Maybe old Tom or Miss Moghley have seen this guy and had dealt with him.

"Les Pokelt?" Old Tom thought for a moment and quickly began to shake his head, "I've never heard of this name. ”

Ms. Moghley was silent, but judging by her attitude, it was clear that she did not know.

"What about similar names? For example......

Before Fang Qiuling could come up with anything, Old Tom thought of a name first.

"Lesardan Pedros Charlton?"

"Who is this?" Fang Qiuling's eyes immediately lit up.

"It's Brother Charlton. Hey? You don't know the old Charlton name? ”

"Uh, how would I know. I haven't been in Huquan for a few days. ”

Brother Charlton was an ascetic in the Temple of Notos, and could not have been a corpse collector who practiced necromancy. He lives in the temple and practices necromancy in the temple, do you really think that the divine punishment cannot be brought down!

"Anything else? Similar, approximate ......"

Fang Qiuling suddenly felt a little stupid, and had already drilled into the tip of the horns. Just a broken frame.,I want to confirm the whereabouts of the wild boss who is still running around.,Are you starting to inflate yourself?

But one thing can also be confirmed, Lianhe Fort must be connected to the corpse collector Les Pukelt! The word Pukelt is not very common in Karthas, either as a first name or as a surname, and it would be too coincidental to say that it is a coincidence.

- There are no occasional coincidences, only inevitable results.

It is believed that it is a coincidence, rather than that the corpse collector Les Pukelt is the last descendant of the Rice family.

"Do you know something, Mr. Norne?"

The topic of Fang Qiuling and Old Tom unconsciously involved the ascetics of the temple. Lady Mogree could ignore the rest, but it was a matter of temple ascetics and must be asked.

Fang Qiuling nodded noncommittally, intending to make up a reason to fool the past first.

"It's nothing, it's just that I feel a little familiar when I see this name, and I don't know where I've seen it."

I didn't think of a reason for a while, so I casually said a few perfunctory words......

The armor spirit didn't make a sound, and even through the helmet, she could feel her attitude: You go on, believe you and write my name upside down!

The intelligence of the paladin can not be high, but the perception must be high, otherwise it will be embarrassing to mistake the oracle sent down by the gods. The mental fluctuations that Fang Qiuling exuded at the moment when his cold hair stood up just now did not hide it in the slightest, even the old and rough old Tom noticed it, would Ms. Mogre not pay attention?

What's more, there is a clear fear in the mental fluctuations, obviously frightened by something.

"This ...... That ......"

Fang Qiuling sneered, and immediately attracted a bunch of contemptuous glances.

I said...... Introduce a ......"

Old Tom just despised it, he had long been accustomed to Fang Qiuling's way of speaking half-hidden and half-aristocratic - this is what the aristocracy is very annoying!

Ms. Mogre had dealt with Fang Qiuling a few times, and knew that this guy who was not an aristocratic was a master who ate soft rather than hard. forced him to estimate that he wouldn't be able to say a word, and with a proper detour, maybe he spit out what he shouldn't have said.

Lily came over with her fists - "torture and questioning", I like this, I am good at it!

"Wait a minute, wait a minute......"

Lily's ill intentions were too obvious, causing Fang Qiuling to retreat again and again.

There was another slight "click", and it seemed that something was stepped on. Slightly bowed, it was a rectangular plank. The style of the wooden board was about the same size as the picture frame, which made Fang Qiuling suddenly have an urge to turn it over and take a look for no reason.

"Don't make a fuss yet, I'll talk about it later."

Grabbing the corner of the wooden board with a slight force, the already decayed wooden board suddenly cracked and shattered into several pieces. But when the plank shattered, what was pressed under the board was revealed, a deep, yellowed picture.

Carefully take out the scroll and lay it flat on the ground. The scroll is also not very well preserved, and the large pieces have faded. Just by flipping it, there are a lot of debris on the scroll, all of which are peeling off the paint. However, the protagonist in the scroll is still partially visible, and it is possible that the artist is wearing a black aristocratic dress, and the black paint is not easy to peel off.

"Who is he?"

"I don't know, there's no signature on it."

The man in the scroll is dressed in a black aristocratic dress with a black top hat on his head. He holds a staff of civilization in his left hand, and the brim of his top hat is in his hand.

"So young. This guy died so young? ”

"Heh, who knows."

The portraits hung on the walls by the nobles were generally "posthumous images", which were painted by the ancestors in front of them. The older the family, the more such paintings. Take the visiting guests to see the portraits of the ancestors and tell the exploits of the ancestors in the past, which is the most extravagant show off among the nobles!

"Where's the frame for this painting?"

"Oh, it's all broken."

Lily kicked the ground a few times. A few long logs are flipped over, and you can still see the delicate lines on them. However, the wood engraved with the name is more broken, and none of the words on it can be seen clearly.

"Hey, what the hell do you know? What can't be said? ”

"Of course it's a secret, how can a secret be spread casually......"

As soon as the words came out, Fang Qiuling suddenly felt cheerful.

- Les Pukelt, the corpse collector, whether this guy is dead or alive, whether he has broken his good deeds, whether he has hindered his plans, has anything to do with me, a good young man with a good outlook?

- Well, let's not mention the purchase of magic crystals......

- It's none of my business, why should I hide it for this guy?

My current behavior is not stupid, but stupid, stupid!

Stupid is a moment when the brain does not turn and freezes. Stupidity is to forcibly put things that don't belong to you on your head, worrying about it blindly, and thankless.

The corpse collector Les Pukelt, who is not related to him, why should he hide it? Decidely, sell him all!

That is, in a single thought, Fang Qiuling jumped from one extreme to the other.

“…… In fact, it is okay to pass it on. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, and I have nothing to lose. ”

"You ......"

The attitude changed so quickly that Lily almost didn't hit her waist.

"I'll tell you everything I know first, and believe it or not. Les Pukelt, the name, I just asked, and everyone doesn't seem to have much of an impact. But I want to warn you that this guy is a wild necromancer. ”

- Wild.

- Necromancer.

It's not clear how these two phrases are connected to each other, but the word "necromancer" alone in the second half of the phrase is enough to make the hearts of those present beat faster.

"This guy is a self-taught Wild Road Wizard, and his strength is almost equal to the middle of the Silver Rank. He is good at undead spells, especially at resurrecting the dead, so he has the habit of collecting corpses, and is also known as 'corpse collectors'. He has been active in the vicinity of Lakesprings all year round, and I presume that he should have a permanent residence in Lakesprings, and it should not be less than ten years. ”

"Mr. Norne, are you sure what you say is true?"

Ms. Moghley's gaze had become extremely cold.

Wizards are potential villains in the eyes of paladins, while necromancers are outright vicious villains. There was actually a thug who stole the corpse and lived in Huquan Town, and he lived there for ten years. I can't believe it!

"Ms. Mogley, I'm just saying what I know. I don't have a plan for how to confirm it or how to investigate. I can just give some clues right now. For example, this guy's name is Les Puckert. It was a fief before the fall of the Rice family, who were either named 'Pukelt' or 'Sampson'. Daddy had just gone to the Heraldic House to investigate, and the whereabouts of the last heir of the Rice family were unknown, and his name was Pukelt Charlton Rice. Remove the middle name and reverse the name...... Do you think there is a problem? ”

- What a coincidence. The coincidence is incredible!

Ms. Moghley was immediately affirmed: "This is not a coincidence! ”

"Yes, of course it's not a coincidence......"

Fang Qiuling's gaze froze slightly.

"What did you find again?"

"I'm sure now." Fang Qiuling took a deep breath, "Dad, you can directly write a report to the Heraldic Academy." Les Puckert the Corpse Collector is the last heir of the House of Rice, Puckert Charlton Rice. ”

The man in the portrait is wearing a ring on his left hand. Due to the fading color and the light, the ring is almost completely obscured by the black sleeves, and it is impossible to see it unless you look closely.

Fang Qiuling recognized the ring, which was supposed to be a green agate stone ring named "Crimson Star", which was a piece of jewelry that had been passed down from generation to generation by the Rice family. However, the ring has another name in the game, "Kiss of the Green".

When equipped, the Green Kiss can make every physical attack inflict a highly toxic effect, greatly increasing the damage to it. It is the second most valuable item in the drop list of Less Pukelt the Corpse Collector after the Darknest Dagger.