Ms. Moghray's words were like a bomb, instantly silenting everyone.

To the clergy, the oracle was absolute, just as the emperor's decree was sacred and absolute. Even if the oracle is not very commonsense, even if there are many problems in this oracle, even if there are too many ambiguities in this oracle.

Pastor Ed kept all the questions in his heart. This was not because of his convincing, but because with or without this oracle, Fang Qiuling's current proposal was exactly the same as Pastor Eddard's own idea - to go to the underground passage to find the whereabouts of Brother Charlton.

No one knows when Brother Charlton came to Lakesprings and when he entered the temple. If you look back, you will usually find that when you first came to the temple, Brother Charlton was already a priest in the temple, and he had served for several years. After all, the eldest person present was only in his early forties, and compared to Brother Charlton, who must have surpassed his old age, everyone was a junior.

As an elder man, Brother Charlton always took good care of the people in the temple. The help from the old monks was not only reflected in the day-to-day affairs of the temple, but also in the daily life of the temple, where countless people were cared for. As one of the many people who had received the favor of the old monk, Pastor Ed could not sit in a safe place and chatte with peace of mind as one of the many people who had received the favor of the old monk by such a kind old man who had been captured by ghouls, his fate and whereabouts unknown!

So at this moment, Pastor Ed's eyes widened at this moment, and he looked around without blinking. I'm afraid of missing the slightest clue.

The underground passage was still as dark as ever, so black that you couldn't see your fingers. However, with the help of dark vision potions, the disadvantages of darkness have been minimized.

Pastor Ed is in his early thirties and is in the prime of his life. As the backbone of the temple, he participated in the entire operation to eliminate the orcs not long ago.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process of clearing the orcs, they also encountered great casualties. But being able to fight against the Lich without falling behind is undoubtedly a real record, which makes Pastor Ed a little inflated. So when he found out that there were terrifying monsters that were not afraid of death in the town, his first thought was not to notify the town guards, but to use the power of the temple to directly exterminate this group of monsters! There is no doubt that Pastor Ed had selfish intentions in making this decision. He needed prestige, more prestige, to prepare for his next step as a priest. Therefore, he readily agreed to Brother Charlton's suggestion to "keep quiet and be cleared directly by the temple", and stepped into the underground passage with the priests and paladins of the temple.

No plan, no preparation. Under the leadership of Pastor Eddard, the "brave men" stepped into the underground passage without hesitation and confidence. What everyone didn't expect was the difficulties. The clean-up operation was very difficult from the start.

First of all, it is black, the black cannot see anything, and the black reaches out and cannot see the five fingers. Of course, when they first entered the underground passage, they were holding torches, and the torches were like an invisible temptation in the underground passageway, attracting all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods in the darkness - a half-human-tall mouse, a poisonous snake more than one person long, and a spider more than two people high...... After several encounters, Pastor Ed had to order the torches to be extinguished, and the group explored in the dark.

This is followed by the intricacies of the road. It's not clear whether the next passage can always "turn left, turn left, turn left, and turn left", but it is also an objective fact that the same location has been walked several times in succession. Especially after having to extinguish the torch, whether there are any corners to touch or headbutt - it's really invisible, really blind.

Finally, there are all kinds of creatures that inhabit the darkness. However, after extinguishing the torches, these "little animals" do not "care" about people very much, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

The pitch-black environment, the intricate roads, and the "small animals" that haunt from time to time. Combine these three organically, and then an out-and-out dark labyrinth is complete.

- Players of the Big Pineapple should be very familiar with this.

I don't know how much time has passed, and I don't know how many miles I have walked. The torches can only be lit once in a while, and they are about to be extinguished when they hear something, so as not to have uninvited guests. Stop-and-go, stop-and-go. Finally, those terrible monsters appeared! A battle ensued.

I thought it would be a battle that would never die, but what I didn't expect was that the terrible monster would collapse at the touch of a button. In a matter of seconds, they fled in a panic. The people of the temple took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and achieved a lot of results, and the battle line was unknowingly stretched. Although the monsters suddenly exerted their strength and attacked the flank of the team. It was here that Brother Charlton was caught by the monster and dragged into the darkness......

Pastor Ed was very remorseful. Because of his conceit, the old monk was captured by monsters, and his life and death are unknown. Whether it was as atonement for his sins or his own responsibility, he stepped into the underground passage again without hesitation. He was joined by a female priest, and the two of them joined Lady Mowgre's group, vowing to find the old monk.

- To see people in life, and to see corpses in death!

The search party set off again. Compared with the previous time, this time the preparation is undoubtedly much more thorough.

A small sip of the dark potion went down to his stomach, and the bitter and heavy sour taste made people feel the urge to spit it out, and the magic effect that immediately took effect made Pastor Ed have to sigh. Being able to see in the dark, how much effort does this save the search team? This made Pastor Ed feel ashamed. Then the refiner of the potion, Viscount Norne, made Elder Ed even angry.

"You mean, you went down from that abandoned house to the tunnel, and you wandered around and around for a whole day?"

"Yes. The inside of the tunnel is pitch black, and it is very complicated. We got lost not long after we went down. And it feels like it's spinning in circles all the time. ”

Fang Qiuling's words were full of ridicule, but considering that he was actually right, Pastor Ed was powerless to refute it.

"Did you bring anything to eat?"

"No, I thought it would be over soon."

"Didn't eat breakfast?"

"Yes."

"Hungry for lunch?"

“…… Yes. ”

"Looks like I didn't have dinner either."

“……”

"Haha, old Ed. I didn't expect you to be road blind! Roar! ”

Fang Qiuling's face was gloating, and Pastor Ed was a black line on his face.

- Viscount Norne! You're so cheap!

- Old Eddard! Didn't you just hit me? I won't do anything with you, but I can prick your heart! Come on, hurt each other!

The unnutritious conversation between the two of them made the others around them roll their eyes in unison. Lily even started directly, grabbed Fang Qiuling's ears and dragged him away.

- Pain, pain, pain! Let it go!

- You know the pain! Give me a little peace!

- uh...... Who are you? Teach me what to teach!

- Why? You repeat?

Fang Qiuling decisively admitted and closed the zipper on his mouth.

Beautiful girls always have privileges, especially when it comes to training people with such privileges. And Fang Qiuling was also a little puzzled, unconsciously Lily was so familiar with him, and it felt very compatible. What's going on?

Noisy to noisy, noisy to noisy. After a brief briefing, Ms. Mogre poured a sip of the Dark Vision Potion and led the way into the underground passage. Others are also catching in.

The Dark Vision Elixir that was refined looked like it was a large jar full, but it had to be distributed to six people, and the amount that each person got was actually not much. Based on a small bite of about three to four hours, that is, one hour to one hour and twenty minutes, each person can maintain dark vision for about ten hours.

If it is in the game, the player walks through the entire underground passage and tackles the following dungeon, two bottles of potions are enough, that is, the amount of two mouthfuls. Two bottles of potions can't handle it here, and the team members will definitely directly "mutiny" and slip away with all kinds of excuses.

However, in reality, and a group of "novices" who know almost nothing about the underground passage, it is completely impossible to predict how much time it will take to explore the entire underground passage. What's more, there are more than six people who are currently going to enter the underground passage, and Pastor Ed and another female priest have also joined the team - although the combat power has increased, everyone has less potions. Fang Qiuling deliberately prepared a third more raw materials when refining the potion, but at present, it seems that it is only barely enough.

"Mr. Norn, I know that you are a very knowledgeable scholar." Before stepping into the underground passage, Lady Mogre cautiously asked Fang Qiuling, "Do you know the structure of this secret passage, and can you guide us at the right time?" ”

Ms. Moghre's question was very clever. She didn't directly ask how the underpass went, nor did she ask where it leads, because if these two questions were answered, it would mean that she knew something about the underpass, most of which she had walked through.

The history of the underground passages in Lakesprings is hundreds of years, and the monthly caster underground gatherings have been going on for a long time. But existence does not mean that it is reasonable and legitimate. The underground rally is a veritable "black market", and most of the items traded are written on the temple's "contraband list". The temple of Notos had a transcendent status in Karthas. As the unifying faith of the kingdom, the Notos Paladins have the power of enforcement granted by the king and are the defenders, executors, and judges of the kingdom's laws. The list of contraband in the temple is actually the list of contraband in the kingdom. It is a crime to buy and possess publicly.

Of course, just keep it secretly and don't use it in front of the paladin. For example, the Strike of Zhanguang in Fang Qiuling's hand, a proper magic weapon, and a proper contraband. It's just that because this weapon is a "searchlight of the undead", a "weapon of justice" against the undead, it has not been confiscated. The Endless Wine Glass and Jasmine's Endless Ice Cream Bag are similar to the situation, and things that improve the quality of life should not be used to do evil, so the paladins have turned a blind eye. Fang Qiuling is a nobleman after all, and the nobles must not let go of mistakes or something, but this kind of harmless magic prop, forget it. Why bother offending the nobility because of this kind of thing.

Fang Qiuling was silent. On the one hand, he was thinking about how to answer, and on the other hand, he was recalling the map of the underground passage and the possible whereabouts of Brother Charlton.

There are actually five floors of the underground passage, but most players will only talk about the upper three floors when discussing it. Because the bottom two layers belong to the dungeon, and there is another mechanism to divide the road, it belongs to the dungeon strategy. There is a boss on each of the three underground passages, which belongs to the dungeon scene. On the first level is a large, fat rat that stands up straight enough to reach the chest of an adult man; The second layer is a poisonous snake, more than thirty meters long, which will spit poisonous mist; The third layer is a giant tarantula, which is said to have the blood of a spider.

The three bosses and their younger brothers are entrenched in the underground passages, each of which has its own area of activity, and there are several pathways that border each other's territories as buffer zones. Usually the well water does not interfere with the river water, and there are occasional battles over territory and food sources. It is not a magical flood period such as the red moon in the sky and the beginning of the black moon, as long as you don't set foot in their territory, it will generally not attract their "onlookers". Of course, going in with a torch is nothing to do, and it is an absolute "strong onlooker", and there is no discussion.

The "black market" where Fang Qiuling went last time was located in the center of the second floor. This place has been cleared by the casters many times, and it is a safe zone, and the little brothers of rats, snakes, and spiders will not visit it. There are five similar security zones, one on the first level and two each on the second and third levels. The caster's underground rally is also held alternately in these five safe zones.

The map in my head is basically complete. Thanks to the enhanced intelligence, Fang Qiuling's memory and thinking activity have been greatly improved, but the places he visited in the game can now be seamlessly connected to reality. It's an exaggeration to say that you know everything about the underpass, but it's no problem to get in and out safely.

I went through the route of the underground passage, and even built a complete three-dimensional model in my mind. Then we had to think about the old fellow Brother Charlton. Now Fang Qiuling was completely sure that this old guy was the corpse collector Les Pukelt.

Ghouls are the first-level units of the Necromancer, and the Necromancer has no problem operating them with their own spell slots. However, spell slots are limited, and even necromancers who specialize in necromantic spells can't spend all of their spell slots every day summoning and manipulating the undead. Daily spell research and daily self-defense all need the support of spell slots. But with the Dark Dagger, it's different. The Darkening Dagger has its own undead summoning and manipulation powers, which can greatly liberate the necromancer's spell slots, giving the necromancer the opportunity to cast more spells or summon more undead creatures.

The reason why Mamo of the Dark Country can have countless legions of the dead is more because of various tactical and strategic magic awakening arrays. If you really want to wake up the corpses one by one, even after darkness, I can only get about a thousand at most. The scale of tens of thousands is simply unrealistic.

The corpse collector Les Puckert should not have been in contact with Mamo at this stage. If he did, he wouldn't be bothered by the Lich's transformation. As a solo "wild" necromancer, the ghouls that appear in the temple chapel have already exceeded the maximum number of undead that a necromancer's own spell slot can control. What's more, there is also an advanced quality of a ghoul inside, a demon ghost.

After this guy became a lich, he was only in the middle of the silver rank, and he was still a long way from the gold rank. There won't be many spell slots. But if you consider that he has already obtained the Dark Dream Dagger, then the number of those ghouls is not very large.

The Darkening Dagger is a sacrificial weapon of the fallen undead monarch, summoning undead creatures from the undead plane, hundreds or thousands can only be considered trivial! This was also the reason why Fang Qiuling hid the secret dagger when he traded with him at that time.

Les Pockelt, the corpse collector who has obtained the Dark Dagger, is now fully capable of causing the undead scourge in the Misty Lake region!