It was a surprise to learn the "Ninth Mantra of Mystra" here.

This means that the Suicide Ring on Roger's right index finger is finally no longer an ornament.

Excluding self-injury, Extreme Flame Storm is a very useful spell.

Roger had a hunch that the Suicide Ring might work wonders in the battle against the Corpse Demon.

He put the spell book in his backpack before he began to pack up the other loot.

There weren't many things of value in Moss's lab—the most valuable human organs and limbs to him meant nothing to Roger.

Busy for a while.

87 Bronze Orders, 13 Magic Scrolls, 1 Scroll Bag, 1 Bottle of Dragon Acid Glue, 1 Bundle of Magic Rope......

That's all Roger found in the lab.

"I don't even have a staff, I don't look like a mage."

Fortunately, there are spell books as well.

In addition to the spell book, Roger also took 4 spell books.

He is not a mage, so naturally he can't read the content of the book.

But something like a spell book can be sold for money, and if you're lucky, you can sell it for a high price.

Among these spell books, the one that Roger cares about the most is a mysterious book with a gilded vertical pupil engraved on the cover-

The Book of Extreme Evil.

The author is "Villanius".

From Moss's experiment log, Roger knew that this Villanius was his original mentor.

The Aura Technique revealed that Moss's profession was a Blood Mage Apprentice.

Then this Villanius is most likely a real blood mage.

"This vertical pupil always feels a little familiar."

"The name Villanius, too, is ......"

Roger frowned.

There was the sound of footsteps on the steps.

He hurriedly packed his things and walked out.

……

Bone Sentry.

Terry lived up to expectations and captured the eastern tower with no injuries.

This boosted the morale of the adventurers.

And Roger, who single-handedly captured the western tower, was also sought after by everyone.

It's just that this guy took the tower and there was no one, which made everyone wonder very much.

It took a long time for someone to discover the existence of the blood-colored pit.

But by this time, Roger had already come out of it with a bulging backpack on his back.

He reported everything he had seen and heard in the blood-colored pit to Dorothy.

Just skipped the process of killing Moss himself.

When he heard the corpse demon plundering the population along the Knight's Avenue, Terry's face on the side instantly turned white.

The rest of the adventurers also showed righteous indignation.

And when they saw the bloody corpses with their own eyes, several young adventurers vomited on the ground.

The hideous scene in the blood-colored pit greatly diluted the joy brought by taking the white bone sentry.

However, the morale of the crowd was also ignited to the extreme.

The hatred of this unconscionable evil will motivate them to do their best to kill the corpse demon.

That night, for safety reasons, everyone temporarily withdrew to the Dwarf Demon Mountain and camped.

Before going to sleep.

Roger finds Dorothy and speaks his mind:

"Judging from the current intelligence, the human skin in the laboratory is very important to the corpse demon."

"He shouldn't give up this group of human skins easily."

Dorothy instantly understood:

"You mean, using these skins as bait?"

"Well, even if you can't attract corpse demons, you can at least consume some of the skeleton soldiers."

Roger said.

The trickiest thing about the corpse demon is that he has hundreds of skeletons under his command.

Skeletons are not very strong in individual combat effectiveness, but when they are assembled into an army, their overall combat effectiveness will make a qualitative leap.

Adventurers tend to work alone or in small groups.

And putting them head-on against an army, even a skeleton corps with reduced combat effectiveness, is a very bad decision.

Roger's proposal was approved by all.

……

Over the next two days.

The main forces were ambushed on the road between the depths of the southern pit and the Bone Outpost, and sure enough, they encountered several skeleton soldiers who had come to the Bone Sentry to take a look.

Led by Dorothy and Terry, the main force of the raiders wiped out almost unscathed all the skeletons that came to their aid.

The only adventurer who had an accident was accidentally twisted his waist because he was too excited when he charged.

Kill 49 skeletons in two days.

This result is enough to make everyone excited.

Some young adventurers are already imagining the beautiful scene after killing the corpse demon.

Fortunately, Roger, who has been paddling for the past two days, still keeps calm:

"There's no need to be too complacent. Corpse demons aren't stupid either. ”

"There shouldn't be a small group of skeleton soldiers coming over next, either they won't come, or they will come or the corpse demon will take action in person."

In Roger's mind, the latter is more likely.

Over the years, the southern pits have become the exclusive domain of the corpse demons.

As long as he still wants to control the land, there is no reason to continue to ignore the provocations of visitors from the north.

At Roger's urging, the adventurers of both the main group and the support group were full of spirit and ready for everything.

It's time to fight to the death with the corpse demon.

It's just that time passes day by day.

The main army of the corpse demon was still nowhere to be seen.

While everyone was puzzled, they could only wait near the white bone sentry.

Until five days later.

One of the Scouts of the Vanguard arrived belatedly and brought an important piece of news—

"The corpse demon has escaped!"

……

Two days later in the afternoon.

To the west of the southern pit, on the border with the Dragon Slaying Mountains.

Roger leaned on the top of the hill, took the monocular from Dorothy's hand, and observed the orderly army for a moment.

"They're really on the retreat."

"In this direction, it should be towards the place where the bones are buried......"

As the most experienced adventurer on the team, Terry was also a little confused:

"Why are they retreating? Did you flee because you knew about our crusade in advance? ”

He didn't believe it himself.

Roger was equally surprised.

Although he was sure of victory, how could the Corpse Demon be afraid of a human crusade that had just been formed?

It doesn't look like a trap either.

After all, if the scouts hadn't discovered the Skeleton Legion's unusual movements, Roger would have been waiting near the Bone Sentry Guard.

This kind of migratory march must have something big going on.

I don't even want the human skin that I take very seriously.

What's the big deal?

Roger glanced at the dark clouds in the north.

A little uneasiness in my heart came back to my heart.

Soon, however, the clouds went farther north.

After the clouds cleared, his state of mind returned to normal.

……

"You can't just let him go."

Dorothy said with red eyes, and her voice was a little hoarse:

"At the next pass, we must intercept the Corpse Demon and his lackeys!"

No one objected.

They have gathered here to destroy this monster that has been in trouble for many years.

It was also thanks to the slower marching speed of the skeletons, coupled with the fact that they took shortcuts, that they had a chance to catch up.

"We'll have to determine which one is the real corpse first."

Roger spoke suddenly.

"Huh? Isn't that obvious? ”

Someone next to him pointed to the monster with the largest body in the marching procession and said:

"It's huge, bloated, and has an obvious evil aura, and it's an evil monster that's very easy to identify," exactly as the information says."

Roger shook his head silently.

"It's not him."

Terry said solemnly:

"I think the real corpse demon is the inconspicuous lame skeleton soldier next to the behemoth."

"The corpse demon is an extremely cunning monster, how can it put itself in the light?"

"I've just taken a closer look, and although there are many inferior breeds among the skeleton soldiers, this is the only one that is obviously lame enough to walk."

"This is abnormal!"

Only then did everyone notice the small skeleton that followed behind the bloated monster.

"Indeed."

Roger agreed:

"That lame little skeleton is the real corpse demon."

If Terry relied on years of rich experience to judge the true body of the corpse demon.

Then Roger's approach is much simpler and crude.

"Qi Seeking!".

……

"Corpse Demon LV10 Life 96 ???"

……