……

"You can't go."

"Why not?"

"The corpse demon is too dangerous!"

"No matter how dangerous a monster is, it can be killed! I have the courage and consciousness to face the corpse demon. ”

"Dorothy, courage and enlightenment will not avenge you, but may cost you your own life."

"Yes...... That's my brother. ”

……

In the hall of the Lord's Palace, there was a fierce quarrel.

"Roger, go and persuade Dorothy."

"She's been here five or six times this month, and each time she's asked the lord to recruit people to fight the corpse demon."

"Since Kane's death, she's like a different person......"

The two guards babbled about the situation.

Kane is the former captain of the garrison in Tongma Town and is a very reliable man.

He was one of Roger's few friends in Tongma.

It was he who accompanied Roger through the difficult adventurer career in the early days of the crossing, for which Roger is very grateful and has always remembered it.

A year ago, Kane recruited a group of elite adventurers in the town.

They went on a massive crusade against the corpse demon that had been a disaster for a long time, but the result was a strange annihilation.

As a result, the town of Tongma was devastated, and the Moors from the north almost breached the granary last winter.

During that time, there were many people in the town who secretly complained about Kane's recklessness.

……

Roger walked into the hall.

A tall girl stood beside a marble pillar, arguing fiercely with the white-haired butler of the Lord's Mansion.

She wore close-fitting maroon leather armor and a sharp dagger pinned to her waist and thighs.

Her skin was very fair, perhaps because she was too excited, not only did a layer of sweat appear on her forehead like dewdrops, but even the faintly visible green tendons were so obvious.

She is Dorothy, Kane's younger sister and the current captain of the garrison in Tongma Town.

"Roger?"

Dorothy noticed him, her eyes slightly surprised.

Roger nodded lightly and walked quickly to the two of them.

"Are you here to stop me?"

Dorothy noticed the two dodgy guards, and her eyes became unkind.

"No, I'm here to pick up the bounty from the corpse demon."

With that, Roger pressed the bounty on the desk in front of the old butler.

The hall was silent for about five or six seconds.

"Are you kidding? Roger. ”

The old butler pushed his glasses tremblingly, looked at the bounty order in Roger's hand, and muttered:

"Crazy, you're all crazy."

Dorothy froze there, her eyes gradually becoming complicated.

And the two guards who instigated Roger into the hall were even more dumbfounded.

They hadn't even noticed that Roger had torn up the bounty order for the corpse demon!

After all, in their impressions, Roger is the kind of adventurer who is particularly rare and honest.

The crusade against monsters has never had anything to do with Roger.

"Wait!"

Dorothy suddenly reacted and grabbed Roger's arm:

"You can't go!"

"Why not?"

Roger asked.

"The corpse demon is too dangerous!"

Dorothy anxiously brushed her slightly messy hair.

"No matter how dangerous a monster is, it can be killed, right?"

"You're not the only one who is conscious, Dorothy."

Roger said in a calm tone.

Dorothy bit her lip lightly, thoughtfully:

"Are you reminding me to be rational in this way?"

"But that's Kane......"

"No, no, no."

Roger couldn't help but roll his eyes:

"Don't think too much about it, I'm literal."

After speaking, he looked at the old butler:

"The Lord's Mansion should have detailed information about the corpse demon, right?"

The old butler looked at Roger in silence, and after a while, he seemed to realize Roger's firmness, so he said helplessly:

"We do have detailed information on the corpses."

"But in order to prevent some adventurers from misjudging the strength of the crusade target, we have added a pre-task."

"Only after completing the pre-task, we will hand over the detailed information of the corpse demon to you."

Roger thought for a moment, then nodded:

"What's the prerequisite?"

"The Red Tide Corpse Queen."

The old butler stopped the ink, and took out a newer roll of parchment from the drawer and handed it to Roger.

"As long as you can kill the Red Tide Corpse of Yuntai Mountain within three months, in addition to the bounty of 300 bronze orders, we will also give you the information of the Corpse Luo Demon with both hands."

"I hope you can understand that we really don't want the living forces in the town to die in vain."

Roger took a cursory look at the contents of the parchment, and bowed slightly:

"Understood."

"Farewell."

With the guards' ghostly expressions, he turned and left the Lord's Mansion.

"Roger!"

He didn't go far before Dorothy caught up with him, as he expected.

"The Red Tide Corpse Queen...... I'll go with you. ”

She said.

Roger said decisively:

"Okay."

"Tomorrow morning, pumpkin field north, I'll wait for you."

Dorothy was stunned again, she thought Roger would refuse, but she didn't expect him to agree so happily.

She looked Roger up and down again, as if she were looking at a stranger.

"It's a deal."

Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief, and asked with a slight suspicion:

"And where are you going now? This is the way to Yuntai Mountain. ”

"Oh, I'm going to pick up the medicine."

Roger said.

……

More than an hour later.

Outside a valley on the mountainside of Yuntai Mountain.

Roger's breathing evenly pressed against the steep rock face, steady along.

Half-human-tall weeds severely obstructed his vision.

Fortunately, he still has the "Qi Hope Technique".

In Roger's field of vision, there were blood-red columns of fine air rising into the sky in front of him.

Above the canyon, there was a scarlet blood cloud that had been gathering for a long time.

This shows that there are a lot of monsters in the canyon!

Roger quietly stopped.

Not far ahead, a lone pillar of blood-colored qi stopped moving.

It was a red tide zombie.

……

"Red Tide Zombie LV4 HP 35 Defense 5 Weak Lightning"

……

Glancing at the data obtained by the Qi Gaze Technique.

Roger gently unfastened the two-handed sword on his back, holding it firmly in his hand.

This two-handed sword is the standard configuration of the garrison of Tongma Town, and it is smaller in size than the common two-handed broadsword; It's also relatively flexible to wield, making it ideal for skirmishes.

This two-handed sword was given to Roger by Kane.

In a territory like Tongma Town, which does not produce steel, it is a valuable gift.

Suppress all kinds of thoughts.

Roger adjusted his breath and suddenly launched a "surprise attack"!

His figure was lightning fast.

In the weeds.

The red tide zombie slowly tried to turn around, and Roger had already deceived him, and the sword light in his hand slashed horizontally at the monster's waist!

With the blessing of "Momentum", this sword of his can exert 500% power!

Whether it's "Attack Power", "Damage", or "Strength", "Hit", or "Slash Hit".

It's all 500% effective!

Poof!

The sharp sword body cut off the waist of the red tide corpse like a sickle cutting straw, and there was no sense of stagnation at all.

The monster silently broke in two, struggled on the ground for a short time, and then died completely.

"It's so silky!"

Roger breathed a sigh of relief.

He skillfully pulled out a piece of sackcloth and wiped the yellow blood from his sword before setting his sights on his second target.

Half-human tall grass from inside, the silent slaughter proceeded slowly.

With the precise positioning of the "Hope Qi Technique", Roger seemed to ask for the life of the Hades, erasing the lives of the lone monsters one by one.

……

"You killed 1 Crimson Tide Zombie, and killed a total of 9 Crimson Tide Zombies."

"You gained 1 XP"

"Your Pain Resistance has been slightly increased"

……

Before he could do it, Roger dropped the Mark of Sin on the Crimson Zombie.

The attribute of this monster feedback is very good, and it is resistant to pain.

It's a pity that a monster like the Red Tide Zombie doesn't have the reproductive ability of the Demon Explosion Frog, otherwise Roger would really consider whether to brush up the pain resistance before leaving.

Whew!

The sword wind in the grass was slightly agitated.

Roger simply cut off the head of a monster and wiped sweat on his forehead.

His brow furrowed slightly.

"It's too slow to kill like this......"

"Moreover, it is not so easy to find the lone red tide zombies, and the rest are gathered in the valley."

At this moment, there were four corpses of two red tide zombies lying in front of him.

He had only wanted to kill one of them, but he didn't expect to alarm the other.

Fortunately, with his current skills, it is not difficult to fight one against two.

But this made Roger realize that if he continued to kill like this, it was not only too inefficient, but also had a hidden danger of safety.

Hordes of red tide zombies are a threat to him.

"It's time for a change of strategy."

"Let's go see what's going on in the valley first!"

Roger stuck his two-handed sword on the ground, hung a rope around his waist, and then traveled lightly, and in a short time climbed the cliff on the east side of the canyon with great agility.

His "climbing" skill is 49 points (the limit of LV5), which is more than enough to cope with this kind of terrain.

When he reached the heights, he looked up.

In the depths of the canyon, groups of red tide zombies moved irregularly.

In the next second, Roger's eyelids jumped slightly.

He saw a tent in the middle of the zombie horde!

A tall and fat zombie emerges from the tent.

As if sensing something, she suddenly glanced at the rock wall outside the canyon.

The stone wall was empty.

……