The old man told Rhodes about his situation in a strange tone, with a bit of longing and a bit of firmness in his tone.

However, after listening to the old man's words, Rod was indifferent.

Even if the old man only said a few words to Rode, Rod had already realized that the old man at this time was in a panic.

For the old man, in essence, whether it was the rest of the merchant group or Rhodes, they were objects he didn't understand.

Since the merchant group can rob and kill him halfway, then Rhodes also has this opportunity, and the old man completely denied the merchant group and chose Rhodes wholeheartedly, which is undoubtedly this kind of performance.

At this time, the old man who has faced death is undoubtedly more eager for life than the fear of the unknown. The old man clung to the last bit of hope and was unwilling to let go, even if he didn't know anything about Rhodes, but because of Rhodes' possible strength, the old man identified it as the last hope to survive.

Perhaps in an extreme predicament, the panic made the old man not think much about it, and said the most valuable thing he could offer, that is, those gold coins.

In order to survive, or to get out of the current situation, people often make wrong choices.

Just as these thoughts flashed through Rod's mind, the old man in front of him still said something to Rod's in a longing tone, but Rod's didn't listen to a word.

Compared with the mayor of the town, the old man in front of him is a lot shallow in any aspect, whether it is patience or his own ability, he is completely inferior to the opponents that Rod has encountered before.

Even if he didn't have much contact with the old man, Rod also understood the old man in general, so there were some indescribable feelings in Rhodes' heart, either boring, or a kind of direct indifference.

Rod closed his eyes and slightly sensed the concentration of death energy on the old man's body.

As if confirming something, Rod opened his eyes, waved his hand at the old man outside the door, interrupted the old man's words, and said lightly:

"It's not time yet."

Rod didn't pay any attention to the old man in front of him. At Rod's signal, the vampire closed the door.

Outside the door, the old man saw the door closed, and he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to continue to do.

However, realizing what Rod had said earlier, the old man was overjoyed. It's not time yet, does this mean that when he leaves, he will take me with him?

Recognizing this, the old man walked downstairs with this joy in his heart.

The old man didn't know that he had completely misunderstood what Rod meant.

Necromancers generally ignore the living, knowing that the undead creatures controlled by necromancers, whether they are walking corpses or skeleton soldiers, do not create out of thin air.

Any powerful necromancer, as he grows up, will have thousands of people die at his hands, whether for resources or to create undead creatures.

Rhodes knew that according to the current progress of the game, the necromancer had not yet reached the level that it had in the future, and although it would slaughter civilians to create undead creatures, it would be limited to the area around Diya, as well as within Diya.

Even the Necromancer Academy, which trains necromancers, issues missions for apprentice-level necromancers to kill each other, selecting the most capable necromancers, and the rest of the dead apprentices become the nourishment for the victors.

The apprentice receives a mission from the academy to destroy the town where the mayor is located, exemplifying the academy's way of training necromancers.

The intensity of the internal struggle doomed Deya's necromancer to be like scattered sand, even if a single necromancer had extremely strong strength, but when it really faced high-level creatures and disciplined armies, it was often easily defeated.

In the final analysis, spiritualism is destined to distrust each other among necromancers, and killing necromancers of the same rank can obtain huge benefits. This also leads to the fact that the necromancer obviously has great strength, but he has been suppressed by the surrounding forces within Diya.

Although Diya also has a big lord on the surface, because all places are controlled by powerful necromancers, they will not obey the orders of the big lord at all, which is also the main reason for Diya's internal struggle.

Within the necromancer, there is a lack of an existence that can dominate all necromancers with absolute strength, and a real ruler is missing.

Rod knew that that would change when the second expansion opened.

A peerless necromancer will bring two artifacts of the undead clan to lead all the necromancers in the entire territory of Dia and fight against all the forces on the continent.

Perhaps only when the second expansion is opened will the rest of the continent understand the power of necromancers. The necromancers who survived the brutal infighting, with the unanimous external and the leadership of the strongest, plunged the entire continent into the catastrophe of necromancers.

The title of the second expansion is "Shadow of Death".

However, this information is still too far away for Rhodes at the moment, and even after the one-year period of the Soul Quest has passed, the first expansion is only half of the way. What Rhodes needs to think about now is how to quickly improve his strength and complete the soul task.

Rhodes reconsidered the current situation, the mayor, the necromancer, and all kinds of undead creatures...... After confirming this, Rhodes did not continue to think about it, but sat in his room and meditated again.

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After some time, Rod opened his eyes.

Unlike being unaware of it before, due to the improvement of overall knowledge and spiritual attributes, coupled with the shallow meditation, Rhodes can actively detach a part of his consciousness and use it to perceive the anomalies around him.

Therefore, when he noticed the magic fluctuations coming from outside the inn, Rhodes immediately ended his meditation and walked out of his room with the vampire on the side.

When Rhodes came downstairs to the inn, the old man was nowhere to be seen, and there was a wooden bolt hanging from the door.

Through perception, Rhodes knew that the old man was hiding in a room in the corner of the inn at this time, and because of fear, a lot of death energy was emitted outward, which was not easy for the living.

Instead of paying attention to the old man, Rhodes removed the wooden bolt and walked out the door.

Coming out into the street, Rhodes saw a black cloud spreading towards his surroundings. At this time, the sky was not completely dark, but the necromancer immediately used the treasure to create these black clouds in the sky.

Then, when the sky was not yet covered, Rhodes saw that the black clouds were spreading in the direction of the town from a place not far from the town, in a tendency to expand.

Rhodes knew that this should be the way the treasure created this black cloud, and at the same time, that place was where the necromancer was.

Black clouds spread at a faster rate. While Rhodes was observing the black clouds, the black clouds had already passed beyond the location of the inn and continued to spread around, enveloping the entire town in a short time.

The surroundings were darkened by the black clouds, and Rhodes looked around and saw that the light was noticeably brighter than it had been last night. Even under the cover of black clouds, Rhodes could still see the scene around him.

It's not like last night, because it's not yet night, the effect of black clouds blocking the field of vision is obviously not particularly good, at least Rhodes can see the surrounding scene directly, without the help of torches.

At this time, the black cloud had not weakened Rod's perception effect, if it was in this state, just by sensing the concentration of death energy on his body, Rhodes could find the location of the hidden necromancer on the battlefield.

Since it was the second time he had seen this black cloud, Rhodes also had some understanding of the characteristics of the black cloud.

The position on the edge of the town still released black clouds in this direction, and the concentration of black clouds gradually deepened. Rhodes knew that the necromancer would definitely not attack the mansion at the moment, but would wait until the dark clouds were completely gathered and it was still evening.

Although the necromancer would not attack immediately, Rhodes could not just wait where he was, but walked in the direction of the mayor's mansion.

On the way forward, Rhodes didn't see anyone, and none of the remaining townspeople appeared at this time.

Thinking of what the old man said when he came to the door of his room earlier, Rod was already aware. These townsfolk should not have been hiding, but were killed and taken away by the undead creatures who came to test them last night, the same group of undead creatures that Rhodes killed at the door of the inn last night.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still light around, Rhodes took a closer look at the houses along the road. While observing, Rhodes did not slow down at all, and it didn't take long to arrive at the mayor's mansion.

Standing on the periphery of the mayor's courtyard, taking advantage of the surrounding environment, Rhodes saw the Skeleton Warrior in front of the mansion at a glance, and the mayor of the town standing next to the Skeleton Warrior.

As he had said, the mayor left the safest mansion and came to the Skeleton Warrior. This also means that when the battle starts, once Rhodes does not make a move, the necromancer can use a spell to block the back path of the mayor to return to the mansion, and then send undead creatures to attack the skeleton warriors, and the mayor will be in danger.

Rhodes looked at the mayor, who was still dressed as he was yesterday, with no decorations on his body except for a black robe, which was also the necromancer's preferred outfit.

Rhodes noticed that the number of Skeleton Warriors next to Mayor Mare's side was significantly higher than the number of Skeleton Warriors stationed outside the mansion last time.

At this time, the mayor of the town also saw Rhodes not far away.

Looking at Rhodes and the vampire beside him, and then at the black clouds in the sky, the mayor nodded at Rhodes and signaled to Rhodes that he already knew of his arrival.

At this time, the mayor took out a prepared torch from the side, and at the same time raised his hand expressionlessly and waved it gently, and suddenly, a flame ignited at the top of the torch.

Since the location where the black clouds gathered was in the center of the town, that is, where the mansion was located, during the time when Rhodes and the mayor met, the area around the mansion had already darkened, and the light from the torches was extremely obvious.

Rhodes believed that even a necromancer who was secretly observing the battle would be able to see the mayor holding a torch in the field at a glance, and that his identity would be confirmed by the mayor's actions when casting spells, and then a large number of undead creatures would be sent to kill the mayor.

Seeing this, Rod didn't bother with the mayor anymore.

Instead of entering the courtyard where the mansion was located, Rhodes turned around and walked towards the darkness behind him.

Rhodes knew that through the temptation of the previous day, the necromancer had become wary of himself, and he would search for it all the way to the mansion.

In other words, it was impossible for Rhodes to find a random place to hide on the outskirts of the yard as he had done before.

Due to the darkness, the necromancer would not carefully search all the houses in the town, but would focus on the areas around the mayor's mansion.

If Rhodes didn't pay attention to hiding, maybe the necromancer would have discovered Rhodes before he fought with the mayor, and then led all the undead creatures to besiege Rhodes, which was obviously more than worth the loss for Rhodes.

According to Rhodes' estimate, if the undead creatures sent by the previous necromancer were just a temptation, then this time there will only be more undead creatures.

Dealing with so many undead creatures at the same time, it would be good to say if it was only the number of low-level undead creatures that increased, but once the number of Yin Souls was too large, it would be difficult for Rhodes to deal with.

Therefore, Rod needs to find a suitable position and wait for the battle to begin.

Rhodes went to an abandoned house that he had chosen on the way there.

Rhodes came to the door of the house, the door of which showed signs of destruction, and Rhodes reached out, easily pushed the door open, and then stepped inside.

Inside, Rhodes looked inside. With a modest amount of light, Rhodes noticed that there wasn't much dust in the house, and that the owner of the house must have disappeared recently.

After clearing a clean spot in the house, Rhodes sat down, and the vampire came to Rhodes' side.

Rod put away the revenant crystal from the vampire.

Since the Revenant Crystal emits death energy all the time, if Rhodes still lets the vampire hold it, the necromancer, who has a keen sense of death energy, can easily discover the location of the house.

Rhodes is in this position, just enough to sense the death energy around the mayor's mansion, and although the vampire will also release death energy, because the concentration of death energy is far less obvious than the mayor's mansion, it is difficult for others to detect it under the original death energy coverage of this town.

If the necromancer really wanted to search all the houses in the town before attacking the mayor's mansion, there was nothing Rhodes could do.

Instead of meditating, Rhodes just sat and waited, putting his perception entirely on the mayor's mansion.

After a long period of meditation, Rhodes was in a good state of mind and did not feel sleepy.

Feeling the gentle death energy on the mayor's side, Rod was not in a hurry, but sat in place and waited.