Chapter 258: Dark Elf Morgan
Three days later, Nia and Krent arrived in Nojpera, a deserted city in the northern part of the Dark Elf Realm.
Sitting on Krent's Flying Tiger mount and looking down, Nia noticed that an ominous lilac mist shrouded the city of Noypera, and the haze made it impossible to understand the situation inside.
According to the Dark Elves, there was an outbreak of some unknown plague here. The plague spread rapidly, disintegrating the entire Neupera in the blink of an eye, and the few dark elves who survived the plague left their homeland. Today, this once-thriving city has fallen to the brink of death. The fog that envelops the city is rumored to be so toxic that it can cause illness when touched.
"What about the team that came before, how should we get in touch with them?" Landing outside the city where there was no fog, Nya jumped off and asked Namientu.
"Wait a minute, I'll see if I can get in touch with them."
As a small summoning array formed between Krent's hands, a palm-sized canary flew out of it. After circling a few times, the bird flew straight in one direction.
"Let's keep up!"
The canary began to circle again by a river outside the city. After searching the surrounding area, the two found the corpse of a dark elf in a hidden mud puddle.
After a little washing of the corpse with water from a nearby river, the corpse's original mud-stained appearance became clearer, but unfortunately, the dark elf's corpse had become swollen and rotten due to the long-term immersion in the muddy water. Despite this, from the clothes and some familiar small decorations that could be vaguely discerned from him, Krent could easily recognize the person's identity.
"Morgan?!"
With difficulty saying the name of his best friend, Krent couldn't believe that his once handsome and sunny best friend had now become this evil ghost. But no matter how unwilling to admit it, his sanity kept reminding him of this cruel truth.
"Look here, it looks like there's something written here."
While Krent was sentimental, Nia noticed something unusual on the chest of Morgan's clothes.
Following Nia's finger, Krent also noticed something strange on the corpse's chest. The rest of Morgan's clothes were actually worn as if they could be torn apart without force, but the chest was still a little bit of the original fabric as if it had been specially protected.
Bowing solemnly towards Morgan's corpse, Krent tore open Morgan's tattered clothes. As Krent moved, the object that had been hidden in his clothes was revealed, a piece of paper that had been slightly wrinkled and yellowed, as if it had been blistered.
“…… The source of the plague...... Cultist ...... Diary of an inn in the city......"
The handwriting on the letter paper is blurred for some unknown reason. Struggled to make out the handwriting on the letterhead. In the end, Krent could only piece together some simple information.
"Morgan has a habit of keeping a diary, and if we can find his diary, I think we'll be able to figure out what's going on here." After thinking about it for a long time, Krent gave his reasoning, "That said, the city is shrouded in a poisonous fog, and it may be difficult for us to get in. ”
Nia wanted to reply, but vaguely noticed that Morgan, who was supposed to be dead, suddenly moved.
"Let's not talk about that, did you see him seem to move just now?" With eyes fixed on Morgan's direction, Nia asked alertly. Although the current situation is not quite the same as the game, she vaguely remembers that Morgan is also a dungeon level here.
"I guess it's an illusion caused by the wind."
At this moment, Morgan's body squirmed slightly under the gaze of the two. The movement was small, but it was enough to get the attention of Nia and Crent.
"Great Moon God, why should Morgan suffer after his death, did he do something wrong?"
Closing his eyes in pain, the well-informed Krent already knew Morgan's situation at this time. This is a sign of the soon-to-be-become Corpse Snatcher, an undead monster spawned by the dead. After becoming a corpse snatcher, Morgan will no longer be him, but a monster that will indiscriminately attack those who come closer.
"Deliver him." After a long silence, Nia proposed, "If he is left alone, he will attack those who come near him when he becomes a corpse robber, and he doesn't want to be like that." And let a friend give him a ride, presumably he is happy. ”
"Don't worry, I know what to do now." He smiled back at Nia and said he was fine, but no matter how Nia saw it, the smile was full of grief. Regardless of Nia's reaction, Krent turned away from him.
"Oh, I'm going to walk around the city, there's a way to restrain the mist and I'd like to try it out......" Knowing that nothing would come of her way if she continued, Nia asked where Morgan's team might stay before turning to leave.
Actually, there is one thing that Nia is still unclear about. After defeating the Apostle Lotus and obtaining the Strange Crystal, she began to unconsciously exude a faint apostolic aura. It would take some time for Morgan, who had been infected by the plague, to begin to transform, and it was this aura that stimulated his early transformation.
Watching Morgan's activities on the ground begin to grow bigger and bigger, the appearance of Morgan's ambition to solve the plague when he left the Dark City came to mind. Krent closed his eyes, though he didn't want to, he knew what he was supposed to do now......
Outside the city, Nia had reached the edge of the poisonous mist. Here, the withered yellow wasteland inside the poisonous fog and the green grass outside the poisonous fog draw a sharp dividing line, which looks extremely strange.
"It's really humane to be so clear. But I don't know if I can get in with this bracelet. ”
While complaining, Nia stretched out her left hand with a jamming transmitter and felt towards the poisonous mist, before that, she had planned to withdraw as soon as she noticed something wrong. However, as Nia's body entered, the interference emitter worn on her wrist emitted a faint light, dispersing all the mist around Nia.
"I didn't think this bracelet could really do such a thing, and I got a good thing."
After realizing that the bracelet worked against the poisonous mist, Nya grew bold. Taking off the bracelet, the mist surrounded Nia again in the blink of an eye, feeling the effect of the mist, Nia shook her head suspiciously. She could clearly feel that she was gradually becoming weaker in the fog, and at this rate, she was afraid that within a day she would be weak to the point of losing her mobility, which was a terrifying thing.
It is said that it is impossible for the Morgan team, which is similar in strength to itself, to probe in such a fog for a long time, presumably the reason may be that the fog has become stronger. Without further thought, Nia put the bracelet back on, and the feeling of weakness began to ease. Without the threat of the poisonous mist, Nia didn't have to be afraid of it.
There weren't many hotels in the city, but Nia easily found her destination, a quaint little inn by the river, though it wasn't very clean due to a long lack of care. Soon after, Nia found the target of her trip – Morgan's diary.
"That's too smooth, isn't it?" So what are you thinking, finding something in this unsuitable environment shouldn't be a simple job.
Walking out of the hotel, a black-robed figure flashed in the distance to attract Nia's attention.
"No, is there really anyone living in this environment?"
Confused, Nia followed in the direction where the black-robed man had disappeared.