It's a completely realistic game.

In the past, Su Chen didn't quite understand what this kind of publicity meant, but when he was really in this epoch-making game, he could truly understand what it meant to be a 'second world'. When the caravan restarted after a short rest, Su Chen was also placed on a mule in the center of the caravan. The mule had resisted some cargo, and when it got on a man, it was even heavier, so the mule let out a heavy wheezing sound - to be honest, it was not a very good experience to sit on such a mount.

And this unpleasant experience also made Su Chen feel a kind of role-playing experience called 'real' that he couldn't experience in other games.

And as an absolutely real game, Su Chen can't contact his senior sister, even if the so-called contact in other games is a chat interface. But in this game world, with the exception of a handful of means, it is almost impossible to establish real-time long-distance connections between players.

After all, there are no cell phones here, and there are no radio receivers.

Su Chen, who was sitting on a mule, followed the caravan towards the nearest village. They will have a brief resupply in that village, and then they will follow the most famous road in the Northland, from the outside of the steppe where the Flannian Empire meets Bunocchi, all the way inland to the more prosperous places. There are three more famous cities in this steppe, the trading town of Belendna, a natural deep-water port on the long coastline on the edge of the steppe, and the Redwood Bridge, which thrives on adventurers at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. The last is the main city in the center of the Northlands, the Flann Empire, where the Flannal Empire has set up three dukes to maintain the rule of the Iron Throne ((1)). And that is also Su Chen's final destination, where Su Chen can find the teleportation array, maybe he can teleport to the Shadow Island.

((1): The emperor of the Flannian Empire sat on an iron throne to govern the country, hence the name. ）

The season in the game has entered July, which represents the beginning of summer, and it is never easy to travel on the hot grasslands. But the good news was that they were already very close to the nearest village, and even Su Chen could see the smoke slowly rising in the distance while sitting on the back of the mule—

It's just that when the black smoke rises in the distance, the face of Wales, the owner of the caravan, instantly turns pale. He took out a telescope from the bag behind him and put it in his hand, and then carefully observed the smoke in the distance, and after a long time he did not say a word. Su Chen seemed to think of something, and suddenly reacted: at this time, it was already past lunch time, and there was still a long time before the sunset. No one is going to light a cooking smoke at this time...... And the smoke shouldn't be pitch black, as if it were a fire.

"Something might have happened to Ukol Hudge."

Wales said, "We're going to stop for a moment – something might have happened to Ukol Hud, we're going to have to take a detour." We're just a regular business trip, and I don't want us to get involved in anything bad if possible. Ukol Huzhdra is the name of the village, but Wales's order was opposed by a middle-aged man with glasses: "We don't have enough food to carry with us, and if we don't get some supplies from Ukol Hudzhma, we probably won't be able to reach the Redwood Bridge - the road from here to the Redwood Bridge is not short, and if we don't get supplies, we will all starve to death on the way." ”

Wales was silent for a long time, and only after a while did he say helplessly: "Then we need a group of people to go to Ukol Hudge to find out what is going on there...... and then Wales called the names of several people, and these people are all the most elite mercenaries without exception - there is always no shortage of mercenaries of this profession in the ranks of the field runners, because in the dangerous field you will never know what kind of terrible existence you will encounter next.

In the end, Su Chen volunteered to explore the village, which of course won the somewhat surprised eyes of Wales. Su Chen didn't know how to explain his actions, did he want to say that he felt that this was a task that could earn experience points? So he casually said, "Maybe you need a spellcaster." I'm not a very powerful psychic mancer, but it would be at least a lot easier to have a spellcaster with you, right? ”

Spellcasters are often able to do many things that ordinary people can't, and even bards singing in taverns may possess all sorts of unpredictable abilities.

Of course, it is more likely that the bard will only do some small tricks like magic. But no one will deny the role of a spellcaster.

“…… You're right. Wales nodded, then smiled: "Since you have this heart, then let's go together...... Remember, come back after seeing what happened to Ukor Hudge, there may still be danger left inside. ”

"I see."

Su Chen nodded, and then he walked towards the village with a few elite mercenaries.

……

The northland grassland in July was blowing the sea breeze from north to south, and the area where Su Chen was located was just downwind of the Ukol slag. After walking forward for only a while, Su Chen smelled a burning smell, and the air was mixed with some other, indescribable, strange smells.

Then Su Chen's 'search' skill brought him a little hint - even if he didn't click this skill when he was upgraded, the character attributes still have a few basic points, but they are not high. At this time, Su Chen looked at the prompt in front of him, and his face instantly collapsed.

A prompt appeared in front of him, with the subtitle clearly written, "You suspect the smell of rotting corpses blowing in the wind", and before Su Chen could say anything, the face of the inch-headed female warrior on the side suddenly changed: "There are dead bodies in front...... A large number of dead bodies. ”

"And I've been dead for a while." The other square-faced warrior said this, his face turning serious as he threw away his somewhat nonchalant attitude. His hand unconsciously touched the blade at his waist - there wasn't much he could believe in when he was in danger, and the blade at his waist was barely one of them.

"Otherwise, it wouldn't rot to this point."

That's pretty bad...... Su Chen said secretly in his heart. Although they knew that something had happened to Ukor Hud, they decided to go and explore. The main thing is that they need to get supplies, and if they don't, it will be difficult for them to reach the Redwood Bridge. After all, no one can live without eating...... Of course, Su Chen, who is an organ person, is an exception, but he is only an exception.

"So does it mean that the man who pushed Ukol Hugh into such a situation is gone? After all, the corpse is already decomposed. Su Chen said so, while the square-faced warrior shook his head with a wry smile: "It depends on what kind of enemy they encounter." If it's the damn horse thieves at the bottom of the snowy mountain, maybe you'll be right, but if they're a necromancer from nowhere, he'll have too many ways to create rotting corpses in a short period of time, and of course they have a lot more to play. Like making these corpses move? ”

Necromancer is a broad term, which can refer to a mage who specializes in necromancy, or a pale master who has embarked on the study of the art of corpses, and of course this also includes a 'corpse crafter' who combines arcane and divine arts, the true necromancer. And the last kind of lich that people don't even want to mention at all, not to mention, if the village in front of them was really destroyed by the lich, then even if Su Chen and them were so far away, there was no chance of survival.

"Aren't we dangerous, then?" Su Chen said with some surprise, but the square-faced warrior shook his head: "That's why we have to go over and explore, if there is a necromancer here, and we are not prepared, even if we take a detour, it will not be very safe." And if it's not the necromancer who destroys this place, we might still have time to get some dry food. And you know, if it's destroyed by a horse thief or something, tell the three dukes about it, and we'll get a big reward. ”

So that's the first task for a newbie, right? Su Chen nodded to indicate that he had understood. So a few people leaned down as much as possible, so that they were not so conspicuous in this verdant grassland. Then a few people cautiously came to the vicinity of the village. At this time, the stench of rotting corpses was already blowing in the face, and the buzzing of scavenging flies was incessant. Su Chen, who encountered such a real picture for the first time, almost couldn't suppress the desire to vomit. At this moment, a prompt suddenly floated in front of his eyes.

[Do you want to turn on the low violence level mode?] 】

Su Chen chose 'yes' without much thought, and then he suddenly felt that he was not so disgusted by the stench that permeated the air, as if something had removed the disgusting feeling of 'rotting corpse' from his mind.

It's a pretty amazing game.

Su Chen and the square-faced warriors entered the village. As soon as they came to the entrance of the village, they saw a corpse that had fallen to the ground after being hit by an arrow in the chest, although Su Chen no longer felt disgusting, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene.

"It's bad, but it's not that bad." The square-faced swordsman and the flat-headed female warrior suddenly said this after looking around. Su Chen asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"The bad thing is that this place is indeed destroyed by necromancers. But the good news is that the necromancer has left here. ”