Suddenly, a figure on the far right under the shadow of the dead tree began to move, and I saw it slowly walk out from the shadow of the dead tree.

"That's ?!!" Edith exclaimed in a low voice.

Harold was right, it was indeed the dead thing that came out of the jungle.

It was probably the "Living Dead" or "Ghost of the Corpse", a monster commonly found in ancient catacombs and occasionally found in the wilderness.

The Living Dead was a killer for novice adventurers in the era when muskets were not popular, due to their strong mobility and certain toxicity. But since the popularization of muskets, the kind of musket bullets that only need to be fired with a little magic attached to them, and the musket bullets can quickly and completely destroy the ability of the "living dead" to move, and the threat of this kind of monster is much smaller.

But this encounter with the 'living dead', something seems to be wrong.

The monster that could vaguely be seen as a human corpse could no longer see what it was before it was born, because his bare skin was covered with deep black scales, and Edith could see that the monster was staring at Harold thirty meters away with cloudy eyes.

"What's that?? I've never heard of the 'living dead' like this. How can the body be covered with scales? ”

"There are ghosts in this mountain! Edith, do you remember what the first grade Dark Arts science class said? Necromancy spells that can manipulate the "living dead" are not practical, and the mage who uses this trick can manipulate one or two living dead in a small area for simple combat, while the remaining six in the forest are monsters such as the "living dead". There's ..... again," Harold paused.

"I don't detect the corpse owners manipulating these 'living dead', but they do act according to a plan. In comparison, it is not uncommon for the body to be covered in an unknown substance. ”

While Harold and Edith were discussing in a whisper, the 'Black-scaled Living Dead' who walked out of the shadows of the dense forest a few dozen meters away began to make strange movements.

Its hands and feet began to twist sharply, as if a child was vigorously twisting the cotton-filled doll with his hands, and the scene was indescribably weird.

"It's coming, pay attention! This may be a temptation first, and the next wave will be played for real. ”

Harold walked several meters forward, bent slightly, his hands moving some distance towards the end of the axe, ready to expand the radius of his attack.

He injected magic into the necklace on his chest, and activated the "Blood Covenant" technique in the necklace to strengthen his physical abilities and five senses.

"Sure enough, apart from me, the stupid girl, and these dead people, there are no living people nearby. It seems that the ability of these "living dead" to move must be completely destroyed in order to escape. ”

The limbs of the living dead twisted more and more, as if they were about to be torn off. But the "black scales" seem to be strong and resilient, and the skin is not cracked.

"Click", "click", "click" Harold noticed the subtle sound of joint tearing, and the joints of the limbs of the living dead had all been torn.

However, the monster was still standing, but its limbs were broken and limp. It was as if it was being pulled by some force, like a standing snake.

Harold's question grew: "Is this a measure to prevent me from cutting off its limbs in the first place?" It's strange, it seems that I softened my limbs first according to my preset play, so that the axe is not easy to cut. ”

The next moment, Harold concluded: "Come prepared!" ”

Immediately after, the limp "living dead" began to sprint towards Harold's location at high speed, obviously a humanoid monster, but it snaked and moved like a snake.

It rushed at such a fast speed that it looked like a giant human being pulling through invisible threads, but Harold could see that the monster was moving using some kind of kinetic energy inside its body and the power of the black scale armor.

Twenty meters, fifteen meters, ten meters, five meters!

The monster swooped down on Harold in a strange posture at the speed of a tiger pounce, and Harold held the axe motionless, not dodging in any way.

Ithine was so frightened that she almost screamed, but out of trust in Harold, she swallowed it back.

Three meters! Harold began to act, he held the end of the long handle in both hands, estimated the amount of advance, and came with a wide range of horizontal slashes, the blade of the axe was just enough to cut the head of the "living dead", he shot steadily, and the axe in his hand slashed horizontally in a perfect parallel arc, which seemed to be the illusion of a slow slash to the naked eye, but in fact it was as fast as a thunderbolt.

Unbeknownst to him, the sharpness of the axe blade had just touched the monster's temple, and the monster's body suddenly became shorter, narrowly avoiding the slash.

The monster's leg joints and bones were twisted, allowing the 'living dead' to quickly bend in a strange way, and it was able to dodge the horizontal slash, thanks to the massive bending of the leg joints just now.

The monster moved forward on its knees, its hands outstretched, and struck Harold at the waist.

"Be careful!! Edith exclaimed.

But Harold didn't panic at all, he missed the cross, he quickly changed his move, his left hand suddenly pulled back the long-handled axe, and with a little spin in his hand, the long-handled axe floated backwards in the air for a short moment, and then his right hand quickly reversed the part of the long-handled axe close to the blade.

The axe stopped, its blade pointing straight down, aimed at the head of the 'living dead'.

"Ah!!!!h Harold's right arm slumped down, and the blade of the axe slashed through the black scale armor on the head of the "living dead" with ten thousand powers, shattering its skull and the soft tissue under the skull, and the entire head of the "living dead" was blasted open by the blade of the long-handled axe.

Harold didn't let up, he let go of the axe, tiptoed, and jumped away with brisk and agility.

The black blood in the body of the "living dead" splashed in all directions, and the black blood first jumped a few times like a living thing, and then "sizzled" to melt a lot of snow on the ground, and a large amount of white smoke came out.

Harold jumped out of the way in time, not spattering a single bit of blood.

A thrilling sniper attack took place right in front of her, Edith was first startled by the attack of the "living dead", and then by Harold's terrifying skills, she looked at Harold who jumped over, and was about to speak.

But Harold couldn't help but hug Xiao Man's waist, Harold didn't say a word, kicked Edith on the back of the ankle, knocked her down, put her on the shoulder, and then immediately ran towards the place where the package was.

At this moment, the long-handled axe that remained on the body of the living dead was entangled in the soft arms of the headless monster.

In the next second, the entire body of the living dead completely exploded, and black blood splattered everywhere, affecting the place where Edith had just stood, and the steel long-handled axe was corroded by black blood, and it was no longer usable.

Harold picked up his package, carried Edith on his back, and quickly moved away from the place where he had just fought, the situation was not in his favor, and he was to retreat temporarily.