Late at night, in the cellar of Hammondale Castle.

With Markham's departure, the cellar, where countless wines had been stored, was now a mess, the empty shelves were dusty due to the long period of vacancy, the corners of the walls were covered with large cobwebs, the candlesticks on the walls were not lit, and the space was pitch black.

The old butler Fowler wanted to reopen the cellar, but the current lord was not very interested in wine, and his financial situation was not very good, so he had to give up.

Nowadays, this cellar is rarely visited.

In one corner of the cellar, there is a huge cabinet, which was originally used to store some valuable wine utensils, but is now empty.

But today, the door of this cabinet was gently pushed open from the inside by a pair of hands.

Then, a pair of red, ghostly eyes appeared in the darkness.

The eyes looked around for a moment to make sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, a low, metallic voice sighed softly, and a thin figure emerged from the cabinet.

After a little movement of his hands and feet, the wizened figure lightly opened the door of the cellar and followed the equally dark walkway to the upper staircase, and began to walk up the staircase.

The figure walked around without making any sound, and in this way, he quietly came to the first floor of the castle.

When he noticed that there were burning torches in the hallway, the emaciated figure carefully hid himself in the darkness where the fire did not shine and continued to move on.

In this way, the figure wandered throughout Hammondale Castle, carefully searching layer after layer, as if searching for something, his fingers occasionally tapping lightly against the wall, making a crisp crashing sound.

This figure was completely unnoticed, and in the same dark place, two pairs of eyes had quietly stared at him.

Polly, the former thief, and Pete, the handsome half-elf guy, hid in the shadows around the corner, secretly watching the ghostly figure groping around in the corridor ahead.

In order to find out who exactly is pretending to be a ghost in the castle, the sinister lord openly withdraws the night watchman, but secretly lets these two secretly find out the truth of the incident.

The two of them kept watch all night yesterday, yawning and beating one after another, but they found nothing, not even the shadow of a mouse. I thought it would be the same today, but I hid it for a while before I thought about it, and I made an unexpected discovery.

"What is he looking for?" The half-elf asked quietly.

Polly carefully observed the figure's every move, and replied softly, "It looks like he's looking for some kind of mechanism, or dark room." ”

"Organs? Darkroom? Are you sure? The half-elf was a little surprised, "Is there something hidden in the castle that we don't know?" What could it be? ”

"Of course it's for sure, but the devil knows what it's hiding, and I hope it's a treasure, a mountain of treasure!" Polly shook his head, but his eyes visibly began to light up when he spoke of the treasure.

The half-elf snickered: "Even if it's a treasure, it's the lord's if you find it, what are you happy about?" Don't forget that you're now a soldier of the Lord's Guard, not a thief! ”

Polly was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then remembered his identity, and couldn't help but sneer: "I can't turn around for a while, hehe, I can't turn around, Captain Guard, what do you say we should do now?" Do you want to call someone? ”

The half-elf who had just been promoted to captain of the guard by the lord a few days ago thought about it and replied: "I went around from the upper floor to the front to block him, you follow him and stared, and then there will be a front and back attack, and we will capture him alive!" ”

"Let's call more people, right?" Polly was a little uneasy.

"No need, it's easy to startle snakes when there are too many people, besides, he's only alone, the two of us, what are you afraid of?"

With that, the half-elf turned and disappeared into the darkness.

Polly opened his mouth to say something, only to find that his captain of the guard was gone.

In desperation, Polly had no choice but to gently draw a short sword and continue to quietly follow behind the black shadow.

It didn't take long for the angry shouts of the half-elves to be heard not far ahead: "Stop, who are you!" ”

Seeing that the captain of the guard had successfully blocked the opponent's way, Polly was not hiding himself, and rushed towards the thin figure in front of him.

The figure who was still searching around was obviously a little caught off guard by such a situation, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly turned around and ran towards Polly.

By the flickering light of the torches on the wall, Polly finally saw his opponent's face.

This is a skinny face, the atrophied muscles are tightly attached to the skull, indescribably weird, and what is even more terrifying is that this face was originally the place where the eyes are, but now there are only two deep holes left, and in the hollows, there are two red light clusters that emit a dazzling light.

Such an obvious feature made the former thief immediately recognize the identity of the other party, and the frightened Polly screamed hoarsely on the spot, and the poignant voice instantly pierced the silence of the night.

"The Lich! It's a lich—! ”

The sudden sight of the legendary terrifying high-level undead creature terrified the former thief.

Legend has it that the lich is a powerful magician who can unleash powerful spells with a wave of his hand to blast his enemies to the ground. They are immortal and have endless lives, and even if their bodies are destroyed, as long as the lifebox they had when they became lichs is not destroyed, they cannot be completely destroyed.

How could such an undead creature on the continent of Erathia, which was considered extremely evil, appear in the castle? Poor Polly was so frightened that he stopped and waved his dagger desperately, trying to stop the terrible monster from approaching him.

How could I be an opponent of such a terrifying creature? Polly sadly thought of his beloved wife, who had just been married for a few days, and it seemed that he would never see her again.

At this moment, a series of strange chants came from the lich's mouth, and then he pointed his finger at Polly, who was blocking his way, and Polly felt a bang in his head, and he fell to the ground involuntarily, and the short sword in his hand fell to the ground weakly, and the impact of the metal blade against the stone floor made a crisp sound.

The half-elf who was chasing the opponent couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that the opponent suddenly attacked and his companion fell to the ground instantly, and his life and death were unknown.

"Polly!"

The angry half-elf no longer had the idea of shutting down his opponent, and immediately stopped, struck like lightning, and used his best skill to shoot two in succession, and two sharp arrows roared towards the enemy who was fleeing the way.

Only two pops were heard, and the lich, who had fled around the corner, was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground.

Ignoring the pursuit of the enemy, the half-elf hurriedly ran to Polly's side and leaned down to check on his companion's injuries, only to find that his companion had only fainted and not died, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and chagrin in his heart.

It's all because he was too careless to underestimate the enemy, which caused such a consequence, but fortunately Polly is fine, otherwise he would be at peace with his heart.

When the half-elf who was relieved looked up again, he saw that the corner of the corridor was empty, and there was still no trace of the opponent, and he couldn't help but hate.

Dora gritted her teeth and pulled out the two arrows with a distinctly elven style stuck in her back, threw them on the ground, and disappeared into the shadows by the wall again.

The ghost who appeared in the castle of Harmondale and engaged in the panic was none other than the undead lich Lord Dora, who had led the big-eared monsters in attacking Hammondale.

During the night's battle, Dora and her few undead warriors with missing arms and legs followed behind the big-eared monsters, and just as the situation was good and Dora was about to enter the town of Harmondale, she was attacked by an unexpected force.

A series of two powerful fireballs fell on the heads of Dora and his necromantic warriors, and the unsuspecting Dora fell to the ground with serious injuries on the spot, and the necromantic warriors were directly turned into charcoal in the magic flames.

The frightened lich reluctantly fought back, but Dora had just become a lich, and her strength was much inferior to her opponent, plus she was injured first, and she was soon knocked to the ground by the female magician who suddenly appeared in front of her.

Seeing that he was not an opponent, in order to avoid his body being destroyed and his strength retreated, Dora lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, and thanks to his successful disguise, he did not let the anxious female magician recognize his lich identity, and he escaped.

After the sorceress left, Dora fled without looking back, with this magician there, he didn't think the big-eared monsters could succeed, and then he found a cave to recuperate for a while, until the injury was healed, he found an opportunity to mix in a large caravan and entered Hammondale, and when the castle was buying a large amount of goods, he mixed into Hammondale Castle.

In fact, he can't blame Dora for being too bold, but he thinks that he has messed up even such a simple task, and he can imagine what kind of punishment awaits him if he returns to Diya like this.

Diya has never been a place to welcome the incompetent.

So Dora decided to find that thing no matter what, so that she could have an explanation when she returned, or at least not die.

For this goal, Dora can be said to have lost the face of the noble identity of the lich during this time, and also abandoned the dignity of the magician, because of the existence of the female magician, he did not dare to act blatantly, so he could only secretly hide his skinny body in an inconspicuous place, hiding in this small town, and finally finally mixed into the castle, hiding in the underground cellar and living a dark life, in order not to be discovered, he even hid himself in a dirty cabinet, Day and night, fearful, just to find the location of that thing in the castle.

However, to his disappointment, after so many days, he searched almost every corner of the castle, but he could not find what he was looking for, nor did he find any suspicious mechanism.

After all, Dora is a necromancer, not a thief, and because the movement is too loud, it attracts people's attention.

For this reason, Dora had to hide again, if it weren't for the fact that she was an undead and didn't have to eat, I am afraid that poor Dora would have starved to death in the cellar by this time.

Seeing that there was no one to keep vigil today, the anxious Dora once again had the courage to start a search operation, but unexpectedly stepped into the trap laid by the lord.

At this time, there was a commotion in the castle, and Polly's screams woke many people from their sleep, and some people sounded the alarm in the castle hall that the lord's guard had begun to assemble.

Seeing this situation, Dora couldn't help but secretly regret it, but she didn't expect this lord to be more cunning than she thought, and she was too anxious, which caused the current bad situation. It was impossible to return to the cellar, so the lich gritted his teeth and fled to the upper floors of the castle.

Although the sorceress who had appeared in the castle had not yet been seen, the archer who looked like an elf and a human seemed to be equally difficult to mess with, and it was strange that a lord in a remote area had such a powerful subordinate.

Could it be that this lord is an important figure in the Erathian Empire?

The lich, who was completely confused, took three steps and made two steps, and quickly ran to the upper floor, only to see two heavily armed Hammondale soldiers coming in front of him.

(Although it's a little late, it's still a second update, do you still have tickets and collections?) ）