"Mission-level mission?" Finn was startled by the sudden pop-up system prompt.

In Ferdia's quest system, different types of quests have different impacts on the game's main story.

For example, helping to find lost items and going out hunting, etc., whether you play or not have almost nothing to do with the main story of the game.

However, what Finn received at this time, for example, is likely to affect the outcome of the long-term war in which the Dark Alliance invaded the human kingdom a year later, thus affecting the future plot trend of this world to a certain extent.

Confirming that he was not dazzled by the words that appeared in the system prompt, Finn quickly came back to his senses, and his eyes quickly scanned the notebook in his hand.

Since most of the undead were of different races during their lifetimes, the Dark Alliance's paper documents were written in the lingua franca for ease of reading, so Finn quickly retrieved the information mentioned in his notebook without much effort, and thus learned that the Darkmoon Council seemed to be planning to attack the city of Azur and Hurengel.

"God, I'll just say how Azur Harbor and Hurengue City fell at the same time on the first day of the war." Fein thought back to the memories of his previous life, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face, "Damn it, it turns out that those bone frames have already infiltrated their power into these two places. ”

In the last life, the undead army of the Dark Alliance attacked the two harbor cities of Azure Harbor and Hurenger City in the territory of Aurora City and Violet Kingdom respectively at the beginning of the war, and the Melol Mine was soon transformed into an undead fortress built on the front line of the battlefield.

Due to the fact that the plot of the game in the previous life was not advanced, Ko'Vogart did not appear in the human realm before the outbreak of the cataclysm, and Finn naturally did not obtain the diary of the undead black knight from Ko'vogart, nor did he receive this mission, so he never understood why the offensive of the Dark Alliance could catch the defenders of the human kingdom off guard like lightning on the first day of the outbreak of war.

It turns out that the Darkmoon Council has already planted their men in three places: the Merore Pits, Azur Harbor, and Hurengue City.

It's no wonder he heard a rumor on the game forums that the sentries of Azur Harbor and Hurengue City had slit their throats with daggers before the undead army was attacking the city.

"My lord, what is written in this black notebook? Both of your eyebrows are wrinkled together. Seeing Finn staring at the black diary for a moment, Arroyo frowned, and asked the latter with half curiosity and half worry.

"This is Co'Vodgart's diary, and it records a huge conspiracy." Finn put away his journal, held the soul-attracting lamp on the ground in his hand, and said, "I'll tell you the details of the contents in a moment, but we have to get back to the surface from here now." ”

"But, Finn, the way we came has been sealed off by the stone door, and the undead in the first hall will certainly not let us go easily." Arya worriedly offered her opinion, her face slightly anxious, "Co'vogart is here, proving that there may be other entrances and exits here besides being accessible from the Melol Pits. ”

"I see what you mean." Fein looked at Arya and nodded, "Depending on what you think, that uncovered sarcophagus in the center of the Rock Hall might be a magical portal that requires a special item to activate. ”

"That's... Are we going to get out of this sarcophagus that could be a portal? Arya turned her head and glanced appregetantly at the sarcophagus in the center of the hall.

"It's better not to." Finn replied, "After all, even if that sarcophagus were a portal, we didn't know how it was activated or where it leads. For example, if we were teleported to the Dark Alliance by that sarcophagus, we would never come back. ”

"So......" Arya looked at Finn, "what do you think we should do now?" ”

"Let's just go back the way we came." Finn smiled, "Because, we've got both." ”

With that, he lifted the Soul Lamp and the Bone Key in his left and right hands at the same time, and shook them in front of Arya's eyes.

……

The effect of the soul-attracting lamp is indeed as useful as in the previous life.

The four of them walked along the same path they had come from in the direction of return. When he was about to reach the first rock hall, Finn took the lead in entering the hall from the corridor with the soul-attracting lamp, and mentally ordered all the undead creatures in the hall to stand by, and then found that the undead in the hall were staring at him with glowing green eyes, but they had no intention of attacking him and the other three.

Using the prop effect of the Soul Attracting Lamp, Finn and his party safely passed through the first rock hall full of undead creatures, and then touched the stone door that had trapped everyone in the previous place, and the stone door opened automatically as if it had received some kind of mechanism command.

After that, the group quickly left the underground barracks, formerly known as the Labyrinth of the Rotting Corpse, and returned to the place where the pit elevator was located along the underground tunnel dug by Jefferson and the miners, and found the mine keeper's uncle, Jefferson, who had been waiting around the elevator for a long time.

"Oh, you're back." Seeing the figures of Finn and his party walking into view one by one from the darkness, Jefferson was stunned for a moment, and then immediately walked quickly to meet the four of them with an oil lamp.

"Uncle Jefferson, we have investigated the reason why you encountered the undead." Arya walked over to Jefferson and reported the outcome of the mission, "That newly dug tunnel leads to a lair of the dead, the leader of which has been killed by us, so please take us back to the surface first." ”

"Oh, I see." Jefferson nodded in realization, "Looks like I'll have to report this matter to the City Lord...... Ah, by the way, we're going to take the elevator back to the surface now, please come with me. ”

After the words fell, Jefferson hurriedly led everyone to step on the elevator platform again, and then pulled a mechanical lever next to his hand, so that the mechanical platform under his feet made a "clang" sound and rose in the direction of the surface.

After about a minute, the elevator platform emerged from the horizon along the deep shaft wall, and finally came to a halt with a soft "thump".

Finn followed Jefferson and stepped down from the lift platform on the dirt floor, a ray of sunlight slanting across his face from the sky, which made him suddenly feel that the daytime light seemed a little harsh.

"Hah...... It's still a good environment on the surface, but the underground world is too dark. Arroyo was the third to step down from the lift platform.

The young thief squinted and yawned as he walked, but Finn suddenly stopped walking in front of him, and he immediately hit Finn from behind with a "bang".

"Ouch pain...... Hey? Why don't you leave, my lord? Arroyo rubbed the sore back of Finn's head, and when he saw Finn standing in front of him, he opened one eye and tilted his head to look at the scene in front of Finn.

At this glance, Arroyo suddenly found a middle-aged man with a gray face and a beard about five or six meters in front of Finn, holding a bloody shoulder with one hand, shivering behind several miners.

Not far in front of the miners stood a dozen strong men in leather armor and armed weapons, and Jefferson, who was the first to notice that the situation was not good, had already run over.

"Milan, what's going on? Who are these people? Jefferson hurried up to a young miner, pointed to a dozen armed men not far away, and asked the latter in an eager tone.

"I, I don't either, I don't know what the hell is going on." The young miner named Milan looked nervously into Jefferson's eyes, and his voice stammered in fear, "We just saw this gentleman with a beard on his face panting and running towards us from a distance, and the men with weapons then chased after him from behind, and then you came over. ”

After the words fell, Milan turned his head to look at several workers beside him, and several other miners also quickly nodded at Jefferson, indicating that what Milan said was true.

At this moment, among the dozen or so men, a bald man standing at the front of the line stepped forward with a mace on his shoulder and glanced at Jefferson with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Are you the manager here?" The bald man asked.

"I'm the manager here." Hearing the bald man's question, Jefferson turned to face the bald man with a serious look in his eyes, "You guys, what's the matter with your weapons?" ”

"Hello, Mr. Manager, I am Bekrol, the leader of the Black Tiger Mercenary Regiment." The bald man named Bekror said unhurriedly, "The bearded man hiding behind the young man is a wanted fugitive, and we are going to arrest him, so please don't stop us, Mr. Administrator, your workers, and the four adventurers over there from arresting the criminal." ”

With that, Becrolle glanced at the bearded man hiding behind Milan, and then glanced at Finn, Lilith, Arroyo, and Arya who were standing aside,

"No, Mr. Manager, they lie!" The bearded man immediately roared in horror, "They are all mercenaries that Magdaru paid for, and they are going to kill me!" ”

"What?!" Jefferson was stunned.

The bearded man's words of extreme panic immediately startled the uncle who was the manager of the mine.

Meanwhile.

As Finn stood on the dirt floor next to the elevator platform and watched the drama unfold before him, he suddenly realized that he seemed to know the bearded man with a shoulder injury.

He suddenly remembered that two days earlier, on the afternoon of the Partan Empire, he seemed to have met with someone who had been arrested and sentenced to death for stealing books.

"Finn, that guy is Glens." Lilith stepped down the elevator platform to Finn's side, holding out her finger to identify the bearded man.

"Lilith, who do you know?" Arya stared back and forth at the dozen or so strong men and the bearded man hiding behind Milan, her right hand resting her fingers on the hilt of the scimitar at her waist in a wary manner.

"Lilith and I met the bearded man." Finn helped Lilith explain, "As for the guys who might be mercenaries, neither Lilith nor I know each other. ”

As the words fell, Finn cautiously observed the situation of the scene, thinking about whether to help Glens or avoid some potential risks by standing by and watching.

After all, Glens had just mentioned Archduke Magdaru in his words.

From a rational point of view, the Duke who ruled the Duchy of Grey Fir was not an easy target for him to provoke.

"Huh? Are you Finn? And that witch too? Suddenly, Glens's eyes widened to spot Finn and Lilith standing next to the elevator platform.

At that moment, the bearded man with a shoulder injury immediately had a look of help in his pupils.