After the whistling blade pierced its chest, Co'vogart felt as if it had been hit in the chest by a holy light javelin thrown by the god of justice, Gazteth, and then lost control of its body and will, and its body fell towards Finn like a puppet with a broken string.

Fein stood in front of the undead black knight with both hands on the hilt of his sword, and only after making sure that the two soul fires in the latter's eye sockets had been extinguished, did he forcefully pull out the greatsword in his hand, and then turned sideways to let the latter's remains fall in front of his eyes, lying on the floor of the rock hall with a muffled "thud".

Finn looked down at the remains at his feet, knowing in his heart that in the future of the Dark Alliance's long-term war to invade the human realm, there would never again be a Black Knight General named Co'vogart leading an army of the undead on any battlefield south of the St. Flon Sea.

Because, the soul of Co'vogart had just been sent to the realm of the dead by his own hands.

"Finn, are you alright?" In the middle of the night, Arya's eager voice came from behind her.

Finn turned his head to look behind him, and saw that the dozen or so wraiths that Co'vogart had summoned earlier had all disappeared, and Arya hung the crossbow back on her back and trotted towards her.

"I'm fine." Finn looked at Arya, who was getting closer to him, "What about you?" ”

"We've all eliminated those resentful spirits, and there's not a single one left." Arya stopped in front of Finn and said to Finn, "Except for Arroyo, who was slightly injured to protect Lilith, neither Lilith nor I were injured. ”

"Really?" Finn blinked, then turned his head to look behind Arya.

Then, he saw Lilith slowly walking towards him with Arroyo in her arms.

Arroyo's leather vest didn't protect his shoulders and arms down, and he was covering his left shoulder with his right hand, his two eyebrows wrinkled together from pain from time to time.

"Arroyo." Finn brushed shoulders with Arya and walked briskly towards Arroyo.

"Your Excellency, you called me?" Hearing Finn call his name, Arroyo immediately looked up at Finn.

"Let me see your injuries." Finn approached Arroyo and immediately reached out to take the latter's hand over his shoulder.

After removing Arroyo's hand from his shoulder, Finn saw that the fabric of Arroyo's left shoulder had been torn apart, and there were several blood-soaked black scratches on the skin of his shoulder that had been exposed to the air.

"You've been attacked by a wraith?" Finn looked straight into Arroyo's eyes, and his eyes suddenly became wary.

"Oh, yes. A wraith tried to sneak up on Lilith from the side, and I helped block a claw. Arroyo explained, "But it's all right, that dastardly fellow was killed by a short sword after I took Lilith a shot of an arcane missile at close range. ”

As he spoke, the young thief put on another heartless smirk on his face, and then suddenly "hissed" at the pain that came from the wound.

Finn looked at Arroyo smirking and then gasping again, and the worry in his heart suddenly relaxed.

After a while, he looked at the thief young man in front of him, and then couldn't help but laugh.

"Poof... It's a shame that you hacked one to death with your own hands, should you say that you are lucky or have the guts? Finn shrugged as he looked at Arroyo's funny expression of frowning and trying to force a smile, and then took out a small bottle filled with silver liquid from his empty pocket.

Knowing in advance that the attacks of some special undead creatures would cause the skin and flesh of the ** creatures to fester, Finn went to a church in Dawnwind City to buy a few bottles produced by the Templar Church before leaving.

The alchemists of the Templar Church transported the holy water produced by the Holy Warriors from the Church headquarters to city churches across the human kingdom for religious ceremonies or to sell for fundraising.

These holy waters are given different numbered names according to the strength of the medicine, and the higher the number, the stronger the medicine.

After taking the small bottle filled with the No. 3 holy water liquid out of the empty pocket, Finn skillfully unscrewed the cap of the bottle, poured the No. 3 holy water on the wound on Arroyo's shoulder, waited for the blood-soaked jet-black scratches to completely absorb the silver-white holy water liquid, and then took out a few rolls of bandages to help Arroyo bandage the wound briefly.

After treating Arroyo's wounds, Finn and Arya briefly discussed the distribution of the spoils, then walked over to Co'vogart's corpse and picked up the giant scythe that had fallen beside his corpse and put it in the Void Pocket.

The Scythe of Co'vogart, though not needed by any of them, the Black Knight's weapons are forged from dark iron steel tempered by soul fire.

This dark iron steel, which is only produced in the hands of undead craftsmen, can be used to craft weapons, but also has a slight magical amplitude effect, making it an excellent material for crafting staffs.

Finn plans to bring Co'vogart's Scythe back to Dawnwind, find a blacksmith to remove the scythe, and then use the Scythe's dark iron steel handle and the staff he obtained from killing the Eater of Souls in the Mottled Forest two days ago.

Lilith is not an orthodox wizard spellcaster, but she is also a warlock.

Fein didn't want Lilith to cast spells with her bare hands all the time.

After picking up Co'Vodgart's giant scythe, Finn's next thing to do was naturally to hold the superstitious idea of "the face emperor touching the corpse", and ask Lilith to help search for Co'vogart's body.

After all, Lilith had picked up two magic items with low drop rates from the corpse of Molk's giant tarantula last time, and the luck of this warlock girl had left a very deep impression on Finn, who knows if her big red hand would also find some surprise on Co'vogart's corpse?

A minute later......

"Anyway... Is there only one? ”

"Hmm."

"Is there really nothing else?"

"Nope."

"Forehead ......"

Finn blinked, watching Lilith search through Co'vogart's body and hand him something, a little unresponsive for a moment.

He had imagined that Lilith would find some rare treasure from Co'Vodgart's corpse like magic, but Lilith rummaged through Co'Vodgart's corpse for a long time, and finally only found a void pocket.

For second-order professionals with a certain amount of strength and financial resources, the Void Pocket is indispensable as a small and practical storage tool, so it can be said that Co'vogart will drop the Void Pocket.

"Could it be that Co'Vodgart has all his belongings in his empty pockets? Just like most players? Finn made a guess in his heart, so he hurriedly opened Co'vogart's empty pocket, intending to see what was inside.

Finn quickly retrieved three things from Co'vogart's empty pocket—a lantern with a faint green glow, a strangely shaped bone key, and a notebook with a black rose on the cover.

He first held the lantern in front of him, and the information about the object immediately appeared in his field of vision:

Props/magic items

Conditions of use: 15 points of intelligence or perception

Use: Gives orders to low-tier undead units.

Notes: This item appears to have suffered some damage, as it is gradually losing its functionality, and will be completely damaged after 12 hours.

- There is only one meaning for the existence of low-level undead, and that is obedience.

"Soul Lamp...... Well, it looks like it's about to break, but it can come in handy on the way back. Fein looked at the lantern in front of him for a moment, and muttered to himself.

The Soul Lamp is a magic item designed by the high-level undead to allow foreign allies to drive away the low-level undead.

During the cataclysm, when the Dark Alliance teamed up with the Demon Shepherds to invade the human kingdom on a large scale, Finn had seen many Demon Shepherds lead a team of undead with soul-attracting lamps in their hands.

With the Soul Lamp, Fein and his party were spared the undead hordes of the first rock hall on their way back to the Melore Pits.

As for the stone gate that trapped everyone here before?

Finn put aside the Soul Lamp and picked up the strangely shaped bone key:

Keys/magic items

Conditions of use: 10 points of intelligence or perception

Use: Open the door in the specified place.

- Just a magic key.

"As the administrator of this underground undead barracks, Co'vogart will indeed drop the magic key of the stone door at the entrance to the barracks." Finn nodded in satisfaction.

With these two things, the group was able to safely return to the surface of the Melore pit along the same path they had come.

Next, Finn pinched the bony magic key in his palm and reached for the notebook with the black rose on the cover.

He glanced at the cover of the notebook, recognized the black rose pattern on the cover of the book, and opened it with his fingers.

The moment the notebook was opened, several rows of text suddenly appeared in the system prompt bar below Finn's field of vision.

[You have found the quest clue of the mission-level mission]

【Organize task list ......】

[Mission-level missions have been added to your mission list]

Mission/Mission

Mission Description: You have discovered a terrible conspiracy in a notebook with a black rose pattern. Although the information available is limited, combining what is mentioned in the notebook with the reality of the situation, you discover that the Dark Alliance is laying out some ulterior plans for the three regions of Melol Pits, Azur Harbor, and Hurenger City, and guesses that the undead realm on the northern shore of the St. Fern Sea seems to be brewing a war that has been brewing for a long time. As a paladin who is on duty to do justice, it is your duty to intervene in this event and try to stop this evil plan.

Requirements: Travel to the Melore Pits, Azur Harbor, and Hurengue City to investigate the incident.

Bonus: Stop the Dark Alliance's conspiracy.

Rewards: ???

Additional Bonus: ???