Chapter 13: A Strange Mission

"Who is it?"

Suddenly, Roland looked around vigilantly and shouted in a low voice.

But instead of getting a response to his inquiry, a strange task pops up and he gets a strange one again.

Mission: Dispel and follow!] 】

Difficulty: Expert

Contents: Find the source of shadows, find it, but ...... Destroy it, or own it, the final choice is yours.

Duration: two months

Reward: Divine Gift or Source of Shadow

Note: If you fail or do not accept the mission, you will face the spurning of the Light and the torment of darkness.

This task is too cheating, it's just a forced rhythm of acceptance, and the result of failure is exactly the same as not accepting.

At this time, Roland exhaled deeply, and a trace of helplessness appeared on his face.

No matter how unwilling he was, the task had to be accepted, and if he hadn't completed it in two months, the punishment he would endure would definitely be equal to the difficulty of the task.

"I accept this terrible task, but...... There doesn't seem to be any clues at all, and there doesn't seem to be a similar mission experience in the game, which is really unlucky. ”

Suddenly, Roland said with annoyance on his face.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden ding, and a mark was immediately stamped on the mission panel, which meant that he had accepted the task, just like in the game.

But this mission appeared too suddenly, did something happen?

At this time, Roland looked around, only to see that there were empty buildings all around, and the huge magic stone on his head still reflected dazzling light, except for Roland, there was no living person.

Is it my delusion? Roland thought suspiciously, then turned around and slowly returned along the same path as the underground city.

Since this place has been explored by him, there is no point in staying here any longer, it is better to go to other dungeons to dig up treasures as soon as possible, but he can clearly remember the location of many treasures in his mind.

But Roland didn't know that after he left this underground city.

A white figure appeared like a ghost where he had stood, blue eyes looking thoughtfully in the direction of Roland's departure.

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In the wee hours of the morning, Roland returned the same way he came, back to the Forest of Shadows, still surrounded by ghosts.

Looking around, I didn't see the figure of Randall Knight, I guess he had already left here, I hope he won't encounter any danger.

"Where is the source of shadows? There are no clues at all......"

"Hey, this house has been destroyed, it's terrible, the whole house has been demolished!"

At this time, Roland had just come out of the secret passage, but was stunned by the sight before him.

I saw that the dilapidated log cabin in front of me had been completely destroyed and razed to the ground, and if it weren't for the fact that there were still some wreckage on the ground, it would not be possible to see that there was a small wooden house standing in this location.

"But...... Where should we go now? ”

He pushed away the rotten wooden strip in front of him and walked out of the ruins, his eyes looking at the forest still shrouded in shadows in front of him, and he couldn't help but fall into doubt.

It's okay to talk about his previous life in the game, but now there is no virtual map, no one to lead the way, and it's really difficult to get out of this forest by his memory.

Roland glanced around, and according to his instincts, he walked in one direction without hesitation.

No matter which direction he can get out of this forest, it's just the time it takes, and the danger is dΓΉ, I hope he won't run into a monster's lair.

The sound of squeaking kept coming from the forest, and the trees swayed with the breeze, which looked extremely hideous, and also added an atmosphere of fear to Roland, who was walking alone.

"As long as it's not a mutant monster, come on, I just want to brush up on experience and level up!"

But Roland was not afraid, and with these nine cards, he now has a good ability to protect himself.

It can't be said that he can run rampant in the Forest of Shadows, but how can he survive.

"Help me...... Help me......"

Suddenly, a faint voice came from afar, as if a dying man was crying for help.

Roland hurriedly looked in that direction, only to see a man in shabby leather armor lying on the ground in the dim jungle, crawling forward covered in blood, and when he saw Roland's figure, he immediately called for help to him.

"Please, save me, I'll pay you......"

The man who fell to the ground saw that Roland was not moving, and immediately raised his voice and wailed at him, and the scene was extremely tragic.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You're already dead, you can't be saved, you're just a dead undead. ”

Roland stared at the blood-dripping man with wary eyes, standing in place and not stepping forward to help, whispering.

His words made the surroundings immediately quiet, and the man who was "dying and struggling" also stopped wailing, and looked at Roland with wide eyes.

That's right, it's just an undead, the dead who died in the Forest of Shadows.

Because of the strange power of the Forest of Shadows, and the fact that it cannot be redeemed, it has become a ghost that hovers here forever.

"It's all your fault that you're a selfish guy and don't want to lend a helping hand to me...... It's all your fault...... You should die...... Die! ”

Suddenly, the man staggered to his feet, his face became unusually pale, and he stared at Roland with a hideous expression, and said.

A red light appeared in the eyes of the male undead, and his body suddenly moved, turning into a fierce wind and rushing towards Roland, only killing could calm the resentment in their hearts.

"Hmph, do you want to kill me? I'm sorry, but I wasn't lucky today. ”

Roland sneered, immediately raised his right hand in front of him, and secretly used the [Healing Hand] in his heart, and a holy light emanated from his hand, enveloping the male undead who rushed in his face.

"Ah, no, it's the Light, you can't do that, no!"

In an instant, a trace of horror appeared in the male undead's eyes, and he hurriedly dodged to the side, but the speed was too slow, and in the next second, the holy light had already come to it and sprinkled on it.

The moment the holy white light covered the male undead's body, it was like boiling water, and a sizzling sound sounded, wisps of white smoke poured out of it, and in an instant, its body was slowly melting.

Perhaps ordinary mercenaries will find it very difficult to deal with these disembodied undead, after all, ordinary weapons cannot hurt these undead creatures.

But Roland is different, as a priest, plus the increase in the priest's robe, just the holy light of the healing hand can suppress these low-level undead.

"Thank you...... Thank you...... Let me be free from this hellish place...... Remember, don't go deep into the forest here. ”

Suddenly, I don't know if it was because the Holy Light suppressed that strange power, the male undead actually regained his senses a moment before his soul dissipated, and said strange last words to Roland.

With a whist, a breeze blew, and the figure of the male undead slowly dissipated in the dim void.

With a bang, something fell from where the undead had been standing, slamming into the ground with a crisp sound.

At the same time, a light the size of a firefly floated out of that position, slowly drifting in the direction of Roland, and poured into his body, and then flashed a hint to gain 10 experience.

Could it be that in addition to gaining experience, there will also be equipment drops in this world?

Roland couldn't help but have a big greeting in his heart, and walked over quickly, he wanted to see what it was.

I saw that it was a transparent spar, and there was a warm feeling in my hand.

He said with some suspicion on his face, "This is ...... Soul Crystal? ”

Soul Crystals are one-time items that can increase experience in the game.

Although the shipment rate is not very high, it is also one of the ways to gain experience, if you get a high-quality soul crystal, the experience you can absorb is comparable to brushing a boss of the same level, which is quite a cost-effective deal.

Immediately, Roland recited a spell softly as used in the game.

In an instant, the soul crystal in his hand began to melt, turning into a transparent aura that slowly immersed into his body, like a warm current surging through, very comfortable.

[Roland uses a low-grade soul spar to gain 70 experience points!] 】

[You have gained a lot of experience points, please upgrade your class.] 】

Suddenly, he opened his personal panel, and there was a small experience slot in both classes, showing how much experience the two classes were still short of being able to level up.

The priest's experience gauge still needs a full 500, and the 290 experience gained now has no effect even if you add it, so it might as well be added to the card caster class, which only needs 100 experience to upgrade to level 2.

As soon as Roland made up his mind, he added all his experience to the profession of card caster.

With a ding, the crazy surging experience broke through the limit, and the experience gauge was immediately filled, but it quickly burned out, and then it was filled with new experience.

At this time, killing Millard and the experience just gained made the card caster profession rise to level 2, and only 10 experience was needed to promote to level 3.

Although the card caster class has been upgraded, there seems to be no change on the personal panel, and the attributes are still the same as before.

"It's a pity, it's still 10 years of experience......" Seeing this qiΔ“, Roland couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

It's just that with so little experience, Roland, who has mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, said that he couldn't bear it, and he even wanted to find a monster from all around to brush it off, so that he could upgrade the card caster to level 3.

But the surrounding undead creatures seemed to be frightened by the light just now, and had fled in all directions, without seeing a trace of ghosts.

"But this thing reminds me of one thing, isn't that place a monster farming mecca? And...... There seems to be a mysterious text like that there. ”

However, this soul spar reminded Roland of something, there was a copy that seemed to have what he wanted, and that copy was the Canyon of the Dead, where there seemed to be something similar to the source of shadows.

In his previous life, he remembered that the copy had something similar, but he didn't remember it too clearly because he didn't know what the actual effect was.

"It's decided, the next destination is the Canyon of the Dead!"

Suddenly, Roland whispered, following the path he had chosen before, he had to leave this Forest of Shadows first if he wanted to go to the Valley of the Dead.

"It's a pity, if only I had a higher level, I really want to fish up all the equipment in this Shadow Forest before leaving." He stood there and muttered, then disappeared into the jungle again.