"But the serpent's eyes are a big problem, and if we see it, it will be petrified, which means that we can't fight it with our eyes open, isn't that a death sentence? Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info," Anne said with a sad face.

"Well, if the legend is true, then this is indeed a problem, as long as you are petrified you are no different from a dead person, of course, if you kill the giant serpent, you should be able to lift the curse of petrification and restore it to its original state. Of course, if the petrification takes too long, more than a whole day, there is no way to undo it. Old man Nikolai said as he touched his long beard and sat on the skull chair.

"Damn, isn't there any way to blind the eyes of the giant snake? Otherwise, how can this fight be fought? I grumbled while doing squats, and just now I was full of confidence that I could find the clue to the whereabouts of my eldest brother again, but now I stopped because of this detail, and it was too unacceptable, how can I solve this problem?

"If you run into a serpent, it's too hard to blind it, because you can't get up close and personal with it, but I have a way to keep it out of sight. Old man Nikolai said slowly.

"I see, you know how to do invisibility!" Alan exclaimed, "It's safe, we can quietly find the Ultimate Earth Dragon Stone, and we won't let the Serpent find us..."

"You stupid!" Before Allen could finish his words, Bud came over and smacked him on the head.

"It hurts, why are you hitting me, Uncle Bud?" said Allen, covering his head.

"Do you think that the high-level aerial magic of invisibility can escape the petrification curse of the giant serpent? Don't forget that it can't see you, but you can see it, and if you see it, its eyes will still be petrified, silly baby!" Bard said loudly.

"Ahem, yes, this method is not safe, and as a necromancer, I am not good at this high-level air magic, so I can only help you in my own way. I can disrupt its vision with a ghost so that it is as blind as it is. Old man Nikolai said to us.

"Ghosts aren't entities, can they pass through anything, so can they disrupt the serpent's vision?" I asked, knowing a little bit about ghosts.

"Well, I'll show you that you'll be clear. Nikolai pointed his skeletal cane at me and shouted, "The ghost is coming!" Suddenly, from his skeletal cane appeared a number of almost transparent spirits, they had human faces, but no feet on their bodies, only a long tail floating "in the air" (so that there was really no need to walk on feet).

I saw them rushing towards me, overlapping and spinning in front of me, and I only felt that there was a white mist in front of me, and I couldn't see anything at all, and I wanted to disperse them, but I couldn't touch them at all. At this point, I was dancing like a blindfolded person, which must have been quite funny.

"Well, this method is good, it's quite practical~" Neil said next to me, regardless of my current embarrassment.

"Sir, let's stop, it's hard to see Chris. Still Anne couldn't take it anymore, and pleaded with Old Man Nikolai.

"No problem, 'The ghost returns!'" Nikolai finished and dispelled the ghost, finally giving me back sight.

"But we don't know such advanced magic, why don't you come with us?" neil pleaded with Old Nikolai.

"No, the old man is old, and he is no longer interested in outside things. Since you can't summon ghosts, I can seal some of them in a container and let them out when you need them, and I'll give you a low-grade Phantom Dragon Stone so you can manipulate them to disrupt the serpent's vision. Of course, if the rumors are false, it would be better if there were no giant snakes. Nikolai waved his hand and refused Neil's request.

"That's fine, now all the preparations are in place, let's go at once!" I clenched my fists excitedly and exclaimed.

"Speaking of which, sir, aren't you bored here alone? There is no one to talk to you. Anne ignored me and said to Nikolai with concern.

"Hmph, little girl, thank you for your concern, but I don't miss this world anymore. My two sons have been out and about for the sake of the so-called cause, and have never come back to see us, and even Mary wanted to see them so much when she was dying, and I have equated myself with not having these two sons. Several of the apprentices I taught were also unscrupulous, and they had done a series of bad things for fame and fortune, and even strangers who approached me were plotting against me, either they wanted my high-grade Phantom Dragon Stone, or they wanted to learn the art of manipulating the undead like my apprentices and then do bad things. Although the old man is a necromancer, all he has learned all his life is to manipulate the undead spells, and he has always dealt with the undead, but it does not mean that I have sold my heart to the devil, my conscience is still there! But now people are all this virtue, I am very disappointed, since I have no relatives, and most of my friends have all passed away, so I am ready to live here in seclusion and leave this world quietly with Mary in this quiet place. I found this relic 20 years ago, and I used it as a resting place for me and Mary, but suicide is not my character, and my life is very hard, and I have lived until now, even if I was stabbed by that gang of gangsters just now, it is still very difficult to die, it seems that I still have a life!" After saying that, Old Man Nikolai slowly stood up from the skull chair, and Anne hurriedly tried to help him.

"Hmph, no, little girl, I can see that you have a kind heart, but my body can still support it!" Old Nikolai stubbornly refused to help Anne, and said to us, "You come with me!"

We followed Nikolai to the other side of the platform, "Wow, that's beautiful!" Anne blurted out. Indeed, I didn't expect that there were a lot of flowers, fruit trees and green grass planted under the steps on the other side of the high platform, and there was a small pool in the middle, which could really make people's eyes shine and feel another world in this desolate and bleak place.

"The soil here is very poor, it seems to have been heavily polluted before, and it took me a long time to finally open up such a green space, if I had more time, I would have been able to create an oasis with my servants, and I would have revived this abandoned city!" Nikolai said with a glance, but goosebumps came out of me at the thought of all these green spaces made by skeletons and zombies.

"I've already written warnings at the entrances to the city gates, and a small number of zombies have been planted on the outskirts of the city, trying to scare away the ordinary people who are close to here, only the real outlaws will want to venture into the city, so don't blame me for being unkind when the time comes, but you are an exception, of course I have given you a chance to let you go. My zombies and skeletons were made from vultures searching for the dead or the dead in the desert from all over the battlefield, and never attacked civilians outside the city. I'm surprised, I'm a necromancer who doesn't think like you. Nikolai looked back at us and said slowly, we were all surprised.

"I'll give you a lesson from my life, any weapon, spell and tool is good or bad, the key is to look at the person who uses them, this is also my experience. You still have a long way to go in your life, and you will gradually realize the meaning of my words. Good luck then, young man. After Nikolai finished speaking, he gave me a low-level phantom dragon stone that shimmered with a slight black light, and took a round container the size of an apple to seal a lot of ghosts in it, "You only need to break it to let the ghosts out, and then use the low-level phantom dragon stone to manipulate them, this method can be used even by those of you who are new to magic magic, of course, I hope you don't need it." Nikolai said to us.

At this point, all the problems were settled, and we walked down the high platform after saying goodbye to Old Nikolai (Bard seemed to have something to ask Nikolai, and the last one to step down the high platform), and we immediately told Jack, Jill, Link, and Emma about the situation.

"Alright, let's join you for the time being!" said Jack, taking a drag on his cigarette.

"What?" exclaimed Emma and I, "what are you doing with us, even though we don't have enough money now, and only gave you 300 gold coins, you can go to the Raging Mercenary Group to find us later, and we won't run away!" I said aloud.

"Nonono, boy~ It's not like this, what if those villains come out to trouble you again? I think it's better to protect you for a while, and do good deeds to the end, this is the purpose of our service. Jack said to me with a smile.

"Actually, you want to follow them to find Roy and arrest him for a bounty!" said Jill behind him, pushing the frames of her glasses.

"Uh, stupid~ you talk too much, you really don't know how to do business!" Jack turned around and whispered to Jill.

Several of us are embarrassed, these two people have a tacit understanding in battle, and it is surprising to do other things. I discussed it with everyone, and I thought that I could let them act with us, after all, there were strong companions who were reliable, and they could also help against the giant snake, and Emma was even more willing, and now she was completely obsessed with Jack, and it was a godsend for her to get close to Jack.

In this way, the nine of us walked together and slowly walked out of the city. As I was about to leave the square, I looked back at Old Man Nikolai standing on the high platform, he was slowly walking down to the back of the high platform, behind him was the skeleton that had been accompanying him, no, ma'am, Mary... Alas, suddenly sympathized with him, he was just a stubborn old man who had lost his relatives and friends, lived alone all his life, lonely and secluded, not the cold-blooded and cruel evil guy we began to imagine, strictly speaking, he was not a bad person, maybe from his point of view, we were the bad people who invaded his territory...

Walking out of the city, we can still see a lot of zombies and zombie dogs, but they no longer attack us, just stand stupidly, no other movements, and still let out that disgusting moan from their mouths, allowing us to walk out of the city unimpeded. When I look back at the city, it is no longer the eerie feeling, but a bleak and sad atmosphere. It is indeed a city of the dead, and a city of death, representing not only the physical death of living beings, but also the death of an old man's heart...