Chapter 545, Searching for the Undead
Several people walked in the snow.
The snow creaked under his feet.
Old Kerry glanced back at a few people and lifted his hat crooked by the cold wind.
"You want to see the undead? Those skeleton shelves? ”
This can be heard from the words of old Kerry.
There must be undead around this Prull City, otherwise he, a hunter, would not be so sure of the undead and skeletons.
Listening to the hearts of several members of the investigation team, they were both happy and a little worried.
Happily, this trip was not in vain, and they were able to find news about the undead, whether it was the Temple of Justice or the church, they would be given some rewards.
For Xu Haide, it was a great feat, and it was his achievement when he was running for archbishop in the future.
At the same time, they are also worried that there are really undead of unknown origin around the Terran territory.
Will it be the same as the dwarves' Eight Peaks Mountain, which will also be attacked by the undead?
"yes, I just want to see it." Xu Haide said.
Old Kerry nodded, "It's not close to here, you guys have figured it out." ”
"It's okay, we've all figured things out, as long as we can see the undead."
"Yes!" Old Kerry agreed, but he didn't stop, and walked in the snow with a few people.
Xu Haide whispered a few words to the rest of the people.
Continuing to speed up his pace, he came to Old Kerry's side and continued to ask, "Old Kerry, when did these undead appear?" ”
The wind was biting, and Old Kerry was obviously a little reluctant to speak.
Only when Xu Haide took out another gold coin and stuffed it into his hand did he speak, "About half a year ago, a caravan found the undead. ”
Half a year ago!
Xu Haide nodded.
Half a year ago, it was close to the time when the traverser came.
It is very likely that, as he calculated, the undead are related to Fang Hao.
As long as you find the location of the undead, it will be a great achievement when you go back.
If the size of the undead is large enough to threaten the Federation and the Church, he solves the problem, and the next archbishop is his.
Just in an instant, Xu Haide had already thought a lot.
I thought directly of the image of myself becoming an archbishop, sitting on the highest seat of the Holy See.
I couldn't help but smile on my face.
"Is there a large number of undead? Is there anything special about it, like quarrying, logging or something? Xu Haide continued to ask.
Old Kerry, holding his hat and continuing on his way.
He replied, "Not much, logging?" What do they do with wood, do they build houses, and that kind of thing is not afraid of the cold. ”
"Not much? Can't! ”
"You still hope more, if there are more, it will be chaotic a long time ago, this kind of undead is easy to meet in the surrounding area, and you noble lords feel strange, we hunters often encounter it, there is no danger, and we will not attack the surrounding villages, it is much easier to deal with than mountain bandits." Old Kerry continued.
The rest listened silently, but said nothing.
They are not really noble lords, and they have also fought the undead head-on.
Naturally, they know that they are infected by the darkness and are prone to undead.
But what they are looking for is not these wild and scattered undead.
Xu Haide and the others didn't speak, but just followed behind Old Kerry and continued to hurry.
With this old hunter leading the way, the journey was indeed much smoother.
It's all easy to take.
Arrived all the way to the gates of the Minotaur Fortress.
Minotaurs poked their heads out of the walls.
His eyes widened, staring at the few humans below.
When he saw Old Kerry leading the way, the closed door slowly opened, and a group of tall, exaggerated muscular minotaurs walked out.
He wears plate armor and carries a huge double-edged battle axe.
"Why are you a few of you, are you looking for death?" The minotaur led by him, with white gas spewing out of his nostrils, said in a deep voice.
Xu Haide's faces suddenly turned ugly.
Old Kerry stepped forward, pulled the minotaur led by him aside, and talked in a low voice.
The minotaur looked at this side frequently, as if to confirm something.
After a while, the two returned.
Old Kerry said, "Take some money." ”
"Oh." Xu Haide, take out a few gold coins.
Old Kerry took it and handed the money to the minotaur.
The minotaur shook and said, "Okay, they are not in danger, open the door and let them go." ”
The doors are all open.
Old Kerry walked through the gate with a few men and entered the realm of the orcs.
Xu Haide and the others followed behind him in a daze.
Is that all he gone?
Last time you stared at it so hard, you thought there was something big in it.
Now it's over with a few gold coins.
If you want money, you should have said it earlier.
……
Along.
From morning to afternoon.
Along the way, I didn't encounter anything, only a white snowfield.
Several people were physically and mentally exhausted, hungry and cold.
Big snot freezes into ice skates and hangs on the nose.
At this time, everyone didn't think that this was a good errand, and they were looking forward to going back as soon as possible.
If you continue to freeze like this, you may really die.
"It's here, it's here, it's the surrounding group of undead." Old Kerry shouted, pointing ahead.
Several people came to their senses in an instant, and their steps quickened, looking in the direction pointed by Old Kerry.
In the distance, a rubble-strewn ruin.
The snow has buried a large area of traces, but it is still clear that this was a former manor.
It's just that for some unknown reason, the building on the old site was demolished.
Even the wall is left with a small section that is not high.
In the ruins, hundreds of skeletons roam.
The skeleton was covered with tattered armor, rotting like strips of mop, hanging from its body.
The weapon in his hand was also rusty, and it didn't look like it was lethal.
A few people counted them roughly.
There can be more than 300 of them.
"That's all?" Xu Haide asked curiously.
Old Kerry wiped his nose, "Ah, how much more do you want, I really think this is some kind of mass grave, where are there so many skeletons." ”
Several people did not speak, and only observed the undead in the distance.
Judging by the equipment of these undead, and the appearance of wandering.
It is certain that it is a group of wild undead.
Not to mention the threat to the Human Federation, these skeletons may not be cleaned up by the passing beasts one day.
Scattered undead are not of high rank, and if there are few of them, it is difficult to pose any threat.
"Okay, I've seen it, but there's nothing to see, let's go back!" Old Kerry urged.
But several people still did not answer, but silently looked at the skeleton in front of them.
Looking left and right, there are still not many of them, and there is nothing special about them.
"Hey! Several. ”
Old Kerry was still ignored.
Xu Haide pulled the rest of the people together again and discussed in a low voice.
After a while.
Xu Haide walked over alone, and said with a smile: "Mr. Kerry, this journey has been hard, these are some of our thoughts, and we plan to continue to wander here, and we won't go back first." ”
Two more gold coins, stuffed into Old Kerry's hand.
"You're not going back? No, if you get lost here, you'll die. Old Kerry said hurriedly.
"We brought the map, so don't worry."
"That's not good, I'll bring you in, if something happens, I can't explain it, you have to go out with me." Old Kerry said in a tough tone.
But the others didn't care about his request.
Xu Haide opened the Book of Lords, exchanged weapons and armor, and equipped them on his own.
Soon, several people changed into Silverwing's armor and weapons.
Xu Haide's tone also began to harden, and said: "Your task has been completed, you don't have to worry about the rest of the things, and you can't reveal our news when you go back." ”
Old Kerry looked at the appearance of several people, and knew that it was useless for him to say anything now.
I could only nod my head and agree, "Oh, okay, I see." ”
"Let's go!"
"Oh, good!" Old Kerry agreed, and walked away in two turns.
Wait for the figure to go away.
Xu Haide and the others got together again.
Someone asked, "Which way to go next?" ”
"Let's find a place where we can shelter from the wind overnight, and tomorrow we will continue north along the road, I feel that this old man is taking us on a detour." Xu Haide looked at the map and replied.
"Good!"
A few people agreed to come down and began to look for shelter from the wind.
Today's rush is tired enough.
If they don't find a shelter from the wind at night, there's a good chance they'll actually freeze to death outside.
……
The other side.
Purul City, inside the Lord's Palace.
Fang Hao sat on the chair next to him and chatted with the city lord Tavik about today's events.
As soon as the investigation team of Silverwing City appeared, they never left their sight.
Every move, they are all clear.
Today's old Kerry is also the one arranged by Tavik.
Didn't they want to see the undead, take them to see them, and confirm that these were just ordinary undead, and they kept investigating.
Just as the two were chatting.
Outside the door, the sound of soldiers announcing was heard.
"Lord Castle, Kerry is back."
Tavik was stunned, "Let him in." ”
Old Kerry entered the hall and hurriedly said: "My lord, those people you asked me to bring today, left me behind and did not come back, and planned to continue exploring by myself, I saw that they took out their swords out of thin air, and they did not dare to insist too much, so they wanted to come back and report to you." ”
As soon as these words came out, the room instantly fell silent.
Just now, Tavik was still boasting to Fang Hao that everything was under control.
Now the man is lost.
Those guys were wandering around, maybe they really walked to Fang Hao's city.
When you see so many patrolling undead, you can't start a war.
Tavik just wanted to scold, but Fang Hao asked directly: "Tell me about today's events in detail." ”
"Oh, okay."
Kerry will tell the story of leading the team today in detail.
"You say, they stayed near the arranged location, didn't you?" Fang Hao asked.
"Well, yes, my lord, they said that they would not leave, I saw that they took out their swords, I was afraid that something would happen, so I could only rush back to report to the lord and the city lord."
Fang Hao originally thought that he would arrange it and let these people find it and take a look.
After all, in this kind of weather, no one has the perseverance to stay and find some undead.
I didn't expect these people to be so serious.
Stay and find it yourself.
"Okay, you go down and rest, and I'll take care of the rest." Fang Hao waved his hand.
"Oh, okay." Kerry left in a hurry, fearing that he would be blamed for his bad work.
What else did Tavik want to ask?
Fang Hao said directly: "It's okay, I'll arrange it." ”
With that, he released the teleportation light curtain and left Purul City.
……
The site of the Fort of the Wind.
In a low cave on the west side.
An orange-red bonfire illuminates the small cave.
Xu Haide and several people gathered around the fire, eating the food in their hands.
The regional trading of the traversers has greatly reduced their burden.
Whatever they need to eat, they can be exchanged to ensure that they can spend the night safely here and not freeze to death here.
"Everyone will take turns keeping vigil and continue to explore north early tomorrow morning." Xu Haide said.
The undead are concerned with his later development.
Moreover, the fact that there are undead in the north of Purul City has always been his insistence.
Constantly convincing the church that there are undead in the north that threatens the entire Federation.
But when I really came to investigate, all I saw was a camp of three hundred undead.
Hundreds of wild undead, not to mention here, around the city, it is possible to meet them.
It simply can't be his merit.
Even if he doubts whether there are any undead in his heart now, he will continue to look for it.
"Okay, let's explore for another day tomorrow, and if there are no clues, let's go back and head to the next stop, Lisis City." The accompanying Hall of Justice soldier said.
"Okay."
Several people nodded in agreement.
One person kept vigil, and the rest got into the prepared blankets and began to rest.
The night wind howled.
Like the roar of a wild beast.
In a drowsy state, several people heard the shouts of their companions, "There is an enemy, get up quickly." ”
Everyone woke up and instantly grabbed the weapons in their hands.
Meanwhile!
Cracking sound!!
Outside the dark cave, stones smashed into the cave like raindrops.
He smashed their heads and scurried around, letting out a cry of pain.
"What's going on, damn it." Xu Haide scolded loudly.
The soldier who was on the night watch, holding his head with his arm, said, "I don't know, suddenly someone is throwing stones into here." ”
"Can you identify the enemy?"
"I didn't see it clearly, there were a lot of people, and they surrounded the cave."
The three people in the cave were dizzy by the dense stones.
Hearing the night watchman's answer, he was also a little annoyed.
Why is this trip so unsmooth, I encounter all kinds of things wherever I go.
"What to do? Kill out? One yelled.
Xu Haide hid in the innermost side and opened the Book of Lords to take a look.
"Let's see who the enemy is and where they are." Xu Haide took out a scroll from his arms and opened it.
On the reel, a small bird formed by blue energy appears.
"Go outside." A bird of blue energy, cave wings flew out of the cave.
At the same time, Xu Haide also received the picture outside the cave in his mind.
In a dense forest covered with snow.
Petite orcs with animal ears.
Hundreds of people gathered outside, throwing stones incessantly, and there were people pushing carts and truckloads of broken stones, transporting them over.
"Damn, where are so many people." Xu Haide cursed.
In the next second, the little bird that had turned into energy shattered, and the scroll in his hand disappeared.
"What should I do?" The man next to him asked.
Xu Haide thought for a while and said, "I'm going to rush out, I can't stay here." ”
casually, he exchanged three shields.
"Okay."
"Listen to me, prepare, rush ......!"
Several men with shields in their hands rushed out against the stones in the sky.
The crackling sound of the stone hitting the shield was really scary.
Xu Haide took the opportunity to take a look outside.
The little orcs followed closely behind.
Keep picking up the stones on the cart and throwing them at them.
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