"Honestly, I don't think it's a good idea."

Driving a carriage on a desolate and remote path, the elf scout's tone was full of helplessness. They were walking in a wilderness. Looking around, there seemed to be no sign of life here. The woods in the distance had already withered.

The land that was farmland was only a dull barren land.

This is the place of death and silence.

This place was once the fiefdom of a nobleman a long time ago. At that time, the earl was facing a crisis of inheritance. He only had one daughter and no sons, and his brothers were eyeing his title and land. At this time,

, a young and handsome man took the initiative to approach the earl. He claimed that he was a noble from a distant country and hoped to marry the earl's daughter.

Perhaps based on the principle of "preferring to be a friend rather than a domestic slave", the old earl agreed to the young man's request, so the young man married the earl's daughter and successfully inherited the title of earl, and the old earl also gave up after that.

Human world.

But in fact, the young man was not a nobleman, but a vampire. After that, other members of the Earl family either died "accidentally" or disappeared, or became the vampire's servants. Soon, the vampire took control of this place.

A piece of land, and became a powerful and terrifying existence.

At that time, the empire was in the midst of civil strife. To put it simply, history was repeating itself. The emperor died, and everyone was fighting to become the next emperor. Three of the princes decided to proclaim themselves kings - this shows that history has not changed at all.

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Seeing this opportunity, the vampire finally showed his fangs. On a dark and windy night, he killed all the people in the territory, turned them all into undead under his control, and formed an army of undead.

The army launched an attack on the empire.

Faced with the attack from the vampire legion, the empire, which was undergoing a civil war, finally put aside its past grievances and united with the outside world. After all, everyone just wanted to be the emperor, not the slaves of the vampires. So on the premise of uniting the front, the empire also began to resist the vampire attack.

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But that vampire is really powerful. With the help of a magical ring, he is not afraid of any harm at all. Whether he is beheaded or his heart is broken, this vampire can be resurrected in a short time and fight back - well, lock blood

Resurrection hanged belongs to.

In this way, the vampire army marched all the way, singing loudly, and arrived under the Imperial City.

However, something unexpected happened. Just when the vampire was about to take over the royal city in one fell swoop, his magical ring suddenly "mysteriously" disappeared. The vampire who lost his blood-locking resurrection pendant was very angry and launched another attack on the royal city.

He attacked. But this time, he failed to succeed. Instead, he was completely defeated by the empire, and then he was finished.

As soon as the leader died, the vampire army immediately fell apart, and was beaten to the point of being beaten by the pursuing empire to the point where even the mother didn't recognize him. And after this war, the civil strife in the empire ended. Everyone recommended the prince who contributed the most and was the most powerful in the vampire war.

served as the next emperor.

In order to end the civil strife in the empire, a vampire traveled thousands of miles to kill someone. What kind of self-sacrifice is this?

After that, this territory became a cursed place of death. At the beginning, there were nobles who were not afraid of death and tried to inherit this fiefdom. However, after several nobles died tragically and violently here, everyone also

They all stay away from this place.

After that, this place became a place of death. It is rumored that those beings who were once killed by vampires and turned into undead are still wandering in this land, killing everyone who dares to invade this land.

Hmm... Judging from the scene before me, we can't say that this rumor is groundless.

By the way, undead and vampires are actually different races. Even in the soul card, undead and vampires are separate. For example, the resentful spirits and ghosts summoned by Duanmu Huai before are all undead, but vampires are

They are undead creatures. To put it bluntly, vampires are more like species that "do not die naturally". After all, they still need to suck blood to eat and maintain. Although vampires look like dead people on the surface, just needing to suck blood to maintain and improve is a kind of thing in itself.

The survival behavior of life.

Therefore, when facing the god of filth, vampires are not as "invulnerable to all poisons" as the undead, and can only be regarded as [higher resistance].

On the other hand, when facing the undead, believers of the God of Filth are somewhat helpless - viruses and diseases cannot infect bones and ghosts.

Likewise, because of their hatred for life, the dead and undead will frantically attack any life form that dares to step into their territory.

Yes, although the followers of the God of Filth are swollen all over, with spores oozing out thick fluids all over their bodies, and exuding a putrid and disgusting smell, there are even parasites crawling around in their bodies.

, as happy as mice swimming in cheese, but they are still "alive" and "fresh" and "living entities".

This is the reason why Duanmu Huai chose this route.

If the corrupt believers really intend to continue to use the human sea tactic to track themselves and others, then they can only venture into this territory and fight the undead here. After all, they are not good at secret infiltration, and if there are not enough people,

It is impossible to pose a threat to Duanmu Huai and others.

In comparison, Duanmu Huai and his group had a small number of people and a small target. If they were lucky enough and cautious enough, they might be able to sneak past them.

Under the satellite scan in the strategic command room, Duanmuhuai was like opening up the entire map, and he could clearly see where the danger was and where was safer. Therefore, under his leadership, the group of people walked smoothly.

only……………

"I'm really not used to this place."

Sitting on the carriage, staring around, the elf scout complained dissatisfiedly. Everything here gave people a sense of death and silence. Even the air he breathed seemed to be mixed with biting ice crystals. Even if he took a breath, he could feel the whole

My whole body was trembling. Even the two horses pulling the cart were weak at the moment. They basically couldn't eat any good forage and could only eat the withered weeds on the roadside...

"Okay, now that we have time to complain, we might as well think about how to get out of here as soon as possible."

Duanmu Huai didn't pay much attention, after all, this place was like this. He opened the map and took a glance, and the Cardo knights and elf scouts also came over.

To be honest, it's already a mess outside.

The three princes have all established themselves as kings and have begun to fight version 2.0 of the Imperial Civil War. However, it is a pity that this time there is no vampire who has sent someone thousands of miles away to unite them again. The Silver City finally fell, and the entire territory has become

It has become a paradise for viruses, plagues and corrupt believers to have fun, and it is spreading to the surrounding areas. A large number of refugees have poured into other nearby territories, and these territories are basically suffering the impact of civil war.

The current route given by the elf scouts is to pass through the Wesen Territory, which has been reduced to the wilderness of death, and then find a way to cross the gray mountains in the south to reach Bretonnia - it is a small area, but relatively peaceful.

Country. At least there, people can live a peaceful life.

Well, the prerequisite is not to be a farmer.

Of course, there is no perfect country in this world, and Bretonnia also has its own problems. However, compared with the civil war 2.0 that people within the empire are having trouble with and the tyrannical and corrupt believers who are having fun on the territory of the empire, Bretonnia

It’s already a very good choice.

In other words, there is no better choice. After all, if we don't go to Bretonnia, then everyone will either have to go to Cathay through the Ogre Kingdom, or go all the way south across the desert to Arabi...

In comparison, going to Bretonnia only requires passing through the Gray Mountains, and as long as there is no conflict with the dwarves, then there is not much of a problem.

At least it's better than crossing the Ogre Kingdom or going to die in the desert.

"Let's keep moving forward. At least now, it seems that there shouldn't be any people in front of us."

In this dead land, the most dangerous places are not the wilderness, but the villages, towns and even castles. Because of the tyrannical conquests of the vampire lord, almost all the citizens in this territory——

Everyone from peasants to nobles were killed and turned into undead, so the places where they were alive were very likely to be occupied by a bunch of undead creatures.

Therefore, along the way, everyone spent time in the wilderness and walked around human towns whenever they saw them.

Otherwise, it might just be the set of Silent Hill + Castle of Evil + this and that other horror game copy set.

In fact, Duanmu Huai didn't care. After all, the mission of [Sleeping Beauty] he received before required him to go to five copies of the Necromantic Fragments. However, considering that there were a lot of people around him, Duanmu Huai didn't plan to take the risk.

.In case something happens and it becomes trouble, it is better to finish the main mission first and then go back to clean up these undead fragments.

Everyone complained a few times, and then continued to move forward. The elf scout drove the carriage, and the old knight sat in front of the carriage. Duanmu Huai held a war hammer in his hand and followed behind. At the beginning, the elf scout deliberately lowered his speed so that

Yu Duanmuhuai followed, and later she discovered that although this big man looked like he was wearing heavy armor, he was not slow at all. Even if he walked on his legs, he could catch up with the speed of the carriage...

The weather in the land of death is always gloomy and dim, with heavy black clouds covering the sky, almost no sunlight, and the icy cold wind howling through the wilderness, bringing with it a low moan like the wail of a wraith.

The horse responsible for pulling the carriage did not last long and eventually died neighing. In desperation, Duanmu Huai had to volunteer to pull the carriage forward, and the two horses were dismembered by the elf scout and the old knight and processed into dry food——

-After all, there is no food in this land, and the food that everyone took with them when they escaped from the castle was almost eaten.

However, just as night fell, a strange thing appeared in front of everyone.

"If my eyes aren't blurred, it looks like a hotel?"

Looking at the buildings on the roadside in front of him, Duanmu Huai made a complaint, and the elf scout nodded.

"The door is still open."

Yes, as the elf scout said, this hotel is not only open, but also brightly lit. It looks like a lively roadside hotel... Well, if it didn't appear in this inaccessible and dead place,

If it's the ground, then it's quite normal.

"let's go."

Of course, Duanmu Huai would not be stupid enough to be fooled. He had heard so many similar ghost stories in Liaozhai, so he also pulled the carriage and continued to move forward. At the same time, Duanmu Huai glanced at the task in front of him.

[Trigger mission "Midnight Hotel"]

[Mission goal: Get out of trouble]

[Why does the unmanned hotel that appeared in the wilderness at midnight exist? 】

If Duanmu Huai was the only one here, he would definitely get in, but considering that there were a bunch of old and weak people behind him, he decided to ignore it for the time being.

Then walked, walked, walked...

"To be honest, I'm not surprised at all."

Looking at the hotel that appeared in front of him again, Duanmu Huai felt no fluctuation in his heart.

"What should we do now?"

The elf scouts were also speechless. Even Alyssa and others were looking out the window curiously at this moment. No wonder they were so calm. After all, since entering the land of death, ghosts, ghosts, screaming, and crying

I've experienced all these sounds, and after seeing them too much, I've become numb.
To be continued...