"It looks like someone came here before us. Who else knows about this place?"

Looking at the Root Gate that was destroyed beyond recognition, William turned his head and looked at Ebony behind him and asked.

Wu Mu, who had been looking lost and depressed since before, noticed William's gaze. He looked up weakly at William, and then replied weakly in a tone that was almost like talking to himself:

"Except for you and...Fularo, who claims to have known this place for a long time, no one knows about this place. It should be like this..."

And Furaluo on the side immediately added:

"His hands and feet are not very clean in doing things, so it is not a strange thing to be discovered by someone who is interested."

William nodded slightly.

No matter how close Ebony's thoughts are to the living, there is no doubt that he is essentially an undead. Even if this undead can simulate the real reactions of the living to a large extent, which William could not see the clues before, he always does things in the same way. It will lack some of the agility of the living.

"I'll go in and take a look first. If there's a dangerous situation, you have to give priority to protecting the people here from leaving. Remember, you must especially protect the safety of Nezemael and Iris."

William turned around and gave this instruction to Frollo, and the next second, he left only an afterimage flashing with electric light and disappeared at the door.

In fact, for a divine mage like Furaro, his reminder seemed a bit too cautious.

Therefore, after being stunned for a second, Furaro complained to herself in a low voice:

"Are you treating me like a child..."

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"Very good, very good... No matter how you say it, this is quite a scandal."

After ordering his men to execute more than a dozen undead people in public, those "people" were finally willing to cooperate with Yi Lair's request.

They gathered in an orderly manner on the square in the center of the camp, squatting neatly on the ground with their heads in their hands - this set of movements was smooth and smooth, and they really didn't look like stiff undead, but on the contrary, they were no different from real people.

To be honest, if it weren't for the guards from the "Tower of Annihilation" who could easily identify the difference between the dead and the living, Eliel might not be able to detect their identities.

At the moment, he looked at the undead who behaved too much like humans, with a satisfied smile on his face.

It seems that I got lucky this time.

In other words, that arrogant guy Frollo is going to be in bad luck this time - the dignified Duke of the Holy Tree secretly raises the undead in the underground root system of the Holy Tree City. This kind of thing sounds like it can become the next Senate meeting. issue.

Jade Province is the granary of the empire. In order to prevent the land here from being polluted, the research and use of undead magic in the entire Jade Province is prohibited by law.

This is the basic legal clause written in the "Imperial Code Jade Scroll" by the founding emperor Terra I at the beginning of the founding of the country. Even taking into account the forest elves' deep hatred of necromancy, Terra Reel still requested that this be This law is written down as the first legal protection.

Considering that there was a large-scale tide of undead magic in Blackwater Province not long ago - the Star Council is now discussing whether to limit the scale of undead magic in the Star Law. At this juncture, If the person in charge of the Jade Province, which is the granary of the empire, is discovered to be conducting inhuman undead experiments...

Within the Jade Province, it will arouse fierce opposition from the forest elves, and if you go to the White Gold Palace, it can be used as an important bargaining chip for the elders to put pressure on the queen faction.

Although Yi Lair knew before he came that this trip would be fruitful, he never expected that it would be such a big harvest. At this moment, he couldn't wait to know what kind of rewards and punishments he would have after he returned to Platinum City.

What a reward Chancellor York would give him.

If the Duke of the Holy Tree can be overthrown in a natural way, maybe the Senate and the Royal Council will leave a reserve seat for him, and then he will be able to truly step into the center of the empire's power.

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Thinking of this, Yi Lair couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at, Imperial dog!"

A voice interrupted Yi Lair's fantasy at an inappropriate time.

It was a tall, muscular forest elf.

He slowly put down his hands, stood up, and stared angrily into Yi Lair's eyes.

The multiple venomous snake tattoos coiled on his arms turned into entities, and they danced around him with their tongues spitting, making hissing sounds.

"Excuse me?"

Yi Lair tilted his head slightly, pretending as if he didn't hear clearly just now.

"I ask what you are laughing at, dog of the empire."

The burly undead forest elf repeated word for word, and more tattoos turned into venomous snakes, crawling out from his cuffs, collar and trouser legs.

The man in front of him looked familiar to Yi Lai. He seemed to be a tribal leader who worshiped the poisonous snake totem. He was executed by Furaro because he refused to fulfill the request of his subordinates to join the "Wild Hunt" force.

Unexpectedly, his body and soul were used by that woman to become a high-level undead creature.

"It's really rare. As an undead, he can be equipped with such strong intelligence and can control those great spirits. None of the necromancers I have seen in the Platinum Magic Circle can do this. Your master Furaluo is so

Is it awesome?"

Eliel said this.

Generally speaking, it is a great achievement to be able to make the awakened undead speak a few words with a slightly clearer logic. Undead like this look no different from the living ones. It is not enough to call them a miracle.

But God knows how far the Duchess has gone in her research in this area.

However, the further she goes, the bigger the mistakes she makes, which is what Eliel is happy to see.

"Whose slave are you talking about me?!"

After Yi Lair's words came out, the burly forest elf who stepped forward was like a ignited explosive barrel. He roared and controlled the poisonous snakes and attacked the human in front of him from different directions.

Yi Lair watched as more than a dozen venomous snakes with deadly venom dripping from their mouths attacked him, but his eyes did not even change.

The two men in black robes guarding him raised their heads slightly and looked at the poisonous snakes, and then they didn't see any other movements. The poisonous snakes attacking Yi Laer from all directions made a "click" sound at the same time,

His head was cut off by something invisible.

More than a dozen triangular venomous snake heads turned into light spots and disappeared before they hit the ground. The headless snake bodies also fell to the ground, and then quickly dissipated and faded like ignited fuses.

"Did I say something wrong? Are you not the undead transformed by the Duke?"

Yi Lair asked strangely, and then he continued:

"Ah, you don't have to answer."

The burly forest elf undead opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain something, or just want to curse a few more words... Then, his head flew up like the previous snake heads.

"Because you are already dead."

After Yi Lair finished speaking, he looked around at the remaining forest elves as if with some regret, and said with a mixture of sadness and joy on his face:

"Just a word of advice, the rest of you should not try to attack me. They don't know how to do something as complicated as watching words and emotions."

The guy's head was cut off so lightly that the remaining undead couldn't help but exclaim. This made Eliel express the same emotion as when he first found this place:

"It is a strange thing that the undead can still feel fear and sadness because of the death of their companions."

To be honest... is this really something that undead magic can do? Even if it is, what is the mentality of the person who created this effect? ​​He can't figure out the reason why the woman did this.

But now is not the time to dwell on such issues.

He has already obtained the evidence, but the question now is how he should take the evidence out.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at the more than 30 people who survived in the square, looked around for a while, pointed at the boy who seemed to be the youngest among them, and commanded the guards around him:

"Go and bring that child over."

It is impossible for him to take away all the people here as evidence, so finding someone who is easy to control and take them back to Platinum Province is the best option.

"As for the rest..."

Looking at the remaining trembling undead that were reacting just like humans, Yi Lair couldn't help but feel sick.

Although no one in this world has ever proposed the theory of the "uncanny valley", people's mentality towards this thing that looks very much like a human but is not human is still very similar.

Add to that the need to destroy evidence that you were here...

"Purify all the rest... It can be considered a good thing."

After thinking for a moment, Yi Lair came to this conclusion.

After receiving the order, the guards following him turned their attention to the undead squatting on the ground - they seemed to be ready to attack at any time, and then...

"Moon realm monster?"

First there was a flash of electric light, and then a familiar voice suddenly appeared next to Yi Lair.

It was the man he had met in the Bone White House Hall before, the man from Storm Province whom the Duke called his advisor.

All the guards of the "Tower of Annihilation" turned their attention to this uninvited guest. And almost at the same time, they entered the highest level of fighting state... a state that Iler had never seen before.

However, the other party didn't pay attention at all. He first looked at a few clusters of humanoid ashes not far away, and then looked at the undead whose head had just been beheaded - and then his face immediately darkened.

"You killed a total of twelve people here?"

The man looked at him and asked in a low tone.

"Undead and..."

Before he could say the word "already", the man slapped him directly on the left side of his face and sent him flying about ten meters away - he was only able to stop because he happened to hit a protruding tree in the hall.

on the root system.

"Do you know what you just did?"

The uninvited guest looked at Eliel who was almost in a state of shock and said.

"Do you... know what you just... did?!"
To be continued...