Chapter 27 The Deadly Silence

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

Driving the carriage on the desolate and remote path, the elf scout's tone was full of helplessness. Right now they are walking in a wilderness, looking around, there doesn't seem to be any sign of life here. The forest in the distance has long since withered, and the land that used to be farmland is left with only a dark and barren area.

This is the land of the dead.

A long time ago, this place was once the fiefdom of an aristocrat. At that time, the earl was facing a crisis of succession. He had only one daughter and no son, and his brother was eyeing his title and land. At this time, a handsome young man took the initiative to find the earl. He claimed that he was an aristocrat from a distant country and hoped to marry the earl's daughter.

Perhaps it was based on the principle of "Ning and allies are not slaves", the old earl agreed to the young man's request, so the other party married the earl's daughter, and successfully inherited the title of earl, and the old earl also passed away after that Human world.

But in fact, that young man was not a nobleman, but a vampire. After that, the rest of the Earl's family either "accidentally" died or disappeared, or became servants of that vampire. Soon, vampires took control of the land and became a powerful terror.

And at that time, the empire was experiencing civil strife. Simply put, the current history is repeating itself. The emperor passed away, and everyone was fighting endlessly to become the next emperor. Three of the princes decided to stand on their own as kings—this shows that history has not changed at all. .

Seizing this opportunity, the vampire finally showed his fangs. On a dark and stormy 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.

Facing the attack from the vampire legion, the empire that was in the midst of the civil war finally temporarily abandoned its previous suspicions and unanimously spoke out. After all, everyone just wanted to be emperor, not slaves of vampires. So under the premise of a united front, the empire also began to resist the attacks of vampires.

But that vampire is really powerful, with the power of a certain magical ring, he is not afraid of any harm at all. Whether it was beheaded or the heart was blown, this vampire can be resurrected in a short time and fight back—well, the blood-locked resurrection belongs to it.

In this way, the army of vampires advanced all the way, and came under the Emperor City.

However, due to unforeseen circumstances, just when the vampire was about to take down the royal city in one fell swoop, his magical ring suddenly "mysteriously" disappeared. The vampire who lost his own blood-locking resurrection pendant was very annoyed, and attacked Wangcheng again. But this time, he failed to succeed, but was completely defeated by the empire, and then he was finished.

As soon as the coach died, the vampire army fell apart immediately, and was beaten by the chasing empire so hard that even my mother didn't know it. And just after this war, the civil strife in the empire ended, and everyone elected the prince who contributed the most and the most powerful in the vampire war to be the next emperor.

In order to end the civil strife in the empire, a vampire traveled thousands of miles to take the initiative to give away the head. What kind of self-sacrifice is this.

After that, this territory became a cursed land of death and silence. At the beginning, some nobles who were not afraid of death tried to inherit this fief, but after several nobles died here in a row, everyone also Everyone pays respect to this place.

After that, this place has become a place of death. It is rumored that those 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 in front of me, it can't be said that this rumor is groundless.

By the way, undead and vampires are actually different races. Even in the soul card, undead and vampires are separated. The wraiths and ghosts that Duanmuhuai summoned before are all undead, but vampires 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 It looks like a dead person on the surface, but just needing to suck blood to maintain and improve itself is a kind of survival behavior of life.

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

Conversely, when facing the undead, believers of the god of filth are somewhat helpless—viruses and diseases cannot infect bones and ghosts.

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

That's right, although the believers of the god of filth are swollen all over their bodies, they are covered with sputum-like rashes all over their bodies, they exude a rancid and disgusting smell, and there are even parasites crawling around in their bodies , happy like mice swimming in cheese, but they are still "alive", "fresh" and "life forms".

This is why Duanmu Huai chose this route.

If corrupt believers really intend to continue to use crowd tactics 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 sneaking in secretly, and if there are not enough people, they will not be able to pose a threat to Duanmu Huai and others.

In contrast, Duanmu Huai and his party had a small number of targets and a small target. If they were lucky enough and cautious, they might be able to sneak past.

Under the satellite scan of the strategic command room, Duanmuhuai looked like he had opened a full map, and he could clearly see where it was more dangerous and where it was safer. Therefore, under his leadership, the group went smoothly.

only……………

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

Sitting on the carriage, staring around, the elf scout complained dissatisfied. Everything here gives people a deadly atmosphere, even the air you breathe seems to be mixed with biting ice crystals, even if you take a breath, you can feel your whole body trembling. Even the two horses pulling the cart are weak at the moment, they basically can't eat any good forage, they can only eat the withered weeds on the roadside...

"Okay, 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 is like this, he opened the map and glanced at it, and Kado Knight and Elven Scout also came over.

To be honest, it's a mess out there right now.

The three princes have already established themselves as kings, and started to fight version 2.0 of the Imperial Civil War, but it is a pity that this time there is no vampire who sent a thousand miles away to unite them again. The City of Silver finally fell, and the entire territory has become a paradise for viruses, plagues, and corrupt believers to have fun, and it is spreading towards the surroundings. A large number of refugees flooded into other nearby territories, and these territories were basically hit by civil war.

Right now, the route given by the elf scouts is to go through Wessenland, 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, but relatively peaceful place. nation. At least there, people can live a peaceful life.

Well, the premise is not to be a farmer.

Of course, there is no perfect country in this world, and Bretonnia also has problems of one kind or another, but compared to the civil war 2.0 where the people inside the empire are out of their minds and the tyrannical and corrupt believers who are galloping and having fun on the empire's territory, Bretonnia It's already a very good choice.

Or there is no better choice, after all, if you don’t go to Bretonnia, then everyone will have to go to Cathay through the ogre kingdom, or go all the way south across the desert to Arabia...

In contrast, going to Bretonnia only needs to pass through the Gray Mountains, and as long as there is no conflict with those dwarves, then it is not a big problem.

At least better than crossing the ogre kingdom or going to die in the desert.

"Go ahead, at least it seems that there should be no people in front of us."

In this dead land, the most dangerous place is not the wilderness, but those villages, towns and even castles. Because of the tyranny of the vampire lord at the beginning, almost all the citizens in this territory—from peasants to nobles were all killed and turned into undead. With a bunch of undead creatures.

Therefore, on this road, everyone spent time in the wilderness, and detoured when they saw human towns.

Otherwise, it might be Silent Hill + Evil Castle + this and that horror game dungeon set.

In fact, Duanmuhuai didn't really care, after all, the task he had received before [Sleeping Beauty] required him to go to five dungeons of necromancer fragments. But considering that there is a large group of people around him, Duanmu Huai did not intend to take any risks. In case something happens, it will be troublesome. It's better to finish the main task first, and then go back and clean up these undead fragments.

Everyone complained a few words, and then continued to move forward. The elf scouts were driving the carriage, and the old knight was sitting in front of the carriage. Duanmuhuai followed behind with a hammer in his hand. At the beginning, the elf scout deliberately slowed down so that Duanmu Huai could keep up. Later, she realized that although this big man looked to be wearing heavy armor, his speed was not slow at all. Even if he walks with two legs, he can still catch up with the speed of the carriage...

The weather in the Dead Land is always gloomy and gloomy, with dark clouds covering the sky, and the sun is almost dim. The icy cold wind whizzes across the wilderness, bringing low groans like the wailing of wraiths.

The horse responsible for pulling the cart didn't last too long, and finally neighed and died. In desperation, Duanmuhuai had no choice but to volunteer to pull the carriage forward, while the two horses were dismembered by the elf scouts and the old knight and processed into dry food—after all, there was no food in this land, and everyone came from the castle. The food that Li took away when he escaped was almost enough.

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

"If my eyes are clear, does it seem like a hotel?"

Looking at the buildings on the side of the road in front of him, Duanmuhuai complained, and the elf scouts nodded.

"It's still open."

That's right, as the elf scouts said, this inn is not only open, but also brightly lit, it looks like a lively roadside inn... Well, if it didn't appear in this deserted and dead place If so, then it's pretty normal.

"let's go."

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

[Trigger mission "Midnight Hotel\