Chapter 37: The First Body Part [Requesting Recommendations and Collections]

【Task: Demon Hunter's Obsession】

【Requirement: Explore the dungeon, recover the six severed body parts of Outran Windwhisper, and bury them beside the Moonwell】

【Rewards: Random Demon Hunter Skill Book ×1, Junior Book of Wisdom ×1, Junior Book of Charisma ×1, Lord Experience ×1000, Team Experience ×500】

(An ancient dungeon that once imprisoned Blood-Burning Demons. Explore thoroughly, and there may be unexpected gains.)

Unexpectedly, it really was a task.

And it was a task recognized by the Lord System.

As expected of a game played by the gods.

Zong Shen lamented silently in his heart.

Aside from the ethereal "Gods," he could think of no other reason that could explain all of this.

"Let's move forward. The next task is to explore the dungeon and find the severed body parts of a Demon Hunter."

Zong Shen gave a brief explanation of the task requirements.

He had discovered that, aside from himself and Tasia the Necromancer, the other soldiers could not see the soul of that Demon Hunter at all.

The crowd nodded, indicating their understanding.

Even the cold and aloof Tasia nodded cooperatively this time.

It seemed this woman was simply someone who kept others at a distance; when it came to things like souls, she felt a strong resonance.

Once the task objective was confirmed, the group proceeded down the corridor.

As they walked, Zong Shen grew interested in the white candles on the dungeon walls that could ignite themselves.

He turned to look at them.

He was wondering whether he should take a few to use for lighting the territory.

Lighting raw wood produced too much smoke.

Consequently, whenever night fell, the territory was left in total darkness.

Unless he obtained blueprints for lighting props, the territory's nights would lack a stable light source.

These candles looked quite good.

With this thought, Zong Shen reached out and pried a candle from the iron candlestick on the wall.

However, he watched as the candle melted rapidly in his hand the moment it left the holder.

It seemed this particular "wool" could not be plucked.

What about the candlesticks, then?

Zong Shen tilted his head and paused, contemplating whether he should have the Wolf Cavalry dig the iron candlesticks out of the walls.

(Oh! My goodness! As a Lord, can you please stop thinking about how to fleece resources every single day? Get out of this corridor within one minute, or you will encounter some minor trouble.)

The Strategy's吐槽 (complaint) suddenly appeared.

Zong Shen rubbed his nose and abandoned the idea of studying the candlesticks.

"Let's go, keep moving!"

Zong Shen waved his hand. After all, the Strategy had stated that if they didn't leave this corridor within a minute, they would run into trouble.

The corridor was very long.

Even though there was a candlestick on the walls every meter or two, the end was nowhere in sight.

Heaven knows where this passage actually led.

Zong Shen increased his pace.

After a period of brisk walking.

He finally saw the end of the corridor.

At the end hung a peculiar crucifix.

However, they were a step too late.

Several dark shadows suddenly appeared at the end of the corridor, crawling in a predatory manner.

Their shadows were stretched very long by the candlelight.

In the next moment, these shadows crawled in from both sides of the corridor's end.

This allowed Zong Shen to see their appearance clearly.

They had no skin on their heads, only raw, bright red muscle.

A large mouth extended almost to their cheeks, filled with teeth like the blades of a shredder.

They moved on all fours, completely naked, without a single hair or a patch of skin.

Their joints were twisted and deformed, and their arched backs had spinal bones protruding through the flesh, extending into bone spikes.

They looked remarkably like hyenas crawling out of hell.

These monsters did not act rashly; instead, they gradually gathered at the end of the corridor.

At the same time, several more dark shadows were rushing toward them.

They were waiting for reinforcements.

These creatures stared intensely at Zong Shen and his group with evil eyes.

"More undead scum."

"These stinking creatures—even my Gris wouldn't be willing to devour them."

The Wolf Cavalryman, Avide, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and focused his gaze.

【Ghoul Lv10】 【Race: Undead】 【Bite Damage: 27–30】 【HP: 200】 【Armor: 0】 【Skills: Frenzy Lv2 (Increases Ghoul's attack speed by 5% and movement speed by 5% for 60s, 5m cooldown), Devour (Restores HP by consuming corpses), Passive Skill: Corrosive Poison Lv2 (Attacks carry 3 seconds of continuous poison damage, 3 points per second)】

(Kill these agile little nuisances.)

Zong Shen looked at the other ghouls; their attributes were largely the same, and none were elite monsters.

At that moment, two more shadows crawled over.

There were now five ghouls.

With Zong Shen's current military strength, he had more than enough to easily crush them!

"Kill these rotten things!"

Zong Shen pointed his sword and issued the command to attack.

The corridor was wide.

Three Wolf Cavalrymen let out roars and charged.

Tie Zhu merged into the shadows, moving stealthily.

Zong Shen turned his head.

Tasia, standing behind him, sensed Zong Shen's gaze and raised her root-like staff.

After a brief incantation.

Two Necrotic Arrows shot out!

This was her skill, Double Necrotic Arrow!

Only then did Zong Shen nod in satisfaction.

He raised his sword and stepped forward.

In an encounter like this, the ghouls had no advantage.

Even if their agility was higher than the previous undead, they could not dodge the interception of the Wolf Cavalry.

Furthermore, they were all unarmored, squishy units.

Tasia's Double Necrotic Arrow alone could strip away more than half of these ghouls' health in one go.

This time, Zong Shen remained relaxed throughout the entire process.

By the time he strolled over with his longsword in hand.

The battle was basically over...

A Lord's life was just that simple and unadorned.

【Your subordinate, Wolf Cavalry, killed a Ghoul Lv10; you receive half the experience.】 【Your subordinate, Tie Zhu, killed a Ghoul Lv10; you receive half the experience.】 【Your subordinate, Necromancer, killed a Ghoul Lv10; you receive half the experience.】 …… 【Obtained Experience (170x) = 85】 ……

The five ghouls were swiftly eliminated.

The battle was as fast as a gust of wind.

Zong Shen quickly scavenged the rewards. Instead of rushing to check them, he walked straight to the end of the corridor.

Here, there were paths leading to both the left and right, forming a T-junction.

However, that wasn't the point. The point was that Zong Shen had discovered the first piece of the Demon Hunter's body.

It appeared to be his torso, which was tied to a crucifix.

This was the very crucifix hanging at the junction.

It was extremely conspicuous.

On the wall behind it, there were numerous strange, meaningless runes drawn in what appeared to be either blood or red pigment.

The Demon Hunter's torso was riddled with steel nails, as if it had undergone some kind of malicious cursing ritual.

Zong Shen focused his gaze.

Information immediately surfaced.

【Torso of Outran Windwhisper】 【A torso desecrated by a Blood-Burning Demon ritual; one of the quest items】

Zong Shen stopped looking at it, waved his hand, and stowed it into his storage slot.

(End of Chapter)