Chapter five hundred and thirty sixth, as in the past, regret, flat push
"I'm not familiar with the Black Ember Forest."
Without even raising his head, Gauguin just continued to look at the black ground under his feet and said coldly.
And his words are still as concise and powerful, without any hint of decadence.
"Your Excellency, there is something wrong with this guy. I heard that he was punished and expelled by the Holy Spirit Temple. It's best not to have any contact with him."
At this time, the newly hired mid-level skeleton warrior came to Moriarty's side and whispered.
However, Moriarty ignored this and took another step forward, approaching the coffin knight: "You don't need to lead the way, you just need to be responsible for protecting my safety."
"...My commission is one gold pound per day. In addition, I have private matters. If necessary, I will leave at any time, and the commission will not be refunded."
After a moment of silence, Gauguin stood up slowly, as if a towering iron tower was rising from the ground, completely casting Moriarty in front of him into his shadow.
When they heard that the coffin knight proposed such harsh employment conditions, the undead around them all made an uproar, and some even sneered. Even though Gauguin was still a high-level combatant, he was already disabled with a broken arm and offended the giant Holy Spirit Temple, but he still
If you dare to talk nonsense here and ask for high prices, you really don’t know how to live or die.
"Sir, this guy is crazy, don't ignore him."
The commission of one gold pound per day was far more than the price quoted by the two mid-level undead. The skeleton warrior and the soul catcher couldn't help but show dissatisfaction and immediately tried to dissuade them.
"What do you mean by your private affairs?"
Raising his head and looking at the coffin knight who was twice his height, Moriarty asked.
"Chasing a fugitive." After a pause, Gauguin said indifferently.
"Ha, Gauguin. Are you still trying to catch Claudia? Give up, you can't catch 'Pale Sorrow' with both hands, let alone only one arm now."
There seemed to be some people who were familiar with Gauguin among the undead, and they immediately laughed loudly, which immediately caused other people to laugh and talk.
Gauguin showed no reaction to the chatter and laughter from the outside world, and just looked down at Moriarty.
"I accept your conditions." But it was beyond everyone's expectations. Moriarty directly handed over a bag of thirty gold pounds, then turned and walked out of the square: "Let's go now."
"make a deal."
Squeezing the gold pound in his hand, the coffin knight nodded slightly and followed.
Seeing this, the surrounding undead were all surprised and started talking about Gauguin's bad luck or the mysterious employer's quirks. Although the mid-level skeleton warriors and soul catchers were unwilling and unhappy, they had no choice but to catch up immediately.
After leaving the "End of the Forest", a group of four people headed straight towards the Forest of Black Embers.
Although this huge black forest is a restricted area of death for ordinary life, it actually contains a wealth of various undead resources that can be collected and mined, so there are undead adventurers wandering in the black forest all year round to dig for treasures. Of course, even if
The activities of undead life in the forest of black embers also involve taking considerable risks. After all, facing the possibility of irregular outbreaks of negative energy storms, the existence of any kind of life form appears weak and fragile.
"Sir, where should we go first?"
As soon as we entered the black forest, a faint gray mist filled the air, with a peculiar smoky smell, covering everything including the forest itself. Its essence is that after a long period of negative energy erosion.
Infused with the power of death, the "Ghost Wood" exudes a unique "tree fragrance". Of course, for all non-dead beings or those without corresponding necromancy protection, this "tree fragrance" is a drama.
It is a poisonous miasma, and even some human veterans of Dawn Fortress gave it a rather vivid nickname - "Corpse Air".
However, the skeleton warrior seems to be very adaptable to all this. He has already asked his employer first.
"Go to the Lantes Valley first." Moriarty thought for a while and said.
According to the alliance's intelligence, since the whereabouts of the Queen of Lies were discovered in the Forest of Black Embers, many powerful Yakuza from various Dejia forces have come here to participate in the joint manhunt.
Among them, the most powerful one is Stanley, the sixteenth-level vampire prince.
In the battle in the Coliseum, the Death Lord was beaten several times by his opponent, which was quite ugly. If Lord Amon hadn't given him a final helping hand, the Queen of Lies would have escaped. So,
As soon as he got the news, the vampire boss rushed to the Black Forest as soon as possible and personally guarded the southwest border of the Black Ember Forest near the human kingdom, in order to completely stop the devil's attempt to escape across the border.
In addition to Stanley, they include a fourteenth-level holy priest from the Holy Spirit Temple, a fourteenth-level great necromancer from the Alliance, a fourteenth-level vampire marquis from the vampire race, a fourteenth-level ghost assassin and
A fourteenth-level chaotic zombie lord participated in the roundup.
The reason why they are all fourteenth level Yakuza is because they were severely damaged by the Lord of Amon. Now the Queen of Lies no longer has the strength of the Dark Lord, and is only at the fourteenth level. On the other hand, as a blasphemy
For sinners in the Dejia forbidden area, the hunt for the Queen of Lies has become a "grand event" that all forces in Dejia actively participate in. In a sense, it can also be regarded as a disguised competition, which involves the Temple of the Holy Spirit and the Necromancer.
The "face" of the two alliances.
However, just a few hours before Moriarty was summoned by the Lord of Amon, urgent news came from the Black Ember Forest. One of the pursuers, the undead "Chaos Zombie Lord", was killed by the Queen of Lies.
He was killed in the Lantes Valley and his body was cut into thousands of pieces. The situation at the scene was extremely tragic.
Therefore, Moriarty judged that although the Queen of Lies was severely damaged by the Lord of Amon, she should retain a considerable back-up as the Dark Lord, and her combat power may still be at the fifteenth level. And to kill a super Yakuza
As a powerful person, Moriarty can only use his tricks, and it depends on whether other undead extremes can cause enough trouble and damage to Xenia Oren.
"Sir, the Lantes Valley is located in the central and eastern part of the Black Forest, not far from here. But to get there, you have to either take a long detour from the south, or you have to go straight through the territories of several dead beasts, and battles are inevitable.
"
After hearing Moriarty's instructions, the skeleton warrior thought for a while and gave two routes, one close and one far.
"Which dead beasts?"
The dead beasts are undead beasts that have many mutations and are extremely ferocious. They are also Dejia's "specialty". Even the dead beasts in the Black Ember Forest once rioted collectively for some unknown reason and attacked "
"The End of the Forest", but the "Black Tide" led by General Bone Blade ruthlessly killed most of them and completely suppressed it.
"There are three dead beast territories: one is a group of bone wolves, with more than a hundred in number; one is a nest of ghost-faced monkeys, and there are violent ghost apes with intermediate strength and above in the group; and the last one is a rotting hive, whose queen is said to have reached a high level.
The number of soldier bees in the nest is even more astonishing. Unless the Lord of the Dao appears, few people can withstand the attack of an entire rotten bee swarm alone."
As expected, the mid-level skeleton warrior knew the situation in the Black Forest very clearly, and immediately explained it to his employer in detail. And judging from his tone, it was better to advise Moriarty to take a long way around. After all, Moriarty's aura so far was only mid-level.
It's just between high and high levels.
"Gauguin, what do you think?" Moriarty thought for a while, then turned to look at the Coffin Knight.
To be honest, the reason why I am willing to hire Gauguin is actually because I love talents.
That day, the Coffin Knight fought alone in Olympus. He was so powerful that he advanced and retreated like the wind. Even Guderian and Naga were unable to defeat him and were almost killed on the spot. At the same time, Gauguin's ability to interpret the battlefield and assess the situation
, and decisiveness, which are also rare among warriors, especially undead warriors. Therefore, Moriarty believed that one day when he saw this Coffin Knight again, he would have advanced to the level of the Ultimate Dao and become a formidable and powerful enemy.
But I didn't expect that because of the failure of the mission, I was punished by the Holy Spirit Temple. I had an arm cut off at the peak of my high level. At the same time, my strength also dropped to level ten. It is more likely that the core of the dead soul was also damaged. I'm afraid that I will be extremely miserable in the future.
The road is hopeless.
Therefore, Moriarty felt very sorry for Gao Guang if he jumped out of the camp or thought of race. In addition, the other party was expelled from the Holy Spirit Temple and was considered an enemy of the enemy, so he wanted to see if there was a chance to win over this "old friend" and become his current friend.
A helper and helping hand to Dejia.
As for the other party's so-called private work, haha, Moriarty himself still hopes to find traces of Claudia. If the Coffin Knight can "help" him, he will naturally get it.
"My duty is only to fight."
However, Gauguin had no intention of giving any opinion to Moriarty's inquiry, and his answer was as cold and concise as before.
"Then let's take a shortcut."
The reason why I posed the question to the Coffin Knight was just to observe his reaction. Since his strong and domineering attitude remained unchanged, Moriarty was naturally speechless.
As for the three dead beast territories, including the Rotting Hive, they are nothing more than passing by.
"Yes. Then, go this way."
Now that the employer has spoken, the skeleton warrior has no choice but to obey. Fortunately, the strength of the team is not bad, with two mid-level and two high-level. As long as the rotten queen is not offended, self-protection is still certain. It's amazing that the shortcut will not work in the end.
Just go back and take another long way.
So, following the guide's guidance, the four of them headed straight towards the Lantes Valley.
It took about two days to defeat the siege of the bone wolves, deal with the harassment and sneak attacks of the ghost-faced monkeys, and even destroy the giant rotten honeycomb that looked like a small castle, and finally reached the destination.
Of course, when facing the bone wolf and the violent ghost ape, Gauguin took action alone to solve them.
Although the Coffin Knight's strength has regressed two levels, his arm is broken, his sword is broken, and his strength seems to be greatly reduced, but when he actually takes action on the battlefield, it is discovered that his combat power is still very powerful.
When the surging deathly freezing air wrapped around the broken sword and cut it down, it still cut through the iron as mud. Even the violent ghost ape, which is famous for its huge strength and hard bones, had no choice but to cut it in half in front of Gauguin. There was no bargaining. (Unfinished)
