Chapter 51: Going Through the Back Door Page 1

  Pavel Cemetery is located in the northeastern mountainous area outside of Deepstone City, where there was once a thriving small mine. However, due to the low level of mining technology at that time, accidents such as landslides often occurred, resulting in many miners being killed or injured. These deceased were buried on site, and over time, a cemetery formed. Later, a bishop named Pavel spent his own money to renovate the cemetery so that the dead could rest in peace. In gratitude for his kindness, the people renamed it Pavel Cemetery.

  But as the saying goes, "the world is unpredictable", this bishop became a notorious undead necromancer, and the cemetery became his territory. Although everyone has different opinions on why the originally kind-hearted bishop turned into an evil and sinister undead necromancer, Rod didn't care about it at all. When dealing with a fierce criminal, it's best to take him down first and then investigate the motive later, rather than wasting time figuring out the reason behind it.

  The deserted road had almost disappeared, and the only remaining artificial marks were a few broken stone slabs. The rugged mountain path was extremely difficult to walk on, but for Rode, what was most annoying at the moment was not the road under his feet, but the guy behind him who was complaining loudly.

  "I say, young fellow, what's the meaning of bringing us to this godforsaken place?"

  Walking on the rugged mountain road, Old Walker panted, looking down at the slightly steep mountain wall, and complained discontentedly.

  "Pavel's graveyard is on the other side of the mountain. If you get lost, I wouldn't mind pointing out the direction."

  "Thanks for your kind intentions."

  Walking at the forefront, Luo De turned a deaf ear to Old Walker's "proposal".

  "I think it's easier to walk on this side."

  Is it easier to walk?

  Hearing Rod's answer, Old Walker almost fainted. He looked at the nearly impassable "beast path" under his feet and compared it to the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain - which one was easier to walk? Did this still need discussion?

  Although Old Walker was dissatisfied, he had to follow quietly behind Marlin. Rod also made the same request to Old Walker, requiring him to obey his orders completely. If not, he would be thrown away to die. Although it's unclear how much truth is in this young man's words, Old Walker ultimately decided not to take risks and test his bottom line, after all, it wouldn't do himself any good.

  Rode wore a plain leather full-body armor and walked at the forefront, with Lige and Malin closely following behind. The steep and difficult mountain path did not cause much trouble for Rode and Lige, while Malin seemed to be handling it with ease - although she was not accustomed to climbing mountains, advancing while floating with the support of magic was not a difficult task.

  It's almost here.

  As he walked around the bend, the mountain road became increasingly narrow and treacherous, but Luo De was confident, comparing the scene before him with his memories, then nodding his head in satisfaction.

  In fact, from the very beginning, Rod had no intention of rushing into the opponent's lair like a reckless young man. One of the strangest things about Pavelevsky Cemetery is that half of it is above ground and the other half is in the mine tunnels. If they launched a direct attack from the front, with just the four of them, they would probably be exhausted by the undead creatures before even encountering the BOSS, let alone completing their mission.

  So Rod had no intention of choosing a direct attack from the start, because for him, there were better options.

  Players can be said to be the most diligent and lazy people in this world. They are diligent because even an ordinary player has a passion for adventure that is much higher than that of the indigenous people of this world. Whether it's a cave, a river, or a ravine, they will spare no effort to search for something, hoping to find some sealed or abandoned ancient artifact, and thus take a step towards reaching the sky - in this sense, even the most greedy thief cannot be compared with them.

  But what they say is lazy, because in the face of those time-consuming tasks, players always find bugs and shortcuts to ensure that they can get everything done in the shortest possible time. Honestly following the rules is not the player's style, finding loopholes and exploiting them is their favorite thing to do.

  This is also what Rode is doing now.

  The reason he didn't choose the gentle slope below the mountain was that Rode knew there was a small cave on this cliff that led directly to Pável's graveyard. When it was still a mine, it was originally a ventilation shaft, and now through this passage, Rode could easily reach the middle of Pável's graveyard, which would at least shorten the journey by nearly half.

  As I turned the corner, the howling cold wind suddenly grew much stronger.

  "It's right here."

  Looking at the two-meter-wide deep cave in front of him, Rod nodded and walked to the entrance, looking down, but below was a pitch blackness, nothing could be seen.

  "Wait a minute, young man, what are you trying to do? You mean for us to jump into this hole?"

  "That's right, this is a ventilation shaft connecting the tunnels. If we go in from here, we can cut our travel time in half."

  "What a joke!"

  Upon hearing this, Old Walker spoke up in dissatisfaction.

  "How did you know there's a tunnel down here, kid? And what if those damned creatures are waiting for us down there? Besides, even if we manage to take care of that damned lich, how are we supposed to get out?"

  "How stupid."

  Rhode didn't respond to Old Wug's words, but Marlene clearly disagreed with the old mercenary's idea.

  "Don't you know the master-slave relationship between undead creatures and liches? They can only maintain their physical form with the energy provided by the lich, once we eliminate the lich, those undead creatures will also turn back into harmless corpses. You don't even know this, are you really a mercenary?"

  "I'm a mercenary, not a wizard."

  Marlene slightly ridiculed him, and Old Walker immediately shrank back, no longer saying anything, only complaining somewhat uncomfortably.

  "Who knows what kind of nonsense all you weird and wonderful Taoist priests are thinking about."

  "What a mess! You this barbaric and ignorant..."

  "I'll go first."

  Rhode swiftly nipped this low-grade bickering in the bud.

  "Next is Lige, then Marlene, Walker you're last, I think you shouldn't need help."

  In the pitch-black cave, a howling cold wind blew by. Although the entire deep pit was about four or five meters deep, with the help of the soul bird, Rode still landed steadily on the ground.

  "Whoosh!"

  As soon as he landed, a dazzling white light immediately flashed out of Rod's hand and traversed the darkness, but did not cause any waves. Rod cautiously took a few steps forward, and only after confirming that there was no danger did he feel at ease. And just then, the other three also followed in Rod's footsteps, jumping down one by one.

  Lijie and Malin are relatively easy, casting the levitation spell is not difficult for the caster, and although Old Woke does not have the ability to cast spells like the two ladies, as a former skilled ranger, this height is still not difficult for him.

  "Let's go."

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