Destiny Thief

Chapter 136 The Troubled Lich

Along the streets and alleys of this weird city, the kind-hearted Mr. Lich led five humans to turn left and turn again—Angela saw groups of patrolling skeleton soldiers and skeleton knights at the intersection of the streets more than once, But under the leadership of this Mr. Lich, they finally bypassed the past without any danger, and did not arouse any interrogation from anyone who was interested.

This is actually a very unscientific thing.

The aura of the living is very different from that of the undead. It's not that the dead who didn't serve as patrolling guards noticed them, but when those dead saw the leader Mr. Lich, they turned their heads silently and pretended to ignore them—— In Dill, the country of the dead, there is a strict hierarchical order among the undead. Under no circumstances are the lower-ranking people allowed to disobey or question the higher-ranking ones, unless any willful guy doesn't mind becoming a bunch of lost souls. The bones of consciousness.

This gentleman is one of the nineteen members of the parliament—at that level, they are already the top figures in Dill. Master Eddie Gregory, in terms of identity, belongs to the same equal existence.Every major decision made by Dill must be voted by the members of the Undead Council.

This is the function and power of the councilors in Cemetery City. Looking at the entire kingdom of the dead, these councilors have another identity. They are the commanders of every powerful army of the dead.Of course, this identity came into play mainly during times of war.

The five former wandering mercenaries finally left Cemetery City after walking for about two hours.Along the way, Mr. Lich didn't say a word, but turned his head to look at the humans behind him from time to time. After walking out of the city, the undead who met along the way bowed to this Mr. Lich. , that respectful attitude is like those country lords in the human world facing high-ranking nobles.

Angela began to speculate about the identity of Mr. Lich—he seems to be a very important person here?

After passing through the city wall, the scattered buildings gradually became sparse, and there were almost no wandering undead in the wild. Standing on a bare hill, Mr. Lich stepped on a jagged gray stone, and he took out a The pocket watch, looked at the time, and said to the five wandering mercenaries who had escaped from prison:
"You can go."

"Walk?"

Mickey was a little puzzled by Mr. Lich's statement, it doesn't look like the surface world here.As a mercenary, he certainly knows the stories of adventurers that are popular among the people. The place where the five of them are, the desolate and deserted scenery looks like the underground world, and combined with the impressions along the way, he also vaguely guessed It turns out that the strange city behind him is probably the core of the legendary Dill's undead, Cemetery City.

To return to the surface world from the Cemetery City, a passage is needed.And in front of this hill, he didn't see a cave in the shape of a passage, except for a few scattered dead trees without leaves, there were only white stones everywhere—no, not right.He saw the white stone that Mister Lich was stepping on, and there seemed to be some words engraved on it.

He knelt down and was about to take a closer look, but found that his companions were also making similar movements, only Angela didn't move, she looked at Mister Lich, "Where should we go?"

Mister Lich pointed to his feet.

"But there are all these tombstones here."

Mickey shouted, he had already seen the words on the white stone, they were all common fonts in the Kingdom of Elantra, although he was not very literate, but there was a line of numbers under the name and surname of the seemingly person, he could see clearly UP: 341–417.This should be the year of birth and death of the owner of the tombstone.

An aristocratic gentleman lived to be 77 years old. This old guy really enjoyed his life long enough!
Mickey muttered.He observed his companion's reaction, and took another sneaky glance at Mister Lich.

"I'm not wrong."

There was a strong wind on the hills outside the Cemetery City. The Lich tightened his cloak, and he said, "The passage is under this tombstone."

"But we don't have tools for digging."

Mickey complained again, and saw a pair of soul fires in Mr. Lich's blurry face suddenly lit up, he stared at this man who talked a lot, and gave a slight "huh?" - the man immediately lowered his head obediently .

"We can dig the dirt under the headstone with our swords."

Angela touched the double swords tied to her belt, and she acted on the spot as she spoke—perhaps out of pride in her own strength, Angus did not confiscate the weapons of this group of mercenaries; on the other hand, In this world, suicide is regarded as a cowardly and shameful act, and he doesn't think these human beings will take actions to end their own lives.

Norman and Rowan also started to pick up their weapons and move, while Angela's younger brother, Lan Ke, was a ranger longbowman, and the recurve bow behind him didn't look like one that could be used Tools for earth-digging work.The young man smiled because of the lack of sunlight and nutrition on his pale face. He tore off the corners of his tattered hunting suit, wrapped his palms and fingers, and squeezed in front of the tombstone, working with his companions.

"You should have 15 minutes."

The five mercenaries, regardless of their physical weakness and exhaustion from the journey, were digging a deep hole in the brown soil under the tombstone, and the Lich said again.He glanced at the majestic and towering Parliament Hall in Cemetery City, and suddenly took steps towards returning to the city——

According to his plan, the operation was considered a success.So, it's time to return to your own territory.

Hearing what the Lich said, the work of digging became more efficient, and the desire to survive made the mercenaries who survived the catastrophe unleash their unparalleled strength. Angela inserted the sword in her left hand into the soil, and found that there was an open space below her. Behind the cave, the five humans immediately cheered loudly.

Then, they remembered that this was still the outskirts of Cemetery City, the territory of Dill's undead, and they held each other's mouths tightly.

After the Lich heard the cheers of the humans, he chuckled "ho ho"—from the sight of the humans on the hill, the figure in the cloak was fading away, but when Angela got into the cave for the last time, the The hoarse figure echoed in my ears:

He told her a long series of numbers, and also told her to report this information to the Holy Glory Church after returning to the surface world.

(End of this chapter)