Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 236 Rushing to Dangerous Village

With a pass, entry and exit are no longer a problem.

Xu Shen even wanted to run away with Ding Yumian.

He doesn’t care about the catastrophe in the ancient capital!

Unfortunately, Yu Mian is a heroic woman who understands the bigger picture. Ever since she learned about the catastrophe in the ancient capital, she has been troubled by sadness.

Xu Shen knew her very well. Even if he wanted to run away, Yu Mian would not leave.

"Do we need to buy some supplies before leaving the city?"

This was the first time Ding Yumian participated in such an experience, and he was eager to try it out and was very active.

Asharuya said: "No need, I brought two followers, they will be ready."

"Follower?" Xu Shen was a little surprised: "Why haven't I seen him before?"

"They went to the Hunter Alliance to look for a guide."

Asharuya's two followers are named Ali and Asin.

They came back while the three of them were chatting.

The two look very similar, and at first glance they are obviously brothers. They look honest and simple, which makes people feel at ease.

However, the guide they found was too short, and they subconsciously wanted to bend down when talking to him.

Xu Shen even suspected that this person had dwarfism.

However, this person did not seem to care much about his height defect. When Ali and Xin introduced him as "short man", there was no trace of resentment in those shrewd little eyes.

Xu Shen, Ding Yumian and Asharuya are not the kind of people who judge people by their appearance.

Especially now, there are so many undead outside the city, and all kinds of monsters come out at night. Even if there is no restriction on leaving the city, few people dare to go out. It is already very good to find a local to serve as a guide.

So, two women and four men, a group of six, set out in a mighty manner.

Although Xiaobai is still in the growth stage, his length has exceeded ten meters and his shoulder height is nearly five meters.

With this size, it is larger than a leaky RV and can easily accommodate six people.

Along the way, Xiaobai was driving at lightning speed, and the short man was shouting and yelling, saying that this experience was more exciting and cooler than riding in a convertible sports car.

……

Drum Tower, Hunter Alliance.

Elder Lingxi rubbed his temples with a headache.

There were several thick piles of documents on the desk, including the review of pensions and the determination of the difficulty level of tasks. Normally, these specific matters would not require her, an elder, to do them personally. However, the ancient capital was short of staff now, and even though she was in a high position, she had to do it herself.

Just then, an extraordinary man knocked on the door and entered, carrying a plate of carefully prepared desserts.

"Elder Lingxi, take a break. You just came down from the front line."

"No need. The sooner a search and rescue mission is issued, the more likely it is that one more person will survive."

The man felt helpless, but he also appreciated and admired her spirit.

"Come to think of it, I discovered something interesting when I was patrolling this morning," the man casually remarked, hoping to stay a little longer.

"What?" Ling Xi stared at the document and responded casually.

"A person on the Yellow List and a goddess from the Parthenon have come to the ancient capital. They are willing to leave the city at such a dangerous time. They are really like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers."

"Didn't you stop it?" Ling Xi turned another page without even raising his eyelids.

The man shook his head and said, "The gatekeepers were ignorant. By the time they reported to me, the people had already left the city for some time. If the two had died outside the ancient capital, Old Han would have been in pain again."

"Oh," Ling Xi said perfunctorily, frowning as he reviewed documents. The office was silent.

The man was a little embarrassed and was about to speak again when Ling Xi suddenly stretched and said, "I have to go out for a while. These documents are for you."

The man was stunned: "You're going out now? Didn't you just come back?"

"I suddenly remembered that there is a gap in the southwest corner of the city defense formation. I forgot to remind you."

"For such a small matter, we can just inform the formation master. Why do we need to go there in person?"

"I feel a little bored, so I'm going out to get some fresh air."

"I'll accompany you."

"No need, just help me with those documents, thank you."

The man watched Ling Xi walk out, shook his head and sighed, then picked up the documents on the table and started dealing with them.

...With Xiaobai here, it only took about three hours for everyone to reach the first stop of the trip, Yangyang Village.

However, the entire village had disappeared, leaving only a mess of broken trees.

"How...how could this happen?"

The short man was in disbelief. He stared at the map and then looked at the silent wasteland without even a thatched hut, comparing it over and over again.

"Shorty man, this map of yours must be fake," Ali said with a suspicious look on his face.

"Impossible, how could my map be wrong?"

When he heard someone questioning, the short man immediately jumped up and retorted that he made a living from this and his reputation could not be ruined by these two foreigners.

"Let's go a little further."

Xu Shen didn't say much and walked down the hillside. He saw charcoal everywhere. When the wind blew, black fog filled the air.

"Someone must have set fire to the village."

The short man breathed a sigh of relief, at least it meant that he had given the right instructions.

Looking at this sad scene, Xu Shen's heart sank.

Still too late.

"It's okay," Ding Yumian squeezed his hand and consoled him, "Maybe they have migrated away. If they are dead, with such a strong death aura here, they will definitely turn into undead spirits."

Xu Shen shook his head and didn't say anything.

"Let's go. Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to go to the next village."

Asharuya was also a little frustrated.

The short man roughly calculated the route and pointed at the map and said, "The next stop is Hua Village. If we walk, it will take about two days, but with Xiaobai here, we should be able to get there before dusk. Let's go now without further ado to avoid encountering undead creatures."

The sun always sets quickly in winter.

It was just past five in the afternoon, but the sun was already setting.

As we walked along the way, the fluffy soil gradually rose up to form wriggling mounds, as if a huge rat was digging a hole, which was extremely strange.

Soon, corpses and skeletons gradually crawled out. They bathed in darkness, breathed the air of death, stared at Xiaobai who was flying by, and emanated the condensed undead magic with a strong dark aura.

The short man's Adam's apple moved slightly.

I have been in this land of the dead for many years, but every time night falls and the dead are born, my little heart always beats violently involuntarily.

"Everyone, eat the gray garlic!"

Gray garlic is one of the few plants that can grow in the soil of the undead. It is extremely unpalatable, and the smell it emits after eating is so foul that even ghosts avoid it.

But precisely because of its ability to keep the dead away, the locals always carry some with them in case of accidents.

Xu Shen checked the time and asked, "How long will it take to get to Hua Village?"

"There's at least another 60 kilometers to go."

Xu Shen estimated for a moment and said, "With Xiaobai's speed, we'll be there in about ten minutes. There's no need to eat. Let's go. Every bit counts."

"Why?" the short man was puzzled.

Xu Shen sighed, not knowing how to explain.

The undead may appear during the day. If such shocking news is told without a certain basis of trust, others will just think he is talking nonsense.

"You'll understand later." He glanced at the short man, grabbed Xiao Bai's lion beard and said, "Thank you for your hard work. We'll be there in a little while."

After running at high speed for a whole day, even Xiaobai felt a little tired.

After hearing Xu Shen's words, it blinked its blue crystal eyes, roared loudly, and the ice-blue flames grew thicker, freezing several approaching skeleton creatures.

"Save some magic energy. Leave these undead to me."

Xu Shen smiled and touched Xiaobai's big head. Stars swam around him. In the blink of an eye, an incandescent star map with a diameter of seven or eight meters hung above Xiaobai's head.

Under the star map, countless incandescent points of light fell obliquely like raindrops as Xiaobai ran.

And whenever a skull touched it, it would turn into black smoke and dissipate.

The short man was dumbfounded. "The light is falling everywhere, but it seems not to be? What kind of magic is this?"

“It’s even more perverted.”

Asharuya muttered, and couldn't help but touch her smooth white neck. This scene made her feel some phantom pain there, and there was also some different feeling that made her tighten her legs.

(End of this chapter)