Goddess Wanhua Mirror

At the same time, outside the door of the secret room, the "main body" of the old butler was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, surrounded by the captain of the guard leading people on guard, and the rest of them were fighting with the Slender Ghost and the Headless Horseman, and the battle was quite stalemate for a while.

At this time, the old housekeeper opened his eyes with a sigh of relief, then spat out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and coughed violently.

It's been a long time since he used a martial arts secret, which made the old butler even worse.He himself reckoned that this time his vitality was really badly injured. No matter how much he recuperated after returning home, he would retain at most [-]% to [-]% of his previous strength, and he would really have to be an honest butler in the future.

The kind that the old butler just used is the "Externalization of Dou Qi" that only the top ancient martial art masters can master. It can use the vigorous Dou Qi to condense a "body outside the body" similar to a spirit body to fight, so it can Enter the room through the wall like an undead, sneak attack and kill the necromancer in the secret room.

In fact, the old butler himself barely scratched the surface of this trick. According to what his late martial arts teacher said, the group of strong men who dared to challenge the gods in the Age of Gods had reached the peak of fighting spirit. Wife, fuck yourself, the various ways of playing are beyond imagination, more amazing than magic!

After crossing the wall and killing the necromancer, the old housekeeper was exhausted and no longer had the energy to fight.The slender ghost and the headless horseman, who were fighting fiercely with everyone, seemed to have sensed the death of their master, and they all stopped fighting and ran away.

In the final analysis, death slaves are essentially undead who were forcibly enslaved and controlled by Dick with necromantic spells. Once the slave master dies, the shackles on them will also disappear. It is difficult for them to be treated like dogs for so many years. Imagine how loyal these undead would be to the necromancer. Naturally, the tree fell and the monkey scattered.

After the two powerful high-level undead escaped, the surviving people began to clean the battlefield.In just ten minutes of fighting, the two death slaves killed five and seriously injured seven. Half of the family guards brought in by the captain lost half of them. Got a few.

The captain didn't bother to care about those cowards, he sent people to take care of the old housekeeper who was in a weak state, and he led people to study how to open the door of the secret room.

With the assistance of a few experienced thieves, everyone quickly researched and understood how to open the door of the secret room, and then waited for the captain to open the door hurriedly to take a look, only to find that there was only the young master with dull eyes as if he had been played badly. Tring and a pool of bright red blood, but the necromancer Dick disappeared.

According to what the old butler said just now, he had indeed pierced the heart of the necromancer, and those dead slaves had indeed fled in all directions just now. Now it seems that the old butler may have missed or let Dick run away.

But no matter what, my young master was finally found. Although he looked dull as if he had lost his soul, at least he was still breathing. He might be able to be rescued when he was carried to Priest Lude.

So the group didn't bother to stay longer, the captain ordered someone to lift the unconscious Tring on a stretcher, and hurried to the third-floor containment point. Some people were left to clean up the battlefield, and they were in a nearby corner shortly afterwards Denzel was found in a coma, and he was also sent back to the containment point.

At this time, at the third-floor containment point, Lude was treating the wounded who had gathered from all sides, giving medicine to those with minor injuries, and performing divine spells on severe ones. Everyone was grateful and praised Master Lu for his kindness and kindness.

When Tring was sent, Rao had Hume report in advance, and he was really shocked when he saw the situation of the master.Because the symptoms shown by Tring are very similar to brain death, except that the body is still alive, like an inflexible body.

Lude tried to heal it with divine magic, but there was no response.

"what happened to him?"

"I, we don't know either!"

Since he couldn't give a detailed explanation, the captain could only tell Lu De that when their young master was leading people to explore the maze, he was attacked by a strange person who could drive the undead. They suspected that they had been cursed, and wanted Lude to help them out.

certainly!The captain knew Tring's actual situation well, and their rescue was finally one step too late, allowing the damned necromancer to succeed and escape with fatal injuries.

The captain couldn't imagine how he would be "disposed" by the Navarro family if he brought such a walking dead young master back.If it wasn't for the fact that the whole family was in Yanmu City, he would have wanted to run away right now.

"Master, please, please save our young master!"

With the last glimmer of hope, the captain and his party prayed to Lud, who has the name of a saint, hoping that he would bring miracles.But Lude shook his head after carefully inspecting Tring's body, and came to a cruel conclusion.

"I... can't help..."

"How, how could it be!?"

"I don't know how that weird man you met did it, but this young man is now only a living body, and his soul is not in it. I can heal his internal and external wounds, but You can't create something out of nothing, you must know that the soul is a sanctuary that even the gods can't interfere with!"

"Then, then this..."

"But it's not completely hopeless. If his soul is safe and you can get him back, the old man may have a way to stuff it back."

Giving the group of family guards a hope that seemed to exist, Lu De shrugged helplessly, and glanced at Tring with blank eyes. He was actually quite surprised by this result in his heart.

Fortunately, the goal was achieved in the end. He succeeded in further intensifying the existing contradictions between the different forces within the Brotherhood of the Black Hand, which could completely become a fuse and trigger a larger-scale internal struggle.

The infighting will inevitably frustrate the development of the Brotherhood's power, delay the process of the fake God of Thieves replacing the real Hume, and buy Ludd time and a chance to counterattack.

End of this chapter

For the Navarro family and his party, their trip to the north undoubtedly encountered a tragic failure beyond imagination.

The eldest son Terin turned into an empty vegetable, and the peerless masters he supported were almost useless, and more than half of the accompanying guards were killed or injured. As a result, the artifacts were not found, and even the necromancer who was about to kill ran away.

Although the old housekeeper insisted that he gave the other party a fatal blow, as long as he couldn't see the body, it was difficult to be sure that nothing would go wrong.

With such a result, it was obvious that there was no way to go back to work. The captain even had the idea of ​​running away, but he was quickly dismissed.

Because he didn't dare to betray the Navarro family, not because the family was so kind to him, but because he had seen how the family treated those betrayers.If he didn't go back, then his whole family in Yanmu City would be over.

The captain of the guard with the same lost face didn't say anything more, Lu De just patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, and then turned to treat the other wounded present.

At this time, he saw a familiar face among the wounded lying on the ground. It was Denzel who was "picked up" by other adventurers.This kid was once captured by Dick together with Tring before. It was Hume who rescued Dick after introducing him to the preset battlefield, and then threw him at an intersection where someone would definitely pass by, so that other adventurers could find him.

He was the only outsider involved in the whole incident.

So Lu De squatted in front of him and checked carefully, and soon came up with an effective treatment plan.

"Hey! Wake up, wake up!"

"Hmm... is it morning?"

After being slapped twice on the face by Lude, Denzel sat up from the stretcher in a bewildered expression, looked around blankly, and the expression on his face showed a kind of just right naivety!

Lude didn't know whether to say that this guy was lucky or unlucky. He was innocently involved in a struggle that had nothing to do with him. A lot of good stuff mixed in.

"Hi! Are you all right? How are you feeling?"

"I'm a little dizzy, like I had a strange dream, and then... hungry!"

After confirming that Denzel only had mild symptoms of a concussion, Lude asked someone to get him some food, and then arranged for the kid to leave the maze with the other wounded later.Then the dwarf soldiers will temporarily close the entrance to the third floor, preventing adventurers from entering.

Judging from the current "user feedback", the difficulty of the third layer of the maze is indeed so "billion points" too high, and the game experience of the players is very poor.

Especially because of the emergence of Tring's team, they were led by peerless masters like the old butler. After breaking through two levels of maze levels in a row, the maze portal was once opened wide, allowing adventurers who were previously stuck on the first level They can easily enter the third floor.

It's like a group of newbies who haven't finished the level and don't have enough level and equipment, but are accidentally brought into the mid-late stage dungeon by the big boss to be abused.

As the chief designer of the level, Lu De is obviously fully responsible for the accident!

In the final analysis, Lude still overestimated the average strength of the so-called adventurers and mercenaries, and took it for granted that this world was linked to some fantasy novels he had read in his previous life, thinking that adventurers were some kind of high-level profession, with strong There are many fighters, and the force value can even surpass the army.

But the actual situation is that anyone with a little bit of ability who can serve the noble lord will not choose to be a precarious mercenary, let alone an adventurer like a handyman.

Maybe, maybe, probably there really are top experts in this line of business, but that kind of person is rare, and even out of 1 adventurers, half of them may not be found.

And the maze designed by Lude, the imaginary targets are all top powerhouses like Hamilton or the old butler. How can ordinary adventurers stand this! ?

In desperation, Lu De could only choose to temporarily "suspend the server for maintenance", and first set up a medical station on the third floor to rescue those rookies who rushed in to give away their heads, and at the same time prevent subsequent adventurers from entering.Shanisi was holding a notice board at the moment, blocking people at the entrance.

"The area ahead, let's explore later!"

In short, Lude temporarily closed the third floor of the maze on the grounds of "too dangerous", prohibiting ordinary adventurers from approaching.It's not that there were no protesters, but after seeing the pioneers who went in vertically and came out horizontally, each of them wisely chose to obey the order.

When everyone withdrew to the ground, it was already the afternoon of the second day, and Lude saw the dwarf patriarch Gulig who had just arrived from the ancient city.Before he couldn't get away, he asked his nephew to come to control the field first, but now he finally took the time to visit the scene in person and learned about the following situation with Lu De.

"very dangerous?"

"It's more difficult than I expected before, and it's no longer a difficulty that ordinary people can handle. But one thing is basically certain, that is, this maze is not a stronghold for demons to invade, but a playground for 'playing people'. It is really difficult. What a bad taste to understand!"

Without changing his face, he scolded himself, and Lude and Gulig exchanged opinions on how to effectively control the maze.Although this world has always been infested by foreign demons, there will be demon caves inhabited by demons all over the world from time to time, but it is the first time to experience a maze like the Spiral Abyss.

Gulig is well aware of the greed in human nature, and he also believes that as the news continues to spread, more adventurers will come here in the future.Gulig has both worries and expectations for this place.

After all, the dwarves are also very greedy for such good things as gold and silver treasures!

As far as Lude is concerned, more than half a month has passed since the opening of the maze, and the income generated is far higher than he expected before. The double harvest of money and faith can greatly promote the local economy of Pine Tree Town, and it is a long-term operation. Great project to go down.

However, there were many problems that followed. Among them, what Lude was most concerned about was not that the difficulty design was too high and the middle and lower floors had not been completed, but that as the number of people entering the maze increased day by day, a new belief It is quietly being born in the maze.

When he entered the maze himself before, Lude discovered that there was a light gray light cluster of faith floating inside the maze, which was mainly produced by adventurers who were hunting for treasure in the maze. The bigger it is, it seems to be the materialized "Soul of Shaking M".

Lude, who observed this belief for the first time, was taken aback, thinking that he had unintentionally turned the old thief into a demon, and the adventurers were forced out of their belief in demons.

But then Lude discovered that this light gray group of light seemed to be different from beliefs. He who possessed the original fire could not actively absorb and control it. They only existed in the maze, and they only existed when entering the maze. Produced by adventurers, it stops abruptly as soon as they return to the ground.

This wonderful discovery immediately aroused Lude's great interest.

End of this chapter

In the next few days, Lude entered the maze many times. On the surface, he was saving lives and rescuing those adventurers who were tortured to death by traps. In fact, he was observing the changes in the light gray faith in the maze.

During this period, the Navarro family hurriedly left with the vegetative-like Tring body after receiving Lude's helpless reply.

The captain of the guard, who wanted to make a contribution to the crime, planned to go to the capital first, and seek help from a big sect like the Yusanjia to see if he could cure Tring.Lu De did not interfere too much with this, and he was neither indifferent nor overly concerned, like a hidden behind-the-scenes manipulator.

But now there is a very embarrassing question in front of Lude, that is, he doesn't know where the necromancer Dick has gone! ?

It stands to reason that the entire maze is Lude's territory, and the three sisters in charge of monitoring can use peeping eyes to check every corner of the maze at any time.But even so, after being stabbed by the old butler's vindictive incarnation, Dick mysteriously evaporated in place, and has not reappeared so far.In addition to the disappearance of Dick himself, his surviving death slaves also disappeared.

What is certain at present is that this guy definitely did not go out through the main entrance, but if he is still inside the maze, there is no reason why the three sisters can't find it.

"It's so weird!"

Because more and more adventurers were attracted by the labyrinth, a large camp covering an area of ​​over one hundred acres had now been formed outside the entrance.The accommodation conditions are also being upgraded step by step, and even wooden houses have been built.

In the newly built resident wooden house, Lu De was thinking about his next move while nibbling on the meat sandwiches he had just made.Since Tring has turned into a soulless vegetable and Dick has disappeared, his "arch fire plan" has fallen into an unsustainable embarrassing situation.

Fortunately, there is still a period of time before the captain of the guard returns to Yanmu City with Trin's body, which should be enough for him to come up with a new plan.

Lude was thinking about the problem, when there was the sound of crackling raindrops on the roof, and after a while, Hume and Shanisi ran in from outside the house, and their clothes were stained with water.

"This damn weather, just say it."

Shaking the water droplets from his hair, Hume took off his coat casually, then sat down across from Lude and reported the situation near the camp.

It is already the beginning of August, which coincides with the rainy season in the northern part of the kingdom, and this year's rainfall is exceptionally abundant, and the water level of the river near the camp has skyrocketed.If this trend continues, there is a high possibility of flash floods.

Although the terrain at the entrance of the maze is relatively high, it should not be able to climb up if there is a flood, but once the surrounding depressions are flooded, the road will inevitably be blocked.Lude can't call Nid Hogg's "Dragon Air" right now, and he doesn't want to be trapped in this place for as long as ten days and a half months.

So early the next morning, Lude set off to return to Pine Tree Town. When he returned to the town, he got the first news from Aina who stayed behind, that was that Kumilad had passed away silently three days ago. There is only one letter left.

Lu De took the envelope and opened it, only to find that there were only a few sentences.Kumilad said that he was going to the empire to meet some old friends, and he expected to come back next year, so that Lude and Xiaoxiu would not miss him too much.

Lude and Hume, who were named by her, both let out a long sigh of relief.

"Oh my God, this aunt is gone."

"Don't be too happy, she said she will come back next year!"

"At least you can have a good year, right?"

Although Kumilad has always emphasized to Lude that he is neither an enemy nor a friend, but is only interested in his god-making behavior in Pine Town, hoping to stay near him for close observation, but the other party soon no longer just satisfied Just looking at it made Lu De and others feel very troubled.

Now that this annoying spirit is finally gone, even if it's just a temporary silence, Lude is so happy that he can't wait to hang a whip to celebrate.

"Let's go to barbecue tonight!"

In addition to Kumilad's departure and Lude's absence from the town these days, two other things happened locally.

One is that the temple has a new member, the snake lady Hydera defected to the temple as the fourth disciple of Lude, and the practice of learning to be a man has officially entered the practice stage.

The residents of the town love their houses and their houses, so they are naturally very friendly to this new young nun.But when she arrived, the townspeople teased her in private, saying that the priest's criteria for accepting disciples are really easy to understand, and the four female disciples around her are bigger than each other!

The other matter was about the old lady Sirina, who formally tried Mayen and his group for treason at noon three days ago.In the town, all the masterminds, including the Maien father and son, were hanged in public, and then the rest of the boys were assigned as coolies.

The old lady who regained her consciousness showed determination enough to become a strong woman, and she didn't show any mercy to Meyen and his son just because they were relatives of her.You must know that Lude was going to let Maien and his son Monk go to the quarry to move bricks.But the old lady directly cut the weeds and rooted out the roots, and she was determined to ask the father and son to go on the road together.

It was only later that Lude found out that in order to save his own life, a dog-headed military strategist under Mayen took the initiative to expose to the old lady the poisonous plan that Mayen had not had time to implement, that is, after killing the old lady, he then designed to let the Baron He died unexpectedly, and then his son Monk married his daughter Lisa, completing the complete occupation of the baron's family.

Such a vicious plan completely angered the mother.

Fortunately, the old lady's killing was decisive, only targeting such evil relatives who attempted to seek wealth and kill, and was very gentle when treating the townspeople in the territory.

After taking over the management of the territory, the old lady first canceled all kinds of exorbitant taxes that Maien set up arbitrarily, and reduced the town's taxes for the second half of the year, as compensation for the townspeople who were harmed by Maien and his gang.

This one-hand operation directly reversed the negative impression the townspeople had on the lord's family and consolidated their popularity in the area.

It is worth mentioning that the old lady was originally a believer of the Holy Cult of Light, but she had officially converted to the sect of the God of Medicine not long ago, and it was Lude who personally held the baptism ceremony for her. Great affection from the local townspeople.

From this series of actions, it is not difficult to see that although the old lady has been caring for her husband and raising her children for the past few decades, her ability is far beyond being a housewife. She is a powerful woman with both courage and skills.

In the foreseeable future, Pine Town will continue to maintain rapid development, become more and more prosperous, and become a rising star in the northern border of the kingdom.

However, with the continuous increase in popularity, it also means that the Pantheon led by Lude will no longer be a small transparency that can be settled in a corner, and will gradually begin to receive the attention, vigilance, coveting and even hostility of other traditional sects.

In fact, as early as the first half of the year, when Ludd saved Oyster Harbor, the name of the God of Medicine had already started. However, due to the speed of information exchange at the level of the Middle Ages, the news is still spreading slowly at the moment.

In order to meet the many new challenges that are coming, Lude still has a lot of preparations to do.

End of this chapter

In the warm room, Hydera is sleeping soundly, curled up in the soft and comfortable quilt like a cat, with a peaceful sleeping face, and the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned from time to time, as if something happy happened in a dream.