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"I have to say, fortunately, this forest has been checked in advance to see if there are no tree demons. Otherwise, according to our messy situation, they would have already rolled them up with branches and thrown them into the monster pile."

Connor touched the cross mark engraved on the tree trunk with some gratitude, which was the symbol Grace cut out with a double-edged axe.

"After all, there are so many adventurers here, and there are still many monsters who attack every day. If the dryad lives here and doesn't have to do anything, just dump people without interruption. I'm exhausted."

Neil couldn't help shaking his head and replied, and Connor followed Grace's mark all the way through the forest.

"But I do seem to need a more powerful method..."

Connor looked at the two daggers on his waist and said helplessly.

Like when facing Arachne just now, besides being able to run, he seemed to be unable to do anything else, the most he could do was fight close to hand, and then shoot a cold arrow or something.

How about borrowing the captain's double-edged axe after you go back?

"After you go back, you can ask Paggy, isn't she a magician, maybe she can teach you two moves of fireball or something."

Neil shrugged, and cut off the thorns blocking the way with his blade.

"Magic is not so easy to learn, and you have to devote your original energy to exercise. It's easy to forget all your old roots."

Connor sighed, he had better do his job honestly and then talk about it.

They were moving very fast, so within ten minutes, the two of them found the three of Grace who were resting in a fairly clean woodland.

Seeing that Neil and Connor were fine, Lucy Nihe also showed joyful expressions on his face, and waved towards them.

Of course, the expression on Grace's face still didn't change much. He just nodded and said to the two of them.

"Take a 5-minute break and move on."

Neil and Connor were also unambiguous, sat down directly, and began to add water.

After a brief rest, they stood up again, and the five of them continued on their way.

"Be careful, there is an ancient city ahead, some undead monsters may come out of it."

Grace's words made the eyes of the four people become weird.

"Captain, since it's an undead type, your magic should be very effective, right?"

Paggy's words made Grace pause in her advance, and then shook her head.

"I haven't used it for a long time, so it doesn't work."

It's useless at all...

The corner of Neil's mouth twitched, thinking silently in his heart.

After all, almost all the magical arts of the main god system for the old monsters have failed, and the impact on the undead system is at most dazzling.

But for most people who don't know the truth, the magic of the religious order is still the most powerful weapon against undead monsters.

Is it to not expose this matter?Or has it really been a long time since he has used it?

Neil looked at Grace, who continued to lead them ahead, and followed behind the team while thinking.

"We must bypass that ancient city before dark, otherwise those monsters will try their best to attack us all night."

Grace's solemn tone also made Neil and the others serious, and they followed him towards the increasingly sparse jungle.

As they continued to go deeper, some collapsed walls and stone pillars gradually appeared in the forest.

Neil squatted down slightly and touched the edge of the broken stone.

Under his touch, a finger-sized depression was poked out on the edge of the wall, as if it was originally loosely piled up with sand.

Has it all been corroded like this...

Neil gently crushed the fallen stone with his fingers, thinking with a frown.

He shook off the sand from his hands, and continued walking cautiously in the forest with the others.

From here, they could already see the outline of the ancient and dilapidated buildings in the forest in the distance. As they continued to move forward, they gradually circled around in an arc.

"I don't know how many years these ancient cities have gone through."

Seeing the dilapidated buildings that gradually merged with the forest and entangled with various plants, Lucini couldn't help saying with emotion.

"Who knows, it might be far longer than the birth of human beings."

Paggy looked obsessively at the faintly visible quaint patterns on those buildings. Those ancient knowledge and products are simply priceless treasures for magicians.

"I heard that the religious group often organizes activities to explore the ruins to find ancient sacred objects. Did the captain do the same?"

Connor asked curiously while observing the surrounding woods for the existence of skeletons or zombies.

"Ah, that's why the captain knows so much about the ruins."

Lucy Ni said suddenly.

"...had been a few times, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Grace couldn't help frowning, and then said.

He picked up the weapon and pointed towards the distance.

There, the figures of some skeletons shuttled back and forth among the trees, making indistinct sounds from their mouths.

"Neill, Paggy, use magic to hinder their actions, and if they take a long detour, they won't be able to reach their intended destination before sunset."

Following Grace's instructions, both Neil and Page also used their magic power, aiming the magic bullet at the skeletons and firing them.

At the same time, they all started to run, taking advantage of the time when the skeletons were scattered by the magic bullets, they quickly passed between them.

"Uh-ah-"

It seemed that there was a skeleton body that hadn't completely collapsed yet, lying on the ground, moaning||groaning, while grabbing Grace's leg with that bony hand, his movements couldn't help but pause.

click-

Grace's double-edged ax fell, smashing her arm into several bones.

"God bless you......"

A whisper as weak as a silent breeze sounded from his mouth.

Except for Neil, who was closest to him, who vaguely heard the prayer-like words, the few people who were still running didn't realize what Grace had just said.

It's just that Grace's face still didn't change at all. After solving the skeleton blocking the way, he continued to run.

Neil, who followed closely behind, glanced at his arm hidden under the black robe, and he seemed to have faintly made some kind of ceremonial gesture just now.

Could it be that this guy is a Night Demon who defected from the cult?

Volume II Exploration of Ruins: Chapter 89 Chapter 88 Grace's Thoughts

As the setting sun began to set, Neil and the others distanced themselves from the ancient city.

It wasn't until the traces of those buildings could no longer be seen and returned to the forest that Grace found a secluded open space and started camping with a few people.

A few fences were simply woven with branches and thin leaves as a defense and placed around the open space. Everyone also lit firewood in the center and began to rest tonight.

Due to the exhaustion of running around all day today, the few people did not talk for long, and after confirming the order of the night watch, they fell asleep under sleepiness.

Neil also fell into a deep sleep until the middle of the night, and it was not until Grace patted himself lightly that he woke up slowly.

"Captain, are you sure you're asleep...?"

Seeing Grace, who woke himself up, sitting in front of the fire, motionless like a rock, Neil, who was sitting across from the fire, threw a few logs into the fire, with a strange look in his eyes. glanced at him.

"Sleep for a while, don't delay the vigil."

After glancing at Neil who had put on his coat, Grace nodded slightly.

"Okay...... Speaking of Captain, I saw you praying a little while chopping down that skeleton. Is that also a habit left over from being a priest?"

Neil asked curiously.

"you saw it?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Grace's eyes, and he asked.

"Uh, after all, Captain, you have a weird personality, so I paid more attention to it. The other members should also pay more or less attention to you."

Neil scratched his head, and passed the blame on to the others by the way.

Anyway, what he said was right, the four of them were indeed quite curious about Grace.

"It's a habit left over from the past, but I'm not a priest now, so it doesn't matter even if the other party is a monster."

After all, it is true that his personality is weird, so Grace just nodded and admitted it.

"Why doesn't the captain become a priest anymore? I remember that the welfare of the religious order is still very high, much better than the wandering adventurers."

Seeing that he didn't seem to mind talking about this aspect, Neil couldn't help asking tentatively again.

After being silent for a while, Grace spoke slowly.

"Something happened, there was a disagreement with some people."

"Is it because of... a monster?"

Grace didn't answer directly, but raised her head, looked at Neil opposite, and asked back.

"Do you believe in the Lord God?"

"Huh? Uh... you don't really believe it?"

Although this sudden question made him a little dazed, considering the way the other party prayed after beating the monsters, it is estimated that he was probably on the wrong track with those religious soldiers who planned to wipe out all the monsters.

Moreover, the opposite party might have left the cult because of the night devil. If he believed in the main god, it might arouse his resentment instead.

"Then do you think God has a lifespan?"

Grace couldn't help shaking his head when he saw Neil whose eyes widened immediately after his words.

"It's nothing, it's just my own imagination."

"If so, what do you want to explain?"

What Neil said suddenly caused Grace, who was a little disappointed, to look at him in surprise.

"You actually believed what I just said?"

"Anyway, watch the night, idle is idle, so let's assume that God really has a life span to go down."

Neil crossed his legs and said leisurely.

But in his heart, he was still quite surprised that Grace could ask this question.

Not every cat or dog can know about the change of the main god. Even in the sect, only the top group of people will know about it.

Could it be that this guy is a cardinal?

But he must not admit to this matter in person, and he must not even show his attitude of knowing, otherwise Grace will definitely doubt his identity.

What's more, he didn't have any convincing sources of information, even if he moved out of the heir of the Ron family, he was completely unqualified.

So Neil decided to pretend to pass the time first, and see what Grace would say before reacting.

Grace couldn't help but frowned when he saw Neil's attitude of watching the excitement, but he continued to speak.

"If the gods also have a lifespan, will the main god also be renewed?"

"It should be. After all, we all have a lifespan, so we can't even have a successor?"

After thinking for a while pretending to shake his head, Neil nodded.

"Since this is the case, will every main god have his own ideas?"

From Grace's gloomy face, there was a trace of nervousness and hesitation.

"For myself, for the world, and...for monsters?"

Neil couldn't help but frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head slightly.

"But monsters have always been the mortal enemies of human beings since their birth, not to mention that the Lord God has been fighting against monsters with humans, how could he have other ideas?"

This is of course a lie. After all, both monsters and humans are products created by the Lord God, but as of now, the general perception in the human world is that monsters were not created by the Lord God, so Neil did not directly So answer.

"Perhaps, it's because..."

Grace muttered, but was suddenly interrupted by a hum.

The two turned their heads immediately, and looked at the blood-sucking mosquito that was looking greedily at Connor and flying towards the camp.