The legendary path of the abandoned half-elf

"That's a description of a boy, I'm a girl."

"Girls can also be described as handsome."

Chapter 77 Strange Village

In the middle of the night, after practicing swordsmanship, Lorenno and Claire lay together in the carriage. Insect repellent incense was lit around them so they could sleep peacefully. However, as a ranger, the half-elf girl kept the alarm spell even if Claire set it. In a state of false drowsiness.

"Someone is coming...Someone is coming..."

Lorenno opened her eyes, and the plant conveyed the news to her that someone was approaching. The girl immediately woke up Claire and jumped out of the car, holding weapons ready to fight. Soon a small caravan appeared on the road, and they also saw it. Lorenno, who had set up the camp, greeted him cautiously: "This is the Metal Chamber of Commerce in Crystal City. You are..."

Maytal Chamber of Commerce?

Lorenno thought of the people she saved and asked: "Does anyone know Captain Ruby? I am Lorenno, the one who is considered a vampire."

The caravan approached after a brief conversation. Ruby, who had met her once before, laughed heartily: "Who did I say it was? It turned out to be Miss Lorenno."

"Hello Captain Ruby, what are you doing here?"

The half-elf looked at the carriage behind him. In addition to the carriages for loading, there were also carriages that were obviously for people to sleep in.

"Transport the iron ore to Greenleaf City on the border. They need a batch of new weapons there."

Ruby said, instructing everyone to set up camp here. With sharp eyes, he had already spotted the figure in the carriage behind Lorenno and a corner of his robe. Having turned from a wandering adventurer into a guard, he could tell that it was a style that a mage would wear, and a Being together with a mage can greatly enhance your sense of security.

"Also," Ruby pointed to the carriage in the middle, "there is our eldest lady in there, who doesn't like to come out very much."

Looking at the caravans making fire and cooking there, Lorenno did not disturb them. He returned to the car and explained the situation to Claire, allowing her to continue to regain her energy while he continued to fall asleep.

After returning to the caravan, Ruby approached the gorgeous carriage and respectfully told the whole story: "Miss..."

"I understand, Captain Ruby, you don't need to report these things to me. Since my father chooses to believe you, I naturally believe you too."

A calm voice sounded, and Ruby replied "Yes". From the respectful look, it was not difficult to guess that the young lady in the car was not a vase but a person with real power.

……

The next day, Lorenno failed to wake up Claire, so he had to take out a bucket from the dimensional bag to fetch water and wash himself. After thinking carefully, he put his upper body into the car and pulled up the mage lady, letting her wash herself before going back to sleep.

After dumping the dirty water, Lorenno packed up the things left in the camp, said hello to the Maytal caravan who were camping together, and continued on his way.

After driving through the fork in the road, the unmaintained mountain road began to become rough and bumpy. The constant vibrations made Claire, who was planning to sleep in, wake up reluctantly. She cheered up and started practicing magic to cast spells in the tremors.

"By the way, are we going directly to Lakeside City?"

Lorenno let go of the reins and spread out the map. He covered the bright sunshine with his hands and said, "We will pass through several small villages in the middle, and the next location is called Fishu Village."

"Tom, is this the tree felling village where the mission is? I feel very dangerous."

In a village in the forest, the ordinary adventurer Tom and his adventure group walked into the village in front of them. The cat and mouse adventure group of Lakeside City took on the task this time of dealing with the ghosts that appeared in the village. It is said that this task is very difficult. , many professionals have tried to solve it but died here. The halfling Jerry is somewhat dissatisfied with the gloomy atmosphere of this village and is very vigilant.

"Don't worry, Jerry, we are both at the mid-level after all. We can't run away even if we can't fight."

Tom said with a smile, and his men followed suit. At this time, the old village chief went out to greet the two of them, with a smile on his face that made Jerry a little uncomfortable. But the others didn't notice anything was wrong at all. Captain Tom held the village chief's arm and shook it. He said: "Village Chief, we are the Cat and Mouse Adventure Group. Where is the ghost you mentioned?"

"Are you the team that came to help us exorcise evil spirits this time? Thank you very much. I will take you to see it now."

The village chief smiled cheerfully and led several people to the haunted mansion. Villagers greeted several people along the way. Tom and other professionals responded with smiles. Only the halfling Jerry felt uncomfortable and had not been to the village before. When doing tasks in a similar place, the residents looked at them with curiosity and vigilance. Why are the people here so kind?

Telling Tom his doubts, Tom waved his hand and said: "Oh, you are too sensitive. Several teams have entered here. They must have been familiar with the adventurers for a long time."

Looking at the proud leader, Jerry could only bury his doubts in his heart.

Several people followed them to a very peaceful mansion without entering rashly. A warrior took out the holy water purchased by the temple from his pocket and sprinkled it into the mansion. The holy water made a "sizzling" burning sound. Through the speed of its evaporation, the mature warrior He judged: "It should be an evil spirit around level 15. Don't worry too much. Our team can handle it enough."

After hearing the old man's answer, Tom was about to ask everyone to go in to expel the evil spirits, but the head of the tree-cutting village said: "Don't worry, let the warriors take a rest first. The first few adventurer teams were always like this If you go in rashly, all the consequences will be... Well, I wonder if you underestimate the ghosts inside too much."

"It makes sense." The warrior who threw the holy water became serious. "Boss, there was a group in the first few adventure groups with similar strength to ours. No one from such a group came back. This evil spirit in the mansion is likely to Hidden strength.”

"Is that so? Okay, let's repair it first and then go in. Village chief, please excuse me."

"Haha, no trouble, no trouble. If you don't mind, why not come to my house for dinner."

……

"It's so delicious!" "I didn't expect there to be such delicious food in a small village!"

The cat and mouse adventure group who accepted the village chief's invitation devoured their food at the dining table. The village chief looked on with a smile, and showed a kind smile to Jerry who didn't speak: "Sir Jerry, why don't you eat?"

"I'm not hungry."

A strange feeling lingered around the halfling. As a naturally sensitive race, he always felt that something was not right, but they refused to listen to his several attempts to persuade his companions not to eat. He could only guard them from the side, ready to take action if the villagers did anything strange.

While everyone was enjoying their meal, one person's knife and fork suddenly dropped. He covered his stomach and howled. Everyone who had eaten fell down one after another. Even Tom, who had the strongest constitution, was not spared. The halfling's eyes became fierce. Extremely fierce, he pointed two daggers at the village chief's neck and shouted: "What did you do!!"

The village chief just looked at Jerry with a smile, and the door behind him began to close slowly——

……

Opening it again, the village chief straightened the severed head with a smile on his face and stood at the entrance of the village waiting for the arrival of the next group of adventurers.

Soon after, two carriages slowly approached from both sides of the village...

Chapter 78

"This is the tree-cutting village? Where are the people from the Cat and Mouse Adventure Group?"

The tall man with a fierce aura jumped out of the carriage, and the village chief came timidly and said: "Excuse me..."

"Haha, don't be afraid, village chief." Hearty laughter rang out, and a sunny man walked up. "This is our captain. Although he looks fierce, he is actually a good man. Have people named Jerry and Tom been here before? .”

"It turns out they are adventurers. I thought they were bandits. I'm really sorry," the old man breathed and laughed. "Those guys are eating and drinking in my house to recuperate.

We are ready to get rid of the ghost that haunts us. If you don't mind, why don't you come with me? "

Seeing the captain nod, the man smiled heartily and said, "Of course, no problem."

The team was about to follow the village chief to his home when suddenly someone came running: "Village Chief, another guest is here."

The handsome man said considerately: "Village chief, go ahead and do your work. Just let this friend take us there."

"That's great."

The village chief walked away, and the adventurous group followed the villagers and pushed the door into the house. Tom, who was devouring food, saw them waving his hands and saying inarticulately: "Hey, Brother Lati."

"You boy, where's Jerry?"

The fierce man looked around and did not see the vigilant halfling. Tom swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "I'm going to the toilet after eating. You guys should come and eat as well."

"Is this the tree-cutting village?"

Lorenno drove the carriage to a slow stop at the entrance of the village, looking at the sudden and gloomy sky with a bad feeling.

Claire looked towards the village and frowned, saying, "The negative energy is very strong, there should be monsters like ghosts wandering around."

Just when the two were hesitating whether to go in, an old man approached with a smile. He came to the village entrance with a smile and said: "Miss, where are you travelers from and where are you going? I am from the logging village. The village chief."

"Hello, village chief, we are coming to Lakeside City from Crystal City. Is this place haunted?"

"Yes," the village chief nodded sadly, "There is a very dangerous ghost in a big house. Every time the adventurers come, they are unable to do anything about it. They are all buried in the mansion. Fortunately, it is trapped inside. Will come out."

As he spoke, the village chief laughed again: "Forget it, don't talk about this, why don't you go to the village and sit for a while? There were a few adventurers coming from the direction of Lakeside City just now and they are visiting."

Lorenno and the village chief looked at each other, and then said with a smile: "Wait a moment, let's put the pack horses in place first. They are not used to living in the village."

"Okay, okay, just ask the villagers for the direction of my home later."

The village chief left happily, and Claire asked solemnly: "What do you think, Lorenno?"

As a mage, she could feel that the negative energy in the village chief was almost overflowing.

"Claire, you should ask what the forest thinks."

The ranger girl led the restless packhorse to the side and comforted: "Don't worry, I won't let you in."

She leaned down and touched the trees with her hands, and the forest moved regularly.

Danger!Danger!Danger! …

They kept warning Lorenno that there were very dangerous things in the village. Only corpse plant, which likes areas with strong negative energy, could grow in it. After comforting them, the half-elf girl knelt down on one knee and pointed her index finger between her eyebrows to try. After activating her specialty [Primary Consciousness], a dense sense of danger appeared in the tree-cutting village. The girl stood up and said: "I'm sure, there are no living people inside, and the village chief just now is probably not one. Claire, do you have any clues."

After hearing what Lorenno said, Claire recalled: "All of them are not living people...are they zombie-like corpse puppets? I don't know if it's a necromancer or something else behind them."

Looking intently at the half-elf, the mage said, "Should we go in to investigate? The corpse puppet just said that there are other people inside."

"Come on, let's go help."

Lorenno's senses did not indicate that there was too much danger inside, so he decisively pulled out the sacred sword from his pocket. Claire also took out the light crossbow and followed her carefully. When they entered the village, a villager approached with a smile and saw the half-elf holding the sword. The sacred sword's expression changed drastically and he ran away subconsciously. Lorenno caught up with him and stabbed him in the heart. The villager screamed, the wound exploded, and his originally healthy body shriveled up in an instant.

"Claire, notify the other team."

Level 0 [Phantom Sound Technique].

Claire made hand gestures and recited a spell, pointed in the direction where the village chief left before and shouted loudly: "Listen to the living people in the tree-cutting village!! The villagers are all zombies!!!"

……

"Listen to the living people of Cutting Tree Village! The villagers are all zombies!!!"

The fierce man was about to pick up the chicken drumstick on the table and gnaw on it. When he heard a sound coming from far away, he suddenly stopped his movements and looked at Tom. The next moment, he drew his sword from his waist, threw away the drumstick and retreated. The adventurer team reacted. Moving closer together very quickly, the fierce man looked at [Old Cat] Tom in front of him and said solemnly: "Where is [Mouse] Jerry, where has he gone?"

"Tom" grinned, and the members of the adventure group's pretense of rationality instantly dissipated. They picked up their swords and rushed towards them with their bloody mouths wide open!

呵呵味——

Facing the lowest level zombies among these zombies, the sacred long sword in Lorenno's hand exerted its most powerful strength. Even a slight scratch on their skin could damage his entire arm. Lorenno felt like he was in no one's land. , if there were no mages to protect, he would have rushed to kill them all. At this time, an arrow was shot at the two of them. Lorenno raised his sword to block it. A corpse puppet made by a professional was aiming at the two of them on the roof. At the same time, more and more zombies dressed by adventurers emerged, and it seemed that the mastermind behind the scenes was preparing to annihilate the two of them in one fell swoop.

Level 2 [Invisibility].

Knowing that she was a liability, Claire directly cast an invisibility spell on herself. The zombie's massive loss of perception would never be noticed.

Seeing her, Lorenno picked up his swords and rushed towards the zombies after no longer protecting the mage. These zombies had stiff muscles and rotten flesh, and their strength was very low. She was moving forward completely by mowing the grass, and soon came to the place where there was the sound of fighting. Kick open the door in front of the house.

The team of adventurers who were still alive had already eliminated the corpse puppets. When they saw Lorenno rushing in from outside the door, they immediately faced each other with swords. Claire appeared in the house and looked at them: "Living people, come here and help."

It's Mr. Wizard! ! !

They were shocked, and then rushed up to kill these corpse puppets by relying on the terrain. The holy water bombs prepared for the ghosts in their pockets were used on these negative energy creatures. As the thick fog containing positive energy rose, they died in batches. With the village chief's family firmly cleaning out dozens of zombies, they retreated quickly when they saw the serious damage. The fighting stopped for a while, and everyone was only slightly injured and tired.

Chapter 79 The corpse-corroding ghost

Letting the tide of corpses recede for the time being and blocking all the gaps with debris, Lorenno and the vicious man talked for a while to find out the origins of both parties.

They are a relatively well-known adventure group in Lakeside City. This village has released missions that are haunted by ghosts. The rich rewards have attracted many adventure groups to come. However, all of them have never returned. The rewards and dangers have continued to rise. There was no solution, so they took on this mission together with the cat and mouse adventure group lying on the ground. Unexpectedly...

Asking them to help defend, Lorenno and Claire squatted down to inspect the corpse. The two people with magic knowledge knew that ordinary corpse puppets would never be so vivid.

"Is he a necromancer who specializes in necromancy?"

Claire checked and concluded: "Definitely not. These corpse puppets are too rough and don't look like they were made by mages at all. As for why they can act like they were alive, it is because their physical memories drive them. It is basically certain that the undead are causing trouble. It The range of movement is indeed only one house, but the corpse puppet can move within the village."

Lorenno stood up, grabbed the bread and sniffed it, then looked at the adventure group with doubts: "There are poisons full of negative energy in the food. It should be the toxins produced by the undead themselves. Why can they eat it? Do you have the desire to eat it? In these small villages, you just stuff the poison into your mouth without testing it?"

"No..." Kaiwen, the gentle boy, mused, "We usually don't eat food given by others so easily. Something just affected us. We just thought that the villagers here were very kind, so we subconsciously relaxed our vigilance. "

After hearing this, the half-elf girl said to Claire: "That undead creature may have an unlimited number of spell-like abilities similar to [Friendship] or [Suggestion]."

The two of them subconsciously realized something was wrong after meeting the village chief. It was obvious that the undead creature that did not appear did not charm the two of them (will save successful).

Claire knocked her head and said: "It can make killed humans into corpse puppets. The corpse puppets have muscle memory, have spell-like abilities similar to the friendly suggestion spell, and are bound to a house..."

The mage stood up and said: "If that undead creature was a high-level creature, he would have come to kill us long ago. So at most it is a mid-level creature, and it can definitely be a corpse-eating ghost."

Corpse-eating ghosts are spirit creatures and intelligent creatures that are maliciously killed by the same group of people in a house. They are likely to be born when full of resentment. Its own range of action is only as large as the dead house, but the ghost will try to kill The same kind before death then controls their corpses to lure other kindred in. As the number of corpses increases, the range of action of those corpses will gradually expand.

There are two methods of attack. For frontal confrontation, two pairs of claws and teeth are entangled with negative energy. Intermediate level can form poison and spray it from the mouth. Secret confrontation is like the cat and mouse group and other dead adventure groups. It has unlimited spells. Ability, [Harmony Technique] that can produce effects in a wide range. If someone fails the will save, they will relax their vigilance and eat poisonous food. When the poison attacks, they will wake up. Only warriors with strong physiques can resist it, but The weakened warriors still have to fight against those zombie puppets. No matter how fragile the zombie puppets are, the human sea tactics are enough to drown them fighting alone. This is how those adventure groups were tricked to death.

It is actually very simple to fight against the corpse-eating ghosts. Professionals with a keener sense can find the problem. Then they only need to deal with the stiff corpse puppets. Unfortunately...

"Jerry may still be alive!" The fierce captain Kolpa suddenly remembered the missing halfling.

"Halfling rogue? It's indeed possible that he's still alive."

Lorenno nodded. Halflings are a race favored by the goddess of luck. They are born with some luck. Halfling thieves are good partners in adventures - they cook delicious food and are extremely talented thieves. Sometimes they can even turn the tide in desperate situations. .

"Are you done talking? What should we do now!"

A professional shouted loudly that the mist formed by the holy water had begun to dissipate, and the zombies were ready to move. Lorenno looked at the adventure group and asked: "I...can you deal with these zombies? My companions and I will deal with the corpse-eating ghosts." .”

Lorenno, who was about to ask everyone to fight against the corpse-corrupting ghost, was scratched by Claire. She wrote on her palm that just two people would go.

"It goes without saying that the price of holy water is only 10 gold coins a bottle!!" The vicious Kolpa asked his team members to take out holy water bombs one after another. It seems that they are well prepared. Maybe there are also teams that came to attack before. As full as they are, it's just that it's darkened to death before it can be used.