Chapter 267 - The Infiltration of the Undead Knights (2/2)
Eliard was still observing, but after a while, he gave up and said, “It is way too delicate. It is still completely out of my league for now. What can she do?”
“She is a perfect Warrior,” Link said with pride.
“Warrior? She looks so meek and delicate; can she fight?” Eliard did not believe him.
“Oh, she is very good” Link assured.
“Alright then,” Eliard laid out his hands and said. However, one could tell from his expression that he was still not bought over.
At that moment, Link then left the Magicians to do the final touches to the Mage Tower and left together with Nana to Scorched Ridge.
Link then first approached Celine and ordered Nana to follow her around. He then approached Master Grenci and Master Ferdinand to discuss the counter-strategies with the information brought back by Skinorse.
The Delonga Kingdom was, after all, an established Kingdom. The Ferde Wilderness had just taken its first few steps and was definitely not strong enough to defend against any upcoming attacks. Link had to borrow the strength of the Norton Kingdom to go against it.
When he was halfway there, he saw Gildern who immediately strode over with big strides upon seeing Link, as though he had something important to say.
Link then stopped in his tracks.
Gildern had a serious expression on his face and bowed upon reaching Link and whispered, “Sir, I just received some bad news.”
Link then cast a Soundproof Barrier before saying, “Tell me.”
Gildern nodded and said, “Our scouts seemed to have met a group of extremely strong Undead Knights in the forest to the North of the Black River. Thirteen of our scouts have already died within a day’s time.”
Link frowned as he asked, “Extremely strong? Can you describe in more detail?”
“The scout who was lucky enough to escape mentioned that these Undead Knights have the power of darkness and ice. They are extremely strong and seem to have no weaknesses in their bodies. They can still fight even after their heads are severed and can even pick up their severed heads and place them back on their necks. Their bodies are also filled with corrosive liquids that can kill anyone within a minute if they make contact with it. Battle Aura will not work against them. The scouts who were killed by them would then stand up in ten minutes’ time as Undead Warriors…It truly is terrifying.”
Link then frowned. Gildern seemed to be exaggerating the situation. Even if they were Undead Warriors, they should not possess such powers. This type of Undead Warriors did not even exist in the game.
“Do we have any traces of their whereabouts now?”
Gildern shook his head and said, “They have a total of 35 people and seem to be doing a mission. They are moving very quickly. When the scouts found them, they were already heading towards the northwest region of the Girvent Forest.”
The moment Gildern ended his sentence, Link saw a message from the in-game system.
Mission: Tracking
Task: Enter the Girvent Forest and track down the group of Undead Knights. Investigate the purpose of their mission.
Rewards: Lost Magic Book, Space-Time Fusion.
Time Limit: Eight hours. Exceeding the time limit will be deemed as a failure!
To think that there would be a mission connected to this. Furthermore, the reward was a magic book! From the title of the book, the magic book seemed to be a high-quality one. Link was enticed by the reward immediately. From the time limit, it seemed like it would be an important and dangerous mission.
Link then accepted the mission without hesitation and handed the scroll containing Skinorse’s message to Gildern, saying, “Hand this over to Master Grenci, let him settle this issue.”
“My lord, what about you?”
“I am going to stop these Undead Knights myself. I will set off now!”
After speaking, Link immediately went to find Dorias.
Dorias seemed to be enjoying life a bit too much nowadays. He had put on weight and, another Wind Tiger half his size lay beside him, probably a mate he found while wandering off on his own.
Upon seeing Link, he shook his head and said, “Link, I know that something has happened from your expression. Where are we headed to?”
“Northwest side of the Girvent Forest. I am tracking down a bunch of Undead Warriors.”
“That’s near,” Dorias crouched down for Link to mount on before he roared, “Let’s go. I can definitely reach them within two hours’ time.”
He leaped forward and seemed to be running at a speed much faster than before.
Upon seeing Link’s surprised expression, he growled in disdain and explained, “I have been locked up for too long previously and was too weak. Now, I have regained most of my strength. I am now close to the peak of my past strength.”
“Peak? How strong were you?” Link asked.
“I was Level-7 in strength at my peak. After I was locked up in the Tower of Azula, I slowly became weaker,” Dorias explained.
“That is good news.”
Dorias ran at full speed the entire time and took only an hour to reach the junction between the Girvent Forest and the Ferde Wilderness. Once he reached here, he lifted his head and took a whiff before saying, “I can already smell the stench of the Undead Warriors!”