Chapter 69.2 - Tower of God: The Undead Scourge (1/2)

Du Ze doesn’t have the time to wonder why they came back. He was busy treating Xiu’s wounds with the help of the demon sisters and Ariel. Du Ze was quite frightened when he saw all of the holes in Xiu’s body. He couldn’t see anything while he was under Muir’s protection. He could only hear the sounds of the fighting, but from Xiu’s miserable condition he deduced that both parties were equally skilled and powerful. Although he didn’t see it and therefore couldn’t verify, Du Ze felt that whether it was Bael or Xiu, they both got the result they wanted.

Xiu seemed a little tired. He lazily leaned on Du Ze, silent. There were a lot of people around, but, like the last time they were in this space, nobody could disturb anyone else. After treating Xiu’s wounds with some highly effective medicine, Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief and found that Xiu was staring at something. Du Ze looked at the direction of Xiu’s gaze and froze – was that statue here before?

There were several stone platforms around the hall. This time one of them had a stone statue on it. The statue was mostly very standard, a blank humanoid carving, but it had bat-like wings that showed it was a demon. Du Ze is certain that this statue was not here the first time they came to the hall. It probably appeared after they emerged from the demon god arena.

… Is this a sign that they passed? The demon god arena is just the first level of the Tower of God?

Du Ze looked at the stone platforms again and this time he carefully counted the empty platforms. There were seven. Du Ze thought of Bael and the Lord God’s intention. Adding the number of stone platforms into the mix, Du Ze finally realized the author’s evil intention – each race was one level.

****! To finish the demon god arena trial, the Moe Lord turned into a bloody ruin. Having to fight every race … won’t he be so weary he turns into a wreck! QAQ

Xiu also looked thoughtfully at the platforms. The hall only has one door of light, meaning they can only go forward; no retreat is possible. Except for the immobile Old John and the Xiu-equipped Du Ze, the others were sent by Xiu to look for Rachel and the others.

Du Ze then remembered Dan’s information. The Thunder Regiment dispersed but, according to Dan, as long as they are able to finish the first trial, Xiu can recruit unlimited numbers of followers.

The others went around the hall several times but they did not meet any of the members of the Thunder Regiment. They didn’t know if it was because they had not emerged from the first trial or if something unexpected happened. Both Heidi and Dan said that the Tower of God randomly sent people to different places and whether they could meet again was up to fate. Thus, they can only forget about the Thunder Regiment for now.

Although Xiu was wounded and needed some time to rest, they decided to enter the light door after a day’s respite in the hall. In the hall, other people can see them even though they are in different spaces. With so many people watching, there was no sense of privacy, therefore many things are not easy to do and they could not even sleep at night.

Even seriously injured, Xiu still took Du Ze with him as he led the way. Although this was their second time to pass through the door of light, Du Ze still felt nervous at walking into the unknown. The bright light faded and before his vision was restored, Du Ze felt the wind blowing on his face, bringing with it the scent of grass and a faint smell of decay.

Du Ze blinked. They were in a small forest. Opposite them were hundreds of uniformed skeletons, including skeleton soldiers, skeleton warriors, skeleton archers, and a skeleton mage. Muir instantly transformed into his dragon form, ready to attack. A group of skeletons moved away to avoid being crushed to pieces. That was the only action they did.

All the skeletons knelt down to Xiu uniformly. Their leader seemed to be the skeleton mage, who opened its hollow mouth and, with a rattling voice, used a necromancy spell to speak: [Lord Commander,1 please lead us to the Chaos Continent.]

… What is this?

Xiu was a bit surprised. He asked the skeleton mage: “What did you call me?”

[Lord Commander, please lead us to the Chaos Continent] said the skeleton mage.

No matter what it was asked, the skeleton mage would simply repeat the sentence monotonously and mechanically. It looks as if this was deliberately arranged. Du Ze stared at the skeletons. Unlike the demon god arena trial, the Tower of God wanted to give them hints this time?

Xiu thought for a moment, then tried to give the group of undead instructions. They really did obey his commands. It seems as though this group of skeletons have accepted him as their commander. The first half of the skeleton mage’s request was already clear and the other half seemed to say that Xiu should use these skeleton soldiers to conquer the Chaos Continent?

The situation was rather unclear and they didn’t know if they should believe the information that the skeleton mage provided. They decided to leave the woods and explore the area. Based on their previous experience in the demon god arena, the starting area shouldn’t be too dangerous. When the group of people walked off, the skeletons automatically followed them. Even when Xiu told them to stop, the skeletons would be slightly confused for a moment then continue following.