Chapter 2

Chapter 2: The Red Tide Corpse Queen

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“You can’t go.”

“Why not?”

“The Corpse Demon is too dangerous!”

“No matter how dangerous the monster is, it can be killed! I already made up my mind, and I have the courage to face the Corpse Demon.”

“Dorothy, courage and determination are not enough to help you in taking revenge, instead they may cost you your own life.”

“But… that’s my brother.”

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In the lobby of the Lord’s Mansion, there was a fierce quarrel.

“Roger, go and persuade Dorothy.”

“She has already come six times this month, and every time, she’s applying to the lord to recruit manpower to defeat the Corpse Demon.”

“Since Kane died, she seems to have become a different person…”

The two guards prattled on about the entire story.

Kane was the captain of the former garrison team in Tongma Town, and he was a very reliable man.

He was one of Roger’s only friends in Tongma Town.

It was he who accompanied Roger through the difficult adventurer life at the beginning after he had just been teleported. Roger was very grateful for this and kept it in his heart.

A year ago, Kane recruited a group of elite adventurers in the town.

They gathered a huge crowd and went to fight against the Corpse Demon that had been troubling the town for a long time, but strangely, the entire group had been killed.

As a result, Tongma Town was weakened greatly. Last winter, the Moors in the north almost broke into their granary.

During that time, many people in the town secretly complained about Kane’s recklessness.

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Roger walked into the lobby.

A tall girl was standing next to a marble pillar, arguing fiercely with the white-bearded butler of the lord’s mansion.

She was wearing a close-fitting chestnut leather armor, and a sharp dagger was attached to the straps on her waist and thigh respectively.

Her skin was very fair, and perhaps because she was too emotional, not only had a layer of sweat formed like dewdrops on her forehead, but even the originally faintly visible blue veins had become so obvious.

She was Dorothy, Kane’s sister, and the current captain of the garrison team of Tongma Town.

“Roger?”

Dorothy noticed him, her eyes slightly surprised.

Roger nodded slightly and walked quickly towards the two of them.

“Are you here to stop me?”

Dorothy noticed the two evasive guards, and her eyes grew hostile.

“No, I’m here to receive the reward mission for the Corpse Demon.”

Saying this, Roger smoothly pressed the reward poster on the desk in front of the old butler.

The hall fell silent for about six seconds.

“Are you kidding? Roger.”

The old butler pushed his glasses with shivering hands, looked at the reward order in Roger’s hand, and muttered, “Crazy, you’re all crazy.”

Dorothy was stunned, and her eyes gradually became complicated.

And the two guards who encouraged Roger to enter the hall were even more dumbfounded.

They hadn’t noticed that Roger had torn off the reward poster of the Corpse Demon!

After all, in their impressions, Roger was a rare type of adventurer who behaved properly and knew his place.

Things like crusades against monsters had never had anything to do with Roger.

“Wait a minute!”

Dorothy suddenly reacted and grabbed Roger’s arm, “You can’t go!”

“Why not?” Roger asked.

“The Corpse Demon is too dangerous!”

Dorothy stroked her slightly messy hair anxiously.

“No matter how dangerous a monster is, it can be killed, right?”

“You are not the only person who has made up your mind, Dorothy,” Roger said calmly.

Dorothy bit her lip lightly, then said thoughtfully, “Are you using this way to remind me to be more rational?”

“But that’s Kane…”

“No, no, no.”

Roger couldn’t help but roll his eyes. “Don’t think too much, I just mean it literally.”

After speaking, he looked at the old butler. “The Lord’s Mansion should have detailed information about the Corpse Demon, right?”

The old butler looked at Roger in silence. After a while, he seemed to realize Roger’s determination, so he could only relent. “We do have detailed information about the Corpse Demon.”

“But in order to prevent some adventurers from misjudging the strength of the crusade target, we have added a pre-task.”

“Only when the pre-task has been completed, we will give you the detailed information of the Corpse Demon.”

Roger thought a little while, then nodded. “What is the pre-task?”

“The Red Tide Corpse Queen.”

The old butler wasted no more time, he directly took out a new roll of parchment from the drawer and handed it to Roger.

“As long as you can kill the Red Tide Corpse Queen on Yuntai Mountain within three months, in addition to the 300 copper order coins as a reward, we will also provide you the information on the Corpse Demon.”

“I hope you can understand that we really don’t want the people in the town to die in vain.”

Roger glanced roughly at the contents on the parchment, nodding slightly. “I understand.”

“Farewell.” Under the shocked looks of the guards, as if they were seeing ghosts, he turned and left the lord’s mansion.

“Roger!”

He hadn’t gone far when Dorothy chased up to him as he expected.

“Red Tide Corpse Queen… I will go with you,” she said.

Roger replied immediately, “Sure.”

“Tomorrow morning, north of Pumpkin Field, I will wait for you.”

Dorothy was stunned again. She thought Roger would refuse, but she didn’t expect him to agree so easily.

She inspected Roger from head to toe again, as if looking at a stranger.

“It’s a deal.”

Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief, then asked slightly suspiciously, “Where are you going now? This is the way to Yuntai Mountain.”

“Oh, I’m going to collect some herbs,” Roger said.

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More than an hour later.

Outside the canyon in the middle of Yuntai Mountain.

Roger breathed evenly as he moved forward steadily, pressing against the steep rock wall.

The half-person tall weeds seriously obstructed his vision.

Fortunately, he also had the expertise [Qi Divination].

In Roger’s field of vision, numerous thin blood-red air columns rose up into the sky in front of him.

Above the canyon, a cluster of scarlet blood clouds gathered.

This showed that there were a lot of monsters in the canyon!

Roger quietly stopped in his path.

Not far in front of him, a lonely blood-red column stopped moving.

It was a Red Tide Zombie.

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[Red Tide Zombie, LV4, HP 35, Defense 5, Weakness Lightning]

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Glancing at the data obtained from Qi Divination, Roger gently took out the two-handed sword from his back and held it firmly in his hand.

This two-handed sword was the standard equipment of the Tongma Town garrison. It was smaller in size than the common two-handed sword; it was relatively agile in swinging and was very suitable for small-scale battles.

This two-handed sword was given to Roger by Kane.

In a territory like Tongma Town that did not produce steel, it was considered a valuable gift.

Suppressing all his thoughts, Roger adjusted his breathing and suddenly launched a [Raid]!

His figure was as fast as lightning.

Among the weeds.

The Red Tide Zombie tried to turn around, but its movement was slow. Roger had already approached him, and the gleaming sword in his hand slashed towards the waist of the monster!

With the help of [Accumulated Energy], his sword can exert 500% power!

Whether it was [Attack], [Damage], or [Strength], [Hit], or [Critical Hit].

They were all increased by 500%!

Pssst!

The sharp blade sliced off the waist of the Red Tide Zombie, like a sickle cutting the grass, without any feeling of stagnation.

The monster quietly separated into two parts, struggling on the ground for a while, and then died completely.

“It felt silky smooth!”

Roger let out a sigh of relief.

He skillfully took out a piece of sackcloth and wiped the yellow blood off the two-handed sword, then he focused on the second target.

Among the half-person tall grass, a silent slaughter slowly proceeded.

Relying on the precise positioning using the [Qi Divination Technique], Roger seemed to be a killing Reaper, wiping out the lives of the lone monsters one by one.

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[You’ve killed 1 Red Tide Zombie, killing 9 Red Tide Zombies in total]

[You’ve gained 1 XP]

[Your pain resistance is slightly increased]

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Before he made his move, Roger had thrown the Mark of Evil on the Red Tide Zombies.

The attribute obtained from this kind of monster was very good, it was the ability to resist pain.

It was a pity that monsters like Red Tide Zombies did not have the reproduction abilities like Explosive Magic Frogs. Otherwise, Roger would really consider whether to pile up his pain resistance before leaving.

Whoosh!

The sword wind among the grass was a bit irritable.

Roger sliced off the head of a monster cleanly and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

His brow furrowed slightly.

“It’s too slow to kill like this…”

“Furthermore, it is not so easy to find any lone Red Tide Zombies now. The rest are all gathered in the canyon.”

At this moment, four pieces of the corpse from two Red Tide Zombies were lying in front of him.

He only intended to kill one of them, but he unexpectedly alarmed the other one.

Fortunately, with his current skill, it was not too difficult for him to fight against two alone.

But Roger realized that killing like this would not only be too inefficient, but it would also threaten his safety.

Crowds of Red Tide Zombies may pose a threat to him.

“It’s time to change strategy.”

“Let’s observe the situation within the canyon first!”

Roger put his two-handed sword on the ground, hung a rope around his waist, and then lightened his load. Very soon, he had climbed agilely up the cliff on the east side of the canyon.

His [Climbing] skill was 49 points (LV5 max), which was enough for this kind of terrain.

When he reached a high place, he gazed into the canyon.

Deep in the canyon, groups of Red Tide Zombies were moving in an irregular manner.

In the next second, Roger’s eyelids twitched slightly.

He actually saw an intact tent among the groups of zombies!

A tall and fat zombie walked out of the tent.

Seeming to notice something, she suddenly glanced at the rock wall outside the canyon.

However, the stone wall was completely empty.

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