Amidst the excited shouts of the undead and the bewildered expressions of Xiao Zhi and the others, there was a crisp sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the sound got closer and closer, and a group of undead knights in armor appeared in front of everyone.
With their arrival, the originally noisy venue returned to calm. Pairs of lifeless eyes stared at the comers, looking forward to the upcoming selection.
The leader was a black-haired, undead knight commander with a gentle temperament. He rode a bone horse to the only high platform, then looked around at the undead present, and bowed slightly.
"Welcome everyone to participate in the selection of Hesse's clerk. I am Knight Commander Dean."
After the words fell, the undead people below cheered, this is their way of expressing their respect for the strong.
Losing the shackles of life, the undead have returned to the law that the strong are respected. Therefore, in the world of the undead, power, fame, and wealth are not as important as pure power. The knight commanders of Hesse are all qualified to stand beside the lord, which is synonymous with the strong.
Dean signaled to be quiet below, and he continued: "Those who pass the selection will become Hessen's clerk, and enter the Hall of Bones to get the opportunity to assist the lord. Because of this, the first selection condition is to be familiar with the undead characters. and common language proficiency, hopefully—"
Before he finished speaking, the undead people below rejoiced again because they heard the word "lord".
This time they were roaring at the top of their lungs, looking crazy, and it sounded like all ghosts were crying together. If adventurers passing by accidentally heard it, they might think that Hesse was planning to do something big.
Xiao Zhi felt that his ears were going deaf. He looked at the teachers and seniors beside him, and found that they also had expressions of pain and entanglement. They can't cover their ears yet, because those who don't scream in the crowd are already a minority, and covering their ears will make them look even more out of place.
On the high platform, Dean raised the volume: "The level is divided into three, namely—"
"Kill! For the lord!!"
"I will definitely win!!"
"you wanna die!"
"I'm afraid of you! I'm already dead!!"
Dean: "..."
Dean couldn't continue talking, and he estimated that few people would be interested in what he said next. However, such a situation is still within his expectations. After all, it is not a day or two for the undead to do this. This is a traditional art, and crazy people get used to it.
Forget it, let's start directly.
Dean raised his voice again, shouting loudly enough to overwhelm everyone's screams: "In the first level, you need to snatch the dominoes in the bone forest and pass through the portal, and in the subsequent levels, you need to find your own way to leave—"
"Now, the selection begins—"
As his words fell, a huge magic circle suddenly lit up under everyone's feet, and the magic circle included the entire area except the positions occupied by the undead knights.
In the next moment, all the people in the magic circle were teleported away, all the noise disappeared, and the place returned to the original tranquility.
Dean tidied up his collar, which was a little messy from the action just now, and let others do this kind of physical work next time. It was too tiring, and it made him feel as if he had come back to life.
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Xiao Zhi only felt that a flash in front of his eyes changed the world within his sight.
Here is a miserable white forest, from the soil to the trees are all white.
This white is not the pure snow-white that makes people feel pure, but a kind of withered and decadent gray. The texture of the trees is stiff, and white ash of unknown origin floats in the air, making the atmosphere even more dead.
He remembered that the knight commander Dean mentioned the word "Bone Forest", so it must be here, but it fit the name very well.
Li Daye and the others were still by his side, and they were not scattered because of the teleportation.
The originally crowded crowd also appeared nearby, and everyone stared at each other with vigilant eyes. After all, from this moment on, they are competitors.
Li Daye whispered to his students, "The future is up to you."
Einstein and Veddy nodded calmly at him.
Xiao Zhi felt a little unbelievable, he thought that Li Daye would definitely say "Let's see mine next", "I am the life mentor who leads the Chosen Ones to victory" and other secondary lines, but he didn't expect it to be so... Normal, It doesn't seem to be particularly normal.
Einstein said in a low voice: "According to the usual practice, in this kind of melee situation, the teacher usually lies down within five minutes of the opening, and the gods can't save them."
Vide: "The fastest record is 45 seconds."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
So did he say his final exit line in advance? Really skilled enough...
At this moment, countless dominoes suddenly appeared in space and time. The dominoes are round and bigger than coins. Senbai's dominoes slowly fell down from the midair. It seems that the number is not small, but it is obviously much less than the undead who are staring at the bottom.
This is what they need to snatch in the first level.
I don't know who made the first move, and without waiting for the domino to hit the ground, countless undead rushed towards the air one after another.
An undead rushed to the front with the advantage of his light body, and the undead behind was obviously unwilling to be preempted by him. When he raised his hand, a wind of undead was thrown over, knocking down the undead in front, and he took the lead.
The next moment, the lich behind him froze and knocked down the victorious undead.
But he couldn't get close to the domino, because the skeletons and zombies below joined forces to pull him back to the ground.
Everyone started to compete in this situation of mutual harm.
After Einstein turned into an undead, his speed was very fast, and he was not hit by the attack from below after turning several times in the air. At the same time, he waved the dagger in his hand, sending several competitors back to the ground.
Ahead, the dominoes are close at hand.
Einstein stretched out his hand, ready to pocket it.
"boom-"
A bullet grazed Einstein's ear and hit the domino with precision. The domino was not a hard thing, and it was immediately shattered into bone fragments under the blow. The bone fragments scattered and fell like this Go down, it is obviously broken.
Einstein turned his head suddenly, looking at the guy who dared to spoil his good deeds.
A skeleton with bat wings growing from its back held a gun in its hand, its jaws opened and closed, and the clicking sound of its upper and lower teeth seemed to be provocative, and it looked very flat.
Anyway, the dominoes were gone, so Einstein withdrew his hand, raised the dagger and rushed to the opposite side.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the skeleton was about to run away, but Einstein's dagger had already come in front of him, and cut off his wings with two knives. The skeleton that lost its wings suddenly fell and fell to the ground into a pile of scattered bones. It is estimated that it will not be able to get up in a short time.
Einstein chuckled and retracted the dagger, turned around to look for the next target.
"boom-"
Another shot, this one was much harder, hitting his back directly.
Einstein clutched his waist and turned his head viciously, but saw Vidy who hadn't had time to put his gun back.
Einstein: "…"
Veddy: "…"
That's embarrassing.
Einstein asked faintly, "Are you an undercover agent?"
Wei Di looked incredible: "I'm obviously aiming at the resentful soul behind you..."
Einstein, who was devastated by strong winds and waves, was still very calm: "I have wanted to ask for a long time, why do you have to choose a firearms expert when you have the same sunset red marksmanship as your teacher?"
There seemed to be a dark cloud over Wei Di's head: "After my analysis, if I choose close combat, I will die. If I choose support, your opponent will become stronger, and if I choose a profession with high damage such as heavy artillery, you will die. So the damage Not high, and a firearms expert with a long-distance occupation is my best choice... "
Einstein: "…"
It really makes sense.
After observing Wei Di's marksmanship, Xiao Zhi was suddenly glad that he was a long-range man and would not face the threat of being shot in the back by his senior brother. Moreover, the undead had the upper hand in the air, which made Xiao Zhi feel even happier when he threw the fireball.
He glanced at Li Daye's place by the way, and found that it was empty. At some point, Li Daye had been sent back to the Athanasi Realm.
Today's teachers are still very stable.
As the dominoes got closer and closer to the bottom, the competition became more intense.
A domino approached Xiao Zhi, and the surrounding undead rushed towards him one after another, threatening to tear him apart.
Xiao Zhi looked very calm, and he was still casting spells steadily in his hand.
In the next moment, a turquoise fire tornado suddenly rose from around him, and all the undead who rushed over did not dare to resist such a fire, and could only retreat collectively. Even taking a step back was not enough, the flames became more intense under the blessing of the soul chaser, forcefully clearing a clearing around Xiao Zhi.
Taking advantage of this brief opportunity, Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand in the center of the flame, and easily got the domino.
The surrounding undead still did not give up, they waited, waited for the flame to disappear, so as to seize the opportunity to kick this hateful competitor out.
A few blinks of an eye passed, and the flames protecting Xiao Zhi finally disappeared, and the undead crowd rushed forward at the same time, magic, swords, sharp claws... all greeted Xiao Zhi.
However, Xiao Zhi's body turned into a little green flame the moment he was attacked, and disappeared in their shocked eyes.
All that was left was the phantom of flames, Xiao Zhi's body had already left the place to support the senior brothers.
the other side.
I saw Xiao Zhi continuously firing undead flames around like a high-altitude fortress, while Einstein kept flashing and shuttling among the many contenders, like the sharpest knife.
As for Veddy, Einstein told him not to do anything, but to hang around first, secretly looking for the location of the portal.
The two dominoes landed not far from Einstein at the same time. Apart from him, several other pairs of eyes were also fixed on this side.
Einstein looked at Xiao Zhi, and Xiao Zhi nodded slightly at him.
Einstein's figure disappeared suddenly, and in the next moment he appeared in front of the domino, reaching out to grab the domino.
How could the undead around let him succeed like this, almost all of them rushed towards this side, but before they got close, a series of undead flames had already rushed towards them.
The fireballs in Xiao Zhi's hands kept firing continuously, intertwined into a line of fire and blocked Einstein firmly.
Seeing that Einstein succeeded, Xiao Zhi retreated immediately, and the figures of the two quickly disappeared into the battle situation.
Wei Di was acting like a mushroom in the corner, when he saw his senior brother suddenly appear in front of him, Einstein threw a domino into Wei Di's arms, and pulled him up: "Let's go."
Xiao Zhi asked: "Brother Sixteen, have you found the location of the portal?"
Veddy nodded while floating, and he pointed in a direction: "Over there. I have observed that those people who grabbed the dominoes, as long as they went in that direction, they never returned. The portal must be over there."
The two of them didn't doubt his judgment, and they rushed over there with the speed of the undead.
At this time, most of the dominoes in the air have their owners, only a few are still in the fight, and undead people behind them found their tracks, and some wicked ones shouted in order to relieve their pressure: "They all have dominoes! Catch them!"
With these words, it was as if the supermarket had started a half-price sale, and countless pairs of lifeless eyes focused on Xiao Zhi and the three of them.
Viddy felt bad: "It's over, it's over..."
Einstein glanced at the undead who followed closely behind him: "Go on, we run faster."
Not long after, a light blue portal could be seen standing quietly ahead.
"They're leaving!"
"Catch it!! For the dominoes!!"
"The lord is mine!!!"
The undead people behind screamed frantically, and the speed became faster and faster, and even threw their weapons over excitedly, without any distress.
Xiao Zhi dodged the hammer thrown towards him, and looked at the distance between his side and the back. It's a bit bad, if things go on like this, they will be overtaken when they are not far from the portal, and it will be troublesome when the scuffle starts.
He thought for a moment and opened his backpack.
The next moment, the undead who were chasing after them saw a person in front suddenly turn around, threw something at the chasing skeleton archer, and shouted: "Here you go, I want to go to the next level!" Just run with us!"
The voice was very clear, and the undead people present could hear it clearly.
It was a distance away, and the thing was a little small, so I couldn't see what it was for a while, but the color really looked like a domino.
The skeleton archer who caught the thing was a little confused. He didn't actually see what it was, but he subconsciously clenched the thing in his hand and hid it inside.
This moment of his, the atmosphere around him was instantly tense.
The skeleton archer is the closest to this thing, and the only one who has a chance to see what it is. This action, in the eyes of others, is tantamount to acquiescing that what he is holding is a domino.
"Dominoes!" A resentful soul whose brain had been opened yelled, and suddenly rushed up with hands and feet, who cares, grab it first and then talk.
Stimulated by his actions, the people around him couldn't help but join in the fight, and the fight was fierce for a while. In fact, they didn't know if it was a domino, but everyone grabbed it, what if they missed it? Thanks to that.
Once you have this kind of mind, more and more people will participate in the competition.
There are also those who have been skeptical about this, but the fighting crowd blocked their progress, making them have to go around this group of idiots before moving on, which delayed their pursuit.
In just a few seconds, the figures of Xiao Zhi and the others had disappeared into the portal.
The scramble at the door was still going on, everyone punched me and kicked sparks flying.
At this time, the thing they were fighting for rolled out of the crowd and rolled around on the ground for a few times before finally stopping. Losing their target, everyone had to pause and look over there.
Although the thing that fell on the ground was also white in color, it was shiny, hard, and round, and it was obviously not bone.
This is no domino, it is clearly a gold shell with a denomination of 10,000. If you look closely, the white color is actually the color of metal, in order to distinguish it from other denominations of gold shells.
Everyone glared angrily at the first resentful soul who rushed forward, all blaming this guy for playing the rhythm indiscriminately, his brain has been opened, and he will not be smart after death.
The resentful soul whose brain was opened: "..."
Blame him slightly.
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After passing through the portal, the first thing Xiao Zhi felt was the soft touch under his feet.
The next moment, a gorgeous gothic hall appeared in front of my eyes, with a high dome, exquisite stained glass, and darker colors, revealing a luxurious and cold feeling.
In the middle of the hall is a sofa made of dark blue velvet, on which sits a delicate and insanely beautiful white-haired girl. The girl was wearing a black Lolita dress with exquisite decorations all over her body. Her eyes were closed tightly, and she seemed to be asleep.
Xiao Zhi could tell at a glance that this girl was indeed not a human being, but a puppet with exquisite craftsmanship.
He looked around, except for the three of them, there were no other figures in the hall, and he didn't know where the other people who passed the first level went.
Suddenly, the girl's eyes opened, revealing a pair of blood-red pupils, coupled with her pale skin and white hair, it matched the style of the entire building very well.
The girl looked at the three of Xiao Zhi, stood up and bowed: "Distinguished guests, welcome to the Huiwu Pavilion. I am Nita, and it is my honor to serve you."
Her voice was rigid, like a synthetic voice, without any vitality.
The three of them exchanged glances, not quite understanding what the second level was going to test them.
Nita walked towards the three of them: "The master is not at home for the time being, but he told Nita that he must treat all distinguished guests well. Nita has prepared a banquet for you. Would you like to go now?"
Xiao Zhi didn't answer right away, he asked another question: "Who is your master?"
Nita: "Nita can't tell you for now."
Veddy also tentatively asked, "Do you know how to get out of here?"
Nita: "Nita can't tell you for now."
Seeing this, several people felt that the situation was not right. This puppet seemed to be very mechanical and could only answer questions within the range.
Einstein didn't speak, he took out the address book to signal the two, Xiao Zhi and Wei Di understood, and opened the address book. The three of them stood here blatantly chatting because the NPC couldn't see their communication content.
Nita remained motionless in the previous posture, and she would not continue to move without receiving the next order.
Fifteen: What do you think of the banquet she mentioned
Sixteen: According to the routine of traditional ghost stories, there must be hidden dangers in this banquet, such as discovering that the food I ate has long been rotten, or the delicacies are actually bugs, mice and the like.
Seventeen: It may also be a branch of the choice of the plot. After eating the food here, there will be a strange development, or it is okay at the time, but it is also possible to find that you can’t leave here when you pass the customs.
Fifteen: Forget it, actually, I'm still a little curious about what she's going to give us.
Sixteen: Don't wave, if the three of us hang here, what do you think the teacher will do
Seventeen: The teenagers who shouldered the mission have fallen, and the future of mankind is dark!
Fifteen: Damn it! Is this an irresistible fate? In the end it was a mistake to pay...
The three of them spared no effort in complaining about their teacher.
After Sao said, Xiao Zhi put away the address book and said to Nita: "We feel very tired today, can we go to rest first?"
He wanted to see if he could start a development direction other than banquets.
This time, Nita finally had a different reaction: "Guests, I want to rest... Nita will take you to the room."
Einstein and Wei Di secretly gave Xiao Zhi a thumbs-up, and the meaning was very clear—the little junior brother is amazing.
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Hessen, Hall of Bones.
Lance was advancing in the hallway with a large stack of paperwork.
He was the tallest among the knight commanders, and he was much taller than ordinary people, but the documents he held in his hands were even taller, and Lance's height almost touched the ceiling of the corridor .
"knock knock knock"
Lance knocked on the lord's door.
"What's the matter?" A calm and indifferent voice came from inside.
"Lord, I brought you the recently accumulated documents, which have not been processed for several months." Lance said.
"Put it over at the government affairs hall, and I'll deal with it when I have time."
"But...there is already..." Lance tried to persuade his boss not to be passive and sabotage.
"Let it go."
Lance waited for a while, but there was still no other sound coming from behind the door, which showed that Lord Hesse was determined not to work.
After scratching his head, he finally turned around and walked towards the other side of the corridor with the documents in his hands.
Lance looked up at the paperwork that could hardly be seen on the top. He didn't know if the remaining space in the government affairs hall could be filled with these
In his heart, he silently mourned for the coming clerk.