The pale sun gradually lowered.
Just as he fell into the sky, a faint mist suddenly filled the surroundings.
In an instant, the whole world seemed to have fallen into an abyss.
A silvery white full moon dimly shone in the sky.
The cold wind was biting, the stench in the air became more and more obvious, and the lingering undead void energy also surged out of thin air.
"Because living things die everywhere in winter, the concentration of undead void energy exceeds and inhibits the growth of life, making it impossible for all things to germinate after spring arrives, so it causes a famine?"
rustle……
A slight sound came from far away, I don't know if it was the wind or...
"Are you going to show up?"
Holding the heavy sword lying flat on his legs, Yaro slowly stood up and turned to look at the jungle on the right side of the village.
"Let's just say, those villagers just left today, how could the monsters know immediately and disappear out of thin air? They must be hiding somewhere around the village."
Double shadows chattered in the twisted woods, and even with the faint moonlight, it was impossible to see clearly what was going on.
Raising the light spell, Yaro walked slowly and cautiously towards the withered forest.
After getting close, you can see a vague trail, which is winding and leads to nowhere.
Squeak, squeak!
The metal boots stepped on the withered branches, making a crisp sound step by step.
"Huh?"
Yaro paused, looked around, and after making sure it was safe, he leaned over and pulled up a gray-black grass.
"Yes, it is indeed Bone Spirit Grass, but it's a pity that the surface has not turned white yet."
Bone Spirit Grass, an undead plant.
Derived from a common weed, it can absorb undead energy in the air. When the energy is saturated, a layer of snow-like white frost will appear on the surface.
At this time, about two plants can be sold for one magic stone.
But if there is no white frost like this, it has no value at all.
The mere appearance of Bone Spirit Grass shows that the undead void energy around here has been going on for a long time, so long that it can transform ordinary weeds into extraordinary plants.
"The shadow event that broke out in the Perrin territory was more than two years ago. In other words, the transformation of the earl territory into the undead territory may also have started more than two years ago."
"Perhaps...this is the first hidden trigger point?"
This place is not far from the Perrin Territory and is not on the main road. When a large number of monsters broke out in the Perrin Territory, even if the Countess sent people to check, it was difficult to find some strange events in the small villages on the side of the Perrin Territory.
"Is it dark under the light? It's a very high-level approach."
Throwing away the immature Bone Spirit Grass, Yaro continued to move forward.
A row of dilapidated and crooked fences soon appeared in front of them. The fences showed that they had been completely carbonized. Looking around, there were also obvious burn marks on the trunks of some trees nearby.
It can be seen at just a glance that someone must have deliberately set fire at the entrance to this garden recently. Unfortunately, the trees here have been soaked by the undead void energy. The short-term burning of ordinary fire has no effect, and can only burn the surrounding trees. Everything was dyed carbon black.
Further ahead is a large park, with some stone monuments, wooden crosses, and some strange statues scattered here and there.
Under the cold moonlight.
It can be vaguely seen that there are many brown and yellow fresh soil clods on the ground. Next to each small pile of soil, there is a long pit. Some broken bones are scattered in the pit, which is strange and quiet. The ranking of breath among them is uncertain.
This is a cemetery, and judging from the vague writing on the stone tablet, it is still an old cemetery - at least longer than the small village outside.
swish swish...
There was a horrifying thin sound coming from the surroundings, the patches of light and shadow kept shaking, and the rich stench was getting closer and closer.
Yaro's consciousness stirred slightly, and the light ball instantly burst out with intense light, illuminating the surroundings like daylight, but what caught his eyes was a field of dark beetles.
"Deadworm?"
The undead bug looks like a dung beetle, but is a close relative of the corpse bug. It feeds on carrion that is rich in undead magic power. It likes to live in the bodies of undead creatures and has a strong desire for the flesh and blood of living creatures.
However, undead insects that have not been specially cultivated can only be regarded as ordinary insects that can live in the bodies of undead creatures and are not extraordinary creatures.
"puff!"
Yaro was still guessing whether these undead insects had been specially bred, but the reptiles were already jumping up like fleas, rushing towards him impatiently.
Yaro took half a step back, concentrating and analyzing secretly.
"The bounce speed is slow and there is no energy fluctuation."
Lift the sword and shoot horizontally.
"Pop!"
The undead insects were like rotten eggs smashed on a stone. They exploded one after another, and the juice splashed, leaving one after another gray and white marks on the crystal heavy sword.
Some of them look like bird droppings. I don’t know whether these things are the body fluids of the undead bug or the carrion stored in its belly.
…
[Defeat the enemy and gain 1 point of skill experience with basic sword skills]
[Converted into personal experience, personal experience value increases by 1 point of skill experience]
[Remaining skill points: 1 point]
[Personal level lv21:23346/30000]
…
Several identical repetitive messages slowly flashed across the system panel.
As if hesitating, whether such a weak creature needs to be counted as experience points.
It's also like a cumulative calculation. How many undead insects are needed to calculate one point of experience.
But Yaro, who has long understood the system data, knows that the ability to produce experience indicates that this creature is a threat to him.
For example, Biallo used to kill poultry and livestock, but he could not gain any experience points.
And when he was young, as long as the children he fought with picked up swords, they would gain more experience points later.
Based on this principle, Yaro guessed that three undead insects could pose a certain threat to him.
"Toxic? Or some other factor?"
"Even if it is poisonous, it should not be too strong. Just like the iron-backed centipede before, such a strong corrosive poison also has good hardness and agility and fast speed. In the end, it only gained 8 experience points."
Thinking of this, Yaro put aside some of his worries and concentrated on resisting the swarm of undead insects.
"Although the bodies of these undead bugs are fragile, there are such a large number of them. It's no wonder that the burning marks only appear at the entrance of the cemetery."
Undead bugs are not extraordinary creatures. In other words, if they appear during the day, they will not have much impact.
Therefore, even if the villagers find that there are changes in the cemetery and want to come in during the day to burn the monsters to death, they will be resisted by the swarming undead insects.
With no food sources around, the villagers must not be willing to fight to the death, which is why the impact here is getting bigger and bigger.
The system's experience data was slowly refreshed. Yaro fought and retreated, always maintaining a defense radius to prevent the undead insects from getting close to his body.
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