The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 002: Red Tide Corpse Queen
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"You can't go."
"Why not?"
"The corpse demon is too dangerous!"
"No matter how dangerous a monster is, it can be killed! I have the courage and resolution to face the Corpse Demon head-on."
"Dorothy, courage and awareness cannot avenge you. Instead, they may cost you your own life."
"But... that's my brother."
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There was a fierce quarrel in the hall of the lord's mansion.
"Roger, go and persuade Dorothy."
"She has come here five or six times this month, and each time she came to ask the Lord to recruit people to defeat the corpse monster."
"She seems to have become a different person since Kane's death..."
The two guards told the whole story at once.
Kane is the former captain of the Tongma Town garrison and a very reliable man.
He is one of Roger's few friends in Tongma Town.
It was he who accompanied Roger through the difficult adventurer's life in the early days of the time travel. Roger was very grateful for this and always kept it in his heart.
A year ago, Kane recruited a group of elite adventurers in the town.
They set out with great fanfare to conquer the long-time evil spirit, but ended up being mysteriously wiped out.
Tongma Town was severely damaged as a result, and its granary was almost breached by the Moors from the north last winter.
During that time, many people in the town secretly blamed Kane for his recklessness.
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Roger walked into the hall.
A tall girl stood beside a marble column, arguing fiercely with the white-haired and bearded steward of the lord's mansion.
She was wearing tight-fitting chestnut leather armor, with a sharp dagger attached to the straps around her waist and thigh.
Her skin was very fair, and perhaps because she was too excited, not only was there a layer of sweat on her forehead like dewdrops, but even the blue veins that were originally vaguely visible were so obvious.
She is Dorothy, Kane's sister and the current garrison captain of Tongma Town.
"Roger?"
Dorothy noticed him and looked a little surprised.
Roger nodded slightly and walked quickly towards the two of them.
"Are you here to stop me?"
Dorothy noticed the two dodgy guards and her eyes turned unfriendly.
"No, I'm here to collect the bounty from the corpse demon."
Having said this, Roger placed the bounty on the desk in front of the old butler.
The hall was silent for about five or six seconds.
"Are you kidding me, Roger?"
The old butler pushed his glasses up tremblingly, looked at the bounty in Roger's hand, and muttered:
"Crazy, you are all crazy."
Dorothy stood there in a daze, her expression gradually becoming complicated.
The two guards who encouraged Roger to enter the hall were even more dumbfounded.
They hadn't noticed before that Roger had torn off the bounty order for the Corpse Demon!
After all, in their impression, Roger is that rare and honest adventurer.
Things like defeating monsters have 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 anxiously smoothed her slightly messy hair.
"No matter how dangerous a monster is, it can be killed, right?"
"You're not the only one who's aware, Dorothy."
Roger said in a calm tone.
Dorothy bit her lip lightly, thinking:
"Is this your way of reminding me to be more rational?"
"But that's Kane..."
"No, no, no."
Roger couldn't help but rolled his eyes:
"Don't think too much about it, I mean that literally."
After saying this, 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 and said helplessly:
"We do have detailed intelligence on the Corpse Demon."
"But in order to prevent some adventurers from misjudging the strength of the target, we have added a pre-task."
"Only after you complete the preliminary tasks, will we give you the detailed information about the corpse demon."
Roger thought for a moment and nodded:
“What are the prerequisite tasks?”
"The Red Tide Corpse Queen."
The old butler didn't waste any more time and directly took out a newer roll of parchment from the drawer and handed it to Roger.
"As long as you can kill the Red Tide Corpse Queen of Yuntai Mountain within three months, in addition to the 300 copper tokens reward, we will also hand over the information about the Corpse Demon with both hands."
"I hope you can understand that we really don't want the people in this town to die in vain."
Roger glanced at the contents of the parchment and nodded slightly:
"Understood."
"Goodbye."
Amid the guards' ghostly looks, he turned and left the manor.
"Roger!"
Not long after they walked, Dorothy caught up with him as he expected.
"Red Tide Queen...I'll go with you."
She said.
Roger said decisively:
"good."
"Tomorrow morning, North of Pumpkin Field, I'll be waiting for you."
Dorothy was stunned again. She thought Roger would refuse, but she didn't expect him to agree so readily.
She looked Roger up and down again, as if he were a stranger.
"It's a deal."
Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a hint of doubt:
"So where are you going now? This is the way to Yuntai Mountain."
"Oh, I'm going to collect herbs."
Roger said.
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More than an hour later.
Outside a valley on the hillside of Yuntai Mountain.
Roger moved forward steadily, breathing evenly along the steep rock wall.
The half-man-high weeds seriously obstructed his vision.
Fortunately, he still has the "Qi-reading Technique".
In Roger's field of vision, there were thin, blood-red gas columns rising into the sky in front of him.
Above the canyon, there was a scarlet blood cloud that lingered for a long time.
This means there are a lot of monsters in the canyon!
Roger stopped quietly.
Not far ahead, a solitary blood-red gas column stopped moving.
That's a red tide zombie.
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"Red Tide Zombie Lv4 HP 35 Defense 5 Weak Thunder"
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He glanced at the data obtained by the Qi-Watching Technique.
Roger gently untied the two-handed sword on his back and held it firmly in his hands.
This two-handed sword is the standard equipment of the Tongma Town garrison. It is smaller in size than the common two-handed greatsword. It is also relatively flexible to wield, making it very suitable for small-scale battles.
This two-handed sword was given to Roger by Kane.
In a territory like Tongma Town that does not produce steel, this is considered a valuable gift.
Suppress all thoughts.
Roger adjusted his breath and suddenly launched a "surprise attack"!
His figure was as fast as lightning.
In the weeds.
The Red Tide Zombie tried to turn around slowly, but Roger had already approached, and the sword in his hand slashed horizontally towards the monster's waist!
With the help of "accumulating power", his sword can exert 500% of its power!
Whether it is "attack power", "damage", "strength", "hit", or "slash judgment".
The effect is 500%!
Phew!
The sharp sword cut through the waist of the Red Tide Corpse like a sickle cutting straw, without any sense of sluggishness.
The monster silently broke into two, struggled on the ground for a while, and then died completely.
“It’s really that smooth!”
Roger breathed a sigh of relief.
He skillfully took out a piece of linen and wiped the yellow blood off the two-handed sword, then set his sights on the second target.
The silent slaughter was slowly taking place in the half-human-high grass.
Relying on the precise positioning of the "air-gazing technique", Roger was like the King of Hell, wiping out the lives of lone monsters one after another.
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"You have killed 1 Red Tide Zombie, and you have killed 9 Red Tide Zombies in total."
"You gained 1 XP"
"Your pain resistance is slightly increased."
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Before taking action, Roger threw the sin mark on the red tide zombie.
This monster has a very good feedback attribute, which is the ability to resist pain.
Unfortunately, monsters like the Red Tide Zombie do not have the reproduction ability of the Exploding Frog, otherwise Roger would really consider whether to max out his pain resistance before leaving.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The sword wind in the grass was slightly agitated.
Roger cut off the head of a monster cleanly and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
His brow furrowed slightly.
"Killing like this is too slow..."
"Besides, it's not that easy to find lone red tide zombies. The rest are gathered in the valley."
At this moment, four sections of the bodies of two red tide zombies were lying in front of him.
He originally wanted to kill one of them, but he didn't expect to alarm the other one.
Fortunately, with his current skills, it is not difficult to fight two people alone.
But this made Roger realize that continuing to kill like this was not only too inefficient, but also posed a safety hazard.
Hordes of red tide zombies could pose a threat to him.
“It’s time to change strategy.”
"Let's go check out the situation in the valley first!"
Roger stuck his two-handed sword into the ground, hung a rope around his waist, and then went into battle lightly. After a while, he nimbly climbed up the cliff on the east side of the canyon.
His "Climbing" skill is 49 points (the limit of Lv5), which is enough to cope with this kind of terrain.
When he reached a high place, he looked up.
Deep in the canyon, groups of red tide zombies moved irregularly.
The next second, Roger's eyelids twitched slightly.
He actually saw an intact tent among the group of zombies !
A fat and tall zombie walked out of the tent.
As if she had noticed something, she suddenly glanced at the stone wall outside the canyon.
The stone wall was empty.
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