Chapter 349: Chapter 342, Wilderness Cemetery l
The Level 9 Lord’s Stone Tower required an increased quantity of materials once again.
The rest was somewhat sufficient, but there was still a shortage of tiles.
When the time came, the number of kilns would be increased to boost the production of tiles.
Eira and Anjia immediately went to visit the upgraded lord’s residence, while Fang Hao continued upgrading the other buildings to Level 8.
After being busy for a while, it was already 9 o’clock.
Returning to his room, Fang Hao began to prepare his next plan.
He lied on the bed and cast God’s Presence.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself on the skeleton of a gray bear.
It was the same bedroom as before.
But now the room was empty. The skeleton was secured in place with a thin hemp rope to prevent it from flying around.
Fang Hao called towards the door a couple of times but nobody entered.
So he untied the hemp rope from his leg and flew out of the open window.
It didn’t take long for Fang Hao to spot the figure of the gray bear.
At this moment, it was sitting on a stone step, and in front of the gray bear, Millie was brandishing the weapon in her hand.
Sweat was dripping down her forehead, it seemed she was practicing.
Fang Hao flew straight down to the gray bear’s side and asked, “How is Millie doing?”
Hearing the sudden voice, the Gray Bear immediately became alert.
However, upon seeing the skeleton, its tense expression relaxed.
It replied, “Millie is very talented, but she is somewhat frivolous. She only trains when being watched.”
This was also why Eira asked Fang Hao to arrange tasks for Millie.
In the main city, Millie was the most playful one.
“Okay, get ready. There will be a task soon.” After saying this, he deactivated God’s Presence.
At noon.
Ten bone dragons descended from the sky.
This time, the team was led directly by Black Sword, with Fang Hao again using God’s Presence on the skeleton.
“Lord, Black Sword.” Grey Bear greeted them.
Fang Hao, controlling the skeleton, flew down, “Grey Bear, those are your new equipment, a total of too sets of armor. Check them and give them out. The rest will be sent to you next time.”
The bone dragons held huge bundles, which contained the complete [Storm Fine Iron Set).
The Storm Fine Iron Set was a blue armor set.
Not only was each part a tier-three armor, but it also had a good set effect.
It boosted attack, life, and the success rate of skills.
Grey Bear was not unfamiliar with the Storm Fine Iron Set.
During previous battles, Skeleton Warriors wore this dark metal armor.
It was something they had always admired.
The equipment dropped by the dead Skeleton Warriors during battles was quietly collected by them since Fang Hao didn’t ask for it.
Only Grey Bear and some key members of the stronghold had the privilege to wear it.
The others could only envy, hoping that more Skeleton Warriors would die in the next battle.
This time, Fang Hao directly sent too sets, and more will be sent in the future.
Everyone showed excited expressions..
“Thank you, my Lord.” Grey Bear immediately thanked and arranged for the Storm Sets to be distributed.
There were just that many people in the stronghold, so priority was given to those who would be sent on tasks.
After the equipment was taken away, Grey Bear continued to ask, “Are there any tasks this time, my lord?”
Recently, tasks for the stronghold have been increasingly frequent.
“This time, we need to go to a place called Wilderness Cemetery. You organize some people. We will set off immediately.” Fang Hao instructed.
This time, he led the team to complete one of the two field missions called [Wilderness Cemetery] that were accepted from the Task Hall.
The map didn’t provide much information, only that it might be haunted by wandering undead creatures.
Fang Hao was familiar with the undead, understanding of each of their skills.
“Master…” At this point, Millie came over and called out softly.
“Well, I saw you training this morning. Have you made any progress?” Asked Fang Hao.
“Yes, Grey Sister took me hunting last night, and I killed a grey wolf myself I” Millie raised her head, somewhat proud.
Fang Hao thought it was funny.
Millie had already reached Tier 4. Killing a normal beast was not difficult at all.
Killing a wolf was like slaying a dragon for her.
“Then you have to work harder. When you reach Tier 6 or Tier 7,1 will assign you some new tasks.” said Fang Hao.
“Really, what kind of tasks? Are they difficult?” Millie was still eager to try.
“Whether it’s difficult or not depends on how skilful you are. At that time, you can also lead a team. How prestigious would that be to have a group of subordinates behind you.” Fang Hao said as if he was deceiving a child.
“Really? Then, master, can I have more people then? I want to be a bandit.”
“What do you mean by ‘be a bandit’…”
Soon, Grey Bear finished preparing on his end.
One hundred underlings equipped with new armor were ready.
Dozens of carts and some tools that may be used were also ready.
Once everything was ready, Fang Hao gave the order to move towards the location on the map.
The people here, like Grey Bear, were very familiar with the terrain.
When they were bandits before, they had traversed these places countless times.
After walking through several dense forests and traveling for about two hours. The team finally approached the destination of this mission, the “Wilderness Cemetery”.
In front of them was an ancient stone castle, its walls were dim, its doors and windows severely rotted, and odd-colored flowers bloomed from the vines crawling on its walls.
In front of the stone castle was a rectangular open space.
In the hollow there was an array of old and broken tombstones, densely packed like a low stone forest.
They had encountered some wild animals along the way, but the closer they got to this place,
it was as if it was a forbidden area with no wild animals at all, even the woods on both sides were void of any chirping of insects or birds.
It was eerily quiet.
Fang Hao stood in the distance, observing the scene in front of him.
He was reminded of the Shadowwind Castle of the Blood Hunter.
It too was a stone castle, with rotten corpses set up outside to guard it.
But the two were not on the same scale; the Shadowwind Castle only had about a hundred or so tombstones, while this place had thousands.
“Gray Bear, are you familiar with this place?” Fang Hao turned his head to look at Gray Bear, who appeared serious.
Gray Bear frowned at the cluster of tombstones in front of him, while Millie looked somewhat pale, clinging tightly to Gray Bear’s arm.
Hearing Fang Hao’s question, Gray Bear nodded and said, “I’ve never been here, but I’ve heard some stories about this place.”
“What kind of stories?”
Gray Bear recalled and said in a solemn tone, “Bandits once set up a camp here and were attacked by monsters. The camp suffered heavy losses and ultimately had to relocate, so this area is now off-limits to the bandits.”
“That’s all? Isn’t there any information about the type or number of monsters?” Fang Hao continued to ask.
“I didn’t hear about that; my camp has always stayed away from here.” Gray Bear shook his head.
Gray Bear’s camp seldom had contact with others.
They were at a certain distance from this area, and the information he had received were mostly unofficial news.
He couldn’t even remember the source of the information anymore.
At this time, however, the ‘Monkey’ standing behind Gray Bear suddenly spoke up.
“Sir, I’ve heard some things too, not sure if it would be of any help.” Monkey wriggled his way through.
“Let’s hear it.”
“I heard that there used to be an orphanage run by the church there. Then for unknown reasons, everyone died there. Some people say that this place is cursed, those who approach would attract misfortune and death,” Monkey said in a low voice.
His eyes occasionally darted towards the stone castle in the distance.
Hearing Monkey’s explanation, Fang Hao had a thought.
He looked again at the stone castle not far away, on the mottled wall, he indeed could identify some symbols related to the temple.
Without a doubt, it was a temple building.
But it was once an orphanage, so then all these densely packed tombstones… “How long has this place been abandoned?” Fang Hao continued to ask. Monkey thought for a moment and then answered, “At least over 30 years.” He wasn’t sure how many years it had been abandoned, but he made an approximate estimate based on his age and the time when he heard this rumor. “Any monsters inside?”
“Not sure.” Monkey glanced at the grey sparrow skeleton.
He wanted to say that if there were, they would be undead, but he held his tongue.
He figured it was best to say less, as his life was still in their hands.
Fang Hao nodded his head, without asking anything more.
No matter how much he asked, they would still eventually need to go in.
“Go on, scout out the path,” he said.
As it was the usual rule, Fang Hao had the Skeleton Warrior on the side go in and scout the road.
The Skeleton Warrior received the command without the slightest hesitation.
It stepped directly into the cemetery,
It walked around the entire area, even stepping on two coffins along the way.
But there were no rotten corpses that appeared as expected, the whole cemetery just had the Skeleton Warrior walking back and forth.
Could it be that it had been so long that the undead in the coffins had all rotted away?
Wild undead won’t do, for the embalmment was not up to par.
“Okay, come out,” Fang Hao said.
The Skeleton Warrior swaggered out and returned to its original position. “Black Sword, go in. Gray Bear, take your people along too.” Fang Hao ordered. “Yes, sir.” The two nodded and agreed.
The Skeleton Soldiers started to form a tidy line and directly walked into the cemetery.
Still no danger appeared, Fang Hao started calling for people to collect Shadowstones along the way.
There were quite a few Shadowstones in this area.
Just what he needed.
The team continued to approach the ancient castle unhindered, if there were no enemies outside, then they were likely inside the castle.
Whoosh!!!
Just as the team was near, a loud rushing sound came from inside the castle.
The next second,
Boom boom boom!!
One by one, figures came rushing out of the castle gate and from the windows upstairs, jumping into the line and brandishing their long claws, launching an attack.
“Ghoul (Tier 5)”.
The team was immediately thrown into chaos, and Fang Hao could see the attributes of the monsters that sprang out clearly.
The ghouls resembled humans closely with bluish-green skin, sharp ears and fangs, and their tongues were long like a snake’s letter.
They were almost as tall as the Skeleton Troll, with their arms reaching past their knees, their palms were exceptionally large, with sharp, elongated nails growing on them.
These long nails reminded Fang Hao of Wolverine..