Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“A week ago, zombies appeared in the Misty Forest. At that time, the church sent a small team to investigate it but all of them were sacrificed.
“However, on the battlefield, we found… Arrows used by the Dark Elves!
“We suspect that this is related to the Queen of Poison. Now, our people have been infected one after another, and many Templar Knights have died. We can only wait for the great Mage of the association to develop an antidote.”
Hearing that, Li Cheng nodded. He knew that the zombies in the Misty Forest were a continuous mission that involved a lot of things.
“Sir Ryder, give me the Mission Book of the church. I’ll go underground to investigate it.”
Ryder immediately frowned. If he gave the mission book to Li Cheng, he would have nothing to do. Li Cheng knew what Ryder was thinking, but he was not worried.
“Sir Ryder, without mentioning Doris, you won’t even be able to defend against the Dark Elves with your current military strength. Think about it carefully.”
Doris was the Queen of Poison. Ryder’s face was extremely gloomy. He naturally knew that Li Cheng was right but he was just unwilling to accept it.
After hesitating for a long time, Ryder still sighed and handed the mission book to Li Cheng.
“Knight Netherworld, I hope you can investigate it successfully. I’ll wait for you here.”
He could naturally see how powerful Li Cheng’s troops were. If Li Cheng was sent, the chances of completing the mission would be countless times smoother. When Li Cheng received the parchment that Ryder handed over, the system notification rang.
“Ding, dong, you’ve obtained the Missions Book of the Church of Light. Do you wish to accept the mission?”
“Yes!”
“Ding, dong, congratulations on successfully accepting the SSS-class mission, source of the virus!”
With excitement, Li Cheng opened the mission panel.
[Source of the virus (SSS-level)]
[Mission description: The Church of light attaches great importance to the zombies in the Misty Forest. They hope that you can discover the source.]
[Mission Difficulty: 3,000,000]
[Mission Nature: the only hidden one.]
[Mission content: discover the source of the virus in the Misty Forest.]
[Mission reward: unknown]
An SSS-class mission with a difficulty of three million?
Li Cheng’s pupils constricted. A mission with a difficulty of one million was already very difficult. Usually, the final Boss would be an Epic-grade one, but this mission was actually an SSS-class mission with a difficulty of three million?
Moreover, the quest went straight underground. After thinking for a long time, Li Cheng muttered to himself, “F*ck, I’m going all out!”
After making up his mind, Li Cheng used his scouting ability to observe the situation of the entire Church of Light branch.
[Church of Light’s Seventh Knights’ small stronghold]
[Current military strength: 1 knight, 3,000 low-level Templar Knights (Level 3)]
[Defense structure: city wall of Light (Epic-grade)]
[Other structures: Church Tent, canteen, training ground…]
[Food Storage: 100,000]
“This…”
Li Cheng shook his head. The situation in the stronghold was a little bleak. Other than the Epic-grade city wall, both military strength and food were pitifully scarce.
Li Cheng sighed and was about to leave when a few Templar Knights rushed forward and asked, “Sir Netherworld, do you need our help?”
As a Knight, Li Cheng could command 50 Templar Knights.
However, Li Cheng shook his head and said, “You guys just stay here.”
It was not that Li Cheng looked down on these Templar Knights, but their levels were just too low.
They were only level 3 soldiers. What were they doing here? Were they trying to slow him down?
After rejecting the Templar Knights’ suggestion, Li Cheng left the stronghold. Lillian had been waiting outside for a long time and was already anxious. When she saw Li Cheng come out unharmed, she heaved a sigh of relief.
“Alright, let’s move out. The target’s underground!” Li Cheng waved his hand.
“Yes!” the Frost Marksmen agreed in unison. However, Lillian’s expression was a little grave.
Underground. That was the gathering place of red-named monsters. Even if it was just a bug, it would still be the same.
However, as Li Cheng was the Lord, Lillian naturally could not question his decision. She could only pray that this operation would go smoothly.
Not long after, an abandoned hut appeared before Li Cheng’s eyes.
His eyes lit up. They had arrived at their destination. With his memories from his previous life, he knew that there was a thick secret door in the backyard of the hut. Below the secret door was the underground world.
Boom!
Lillian chopped the thick stone slab into pieces with a swing of her sword. A three-meter wide tunnel appeared in front of everyone.
Li Cheng did not hesitate and entered the tunnel first. His troops followed closely behind. The tunnel was very long, without any light, and the floor under his feet was irregular. There were all kinds of bumps and it was very painful to walk on.
Li Cheng walked for a long time. He could feel that the direction was going downward and the altitude was constantly dropping.
After walking for a full 20 minutes, the sound of a system notification suddenly rang in Li Cheng’s ears.
“Ding, dong, congratulations player for discovering the hidden map to the underground world. As the first player to discover this area, the reward is two hundred reputation points!
“Ding, dong, congratulations on triggering a ten thousand times amplification. You’ve received an additional two million reputation points!
“Ding, dong, there are countless evil creatures in the underground world. They’ll attack any living creature they encounter. Be careful!
“Ding, dong, a warm reminder…”
Hearing the notifications ringing in his ears one after another, Li Cheng let out a long sigh. He had finally arrived. It was really a damned place.
He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, but all he saw was pitch-black darkness. The sky above his head was not the sky, but thick rocks. There were some glowing rocks embedded in them which slightly illuminated the entire place.
Li Cheng thought for a moment and ordered, “Lillian, release the Shadow of the Mist.”
Hearing that, Lillian nodded. She raised her slender arm and waved it gently. Then, the entire army was instantly enveloped in light gray mist.
Unless one was at the Immortal level, they would not be able to clearly see what lay behind the mist. In this dangerous underground world, even Li Cheng had to be careful.
However, Li Cheng’s lips curled into a strange smile.
“Since I’ve come to the underground world, it seems that I can complete the Lord’s mission.”
Li Cheng led his troops in a direction. As he had memories from his previous life, he was not very clear about the follow-up to the mission. He could only take it one step at a time and find a living creature first.
A few minutes later, Li Cheng encountered an underground creature—a goblin.
Actually, there were also these small things in the surface world, but they were relatively rare. The goblin’s nest was underground and a large number of goblins were gathered here. In front of Li Cheng was a medium-sized goblin tribe.
At this moment, countless dirty goblins were shuttling between them. Li Cheng immediately cast a scouting spell over.
[Medium-sized Goblin tribe]
[Description: The Goblin tribe that lives underground excavates ores without rest.]
[Enemies: 500,000 Goblin Warriors (Level 2) , 100,000 goblin absenteeism (Level 3) , 30,000 goblin catapults (Level 5)]
