Kala, kala...
In the small alley ahead, three zombies carrying large swords slowly patrolled.
The withered and moldy bodies of the zombies moved in very strange positions, but we knew that these seemingly clumsy things had combat power similar to humanoid once they entered a state.
Don't ask me how I know, the ashes of those five zombies near the entrance to the underground city weren't there originally.
There are also empty bottles of my three magic potions. The defense of these guys is simply unreasonable. Considering Aliyah's hobby of "I must confront you head-on," I can only reluctantly assist by using Ice Domain and Freezing Ray on the enemies, and then watch Aliyah and Fran, the two skeleton soldiers, hack at them like crazy.
But the defense of these things is no joke. Watching their HP decrease at such a slow speed, Aliyah directly cut off the limbs of those zombies while I froze them, and then switched to flame mode to burn them into ashes.
After that, the information on these zombie monsters also updated.
Hell Gatekeeper - Road's End Guards LV50
element: Necromancy
Weak elements: Fire, Light
Really, can't they tell me this earlier? They still have to ask me to verify it directly.
But it doesn't matter, as long as we find the weak points.
I nodded to Aliyah and Fran next to me. After Aliyah smiled, she leaped forward and her two chainsaws transformed into two flames, slashing down to the ground!
"Ultimate·Inferno Tear!"
A red figure slowly appeared behind Aliyah, and the flaming scythes in her hands swung down at the three skeletons on the ground with Aliyah's movements.
At the same time, I pointed at the feet of the three zombies, freezing the floor under their feet, fixing them in place.
Aliyah's attack followed immediately, and the red light swept across the three zombies.
Flames burst out from the bodies of the three zombies, and two of them were directly cut in half.
After Aliyah attacked, she jumped to an old building next to her, then jumped directly to our side along the edge.
At the same time, Fran waved her staff and a towering flame engulfed the three zombies instantly. Simultaneously, I saw their HP drop to zero.
It really feels refreshing~
But we don't want to stay in the same place, so we quickly changed direction and ran towards the central tower.
As I expected, along the way, I saw several zombies running wild towards the place where we just killed the zombies. Unlike when they were patrolling, they were running like they were on stimulants.
We kept running until we stopped at a rooftop closest to the tower, looking at the tower in front of us, we sighed deeply.
Yes, the place we are currently in is an underground city built in the middle of a labyrinth. Of course, this underground city has been completely abandoned.
But when I say abandoned, it is naturally abandoned by humans. These many zombies still consider this place as their beautiful home.
After a few hours of wandering inside the labyrinth, we finally broke into this underground city. The architectural style looks very similar to the appearance of the temples outside, resembling the ancient city of Pompeii, if I were to describe it.
But the most annoying are those zombies coming and going. We've killed a lot of them, but it seems like they keep coming from different places.
I don't know if they respawn or come from somewhere we can't see.
Besides these houses made of stone, I can't find any other special buildings in the city, except for the tall tower in the center.
And it's obvious that this tower is also connected to the ceiling of the underground city, it seems you can reach the upper level from that connection point.
Although I don't know where it leads to, in this situation, it seems logical to go up there.
Everyone has the same idea as me, it seems no one wants to stay in this worn-out underground city for too long.
I reach out and a staircase made of ice forms directly leading to the middle tower.
"Let's go, I don't like staying in this place for too long."
"Well~ even though there are cute undead creatures around, it feels like they're not in sync with my frequency~"
Fran says helplessly.
"Those undead seem to ignore my attempts to communicate, or rather, there's a more powerful controller controlling their thoughts, turning them into puppets for battle."
"You seem happy about it..."
"Because if the enemy is just controlled puppets, it means their combat is not very versatile, and if we discover the person controlling them from behind..."
"We can loot them again?"
"You got it~"
"Indeed... I feel like we could form a tomb raiding team..."
I smile wryly and quickly rush up the ice staircase.
Once I reach the side of the tower, I knock on the wall and reveal a happy smile.
This giant tower doesn't seem to have any indestructible restrictions, which makes me very happy. The previous restrictions were extremely frustrating.
Of course, this tower doesn't seem to have any entrance from the outside. Although it's most likely there's a mechanism to open it, why bother looking for an entrance when I can just open my own door?
Ice totem!
A massive ice pillar directly hits the wall of the tower next to me, cracking open a huge fissure.
"Can't you open the door in a more civilized way?"
"Fran, I never thought I'd be called 'uncivilized' for opening doors by you. Don't you think that's incredible?"
"Well~"
Fran chuckles and walks past me, then flips over and dives into the opening.
"Well, I'll try to be more civilized next time."
"Yeah, next time."
Aliyah also smiles wryly and dives into the fissure, and I follow closely behind.
But I destroyed the staircase because I saw those zombies rushing towards us, attracted by the sound of me breaking the wall.
After doing all this, I jump into the fissure.
...
But I immediately regretted it!
Not because I saw any monsters or anything, but because after entering, I started falling rapidly!
And it went on for a long time without feeling like I reached the bottom!
"Aliyah! Fran!"
I called out loudly to Aliyah and Fran, but it seems like my voice was absorbed by the surroundings, not even an echo could be heard!
"Summon light orbs! Ice skateboard!"
The ice skateboard suddenly became my cushion, and the light ball appeared above my head.
But...
"What... where is this place?"
The light from the ball couldn't find the surrounding scene, it was completely dark. And I, slowly drifted down...
