“Pa!” Stark fiercely crushed the Flying Eye Demon-like alchemy item beneath his feet. A pool of dark green liquid seeped out from beneath the steel boots. It seemed that this alchemy item had also fused with some biological materials.

“Since the weather isn’t on our side, then use your strength to righteously crush them. If there are only a hundred low-grade undead, even if you infiltrate a few undead mages, you won’t be our opponent.”

Stark had a ferocious expression on his face, and Longer’s distress made him a little angry. Ever since Qin Lun reminded them, the burly man realized that there were only six old members left in the team. If this continued, just like the youth had said, even if the fortress guild retained the silver title, it would no longer be the original fortress.

The apostles did not react to Stark’s words. It was indeed not difficult for their team to deal with one or two high-level necromancers. Stark could stall one. Although Kelly wasn’t an MT, she could still handle one on her own. The others, including the elves who were skilled in archery, could gather fire to kill the undead mages in minutes.

Back in Iron Star Fort, they had killed that Earth Tyrant that was comparable to a legendary creature. Legendary creatures were still like this, so what was a high-level necromancer or two?

In fact, when the apostles reached a higher level, they broke away from the previous team formation. For high-level apostles like Kelly, the skill system was completely mature. Apart from being unable to provide healing assistance, other party roles could be temporarily assumed.

As for Legendary Profession … Although Toril World is known as a legendary place with demigod like a dog, don’t forget that this place is just a small valley in the remote mountains of Amm. If a legendary profession had appeared, then the Ames led by Bonny would not have escaped.

“Let’s go inside.” Kelly patted the dirt on her knees with an indifferent expression. The golden ponytail swayed behind her head, and the sound of clogs under her feet seemed crisp in the silent valley. The female martial artist was not a tall figure, and she covered everyone behind her like a city wall.

“Philip, take note of the alchemist demon Angelo shot down just now. It seems to be able to hide from our perception.” Robin whispered as he approached Philip.

“En, alchemy items don’t have any biological aura. They are no different from stones in perception. On the contrary, we mages can sense the elemental fluctuations in their bodies.” Philip nodded and hurried two steps, following Kelly and Stark to the front of the line.

The following journey was very calm. After the first wave of attacks failed, the enemies in the valley seemed to cease to exist, allowing the apostles to charge in without further hindrance.

Along the way, everyone encountered a few scattered low-level undead, mostly skeletons or zombies. However, these undead seemed to have no one to direct them. They could only rely on their instincts to attack living creatures. Moreover, their numbers were very small, and they were easily knocked down by Kelly and Stark in front of them.

“Gulu!” A skeleton that had its skeleton shattered rolled over. Qin Lun glanced at it and his eyes suddenly lit up. He picked up the skeleton and examined it carefully.

“What’s the matter?” The nearby Elistine poked his head in.

“Look, its eyes!” Qin Lun curiously pointed to the eye sockets of the skull. It wasn’t empty, there was a ball of red flames that looked like smoke and mist inside. Although the skeleton’s body had already disintegrated, the flames didn’t seem to be affected in the slightest, and they were still burning in an illusory manner.

“This is the soul fire of the undead. It is also their core and weakness. The undead are known as immortal creatures. In fact, once the soul fire is completely burned, they will still die.” Milleras’ voice came from behind.

“Ah, Milleras, you’re becoming more and more like a ghost. You don’t even walk noisily.” Elistine was shocked by his sudden voice and angrily condemned.

Milleras rubbed his nose awkwardly, but didn’t say anything to defend himself. Elistine was actually very strong. Regardless of the apostle’s Laws and Bodies, she was probably only second to Kelly in this guild and was already close to the realm of high-level professions.

However, the elven druid didn’t have much courage. After entering the Undead Valley, the usually lively female elves had been nervously snuggling up to Qin Lun. Although she claimed to be protecting Qin Lun, everyone could tell that she was afraid. He wasn’t afraid of the skeletons, but of the dead silence of the valley.

“Then is it dead now?” Qin Lun handed Milleras the skull whose eyes flickered with flames.

“Still alive! But” Milleras pulled out a long arrow from his quiver and stabbed the arrow into the skeleton’s empty eye sockets. He looked at the dissipating soul flame and said, “Now he’s dead!”

“What a cute little skeleton! You are truly cruel!” Elistine curled his lips and said discontentedly.

Milleras was speechless. He looked at Elistine’s back as he walked away. Qin Lun patted him on the shoulder sympathetically and warned him softly, “Who told you to lie to her? Remember not to lie to the female elves in the future. All female creatures are very vengeful!”

Milleras nodded with emotion and immediately reacted. What do you mean, don’t deceive the female elves? These words are too ambiguous!

…

“Something’s wrong!” As everyone went deeper into the valley, Bonny began to frown.

“Perhaps the enemy guessed that they weren’t our opponents, so they brought the undead into the depths of the mountain range?” Robin looked at the heavy-armored knight doubtfully. It was strange that he hadn’t encountered a second wave of attacks after walking so far.

‘”Impossible. The previous attack meant that the enemy must still be in the valley. Moreover, the terrain of this valley has been recorded by the Ames Guards. There is only one entrance and exit. It is a gourd-shaped valley. There is a cliff at the innermost point that is close to 90 degrees. The enemy cannot escape us.” Bonny said uneasily, “Perhaps we shouldn’t go any deeper. All we need to do is seal the valley entrance and wait for my two companions to bring in troops.”

“Gourd Valley? Then is there a large open space inside the valley?” Robin thought of something and raised his eyebrows. “Knight Bonny, do you think it’s possible for the enemy to gather low-level undead and plan to fight us head on in the open space?” He asked.

“That’s possible. However, although the interior of the valley is a bit spacious, there are still rocks everywhere. It’s rugged and uneven. Without clearing it up, it’s impossible for us to engage in a group battle.” Said Bonny confidently.

Robin heaved a sigh of relief. The heavily armored knights had said that they had been surrounded by hundreds of undead in the valley. However, they had not completely entered the valley, so this number could not be used as a reference for all the undead mages.

Based on the range of the valley they had entered, it was estimated that there might be 200 to 300 low-level undead among the undead mages they had yet to meet. However, judging from what happened to Bonny and the others, the undead mages could only command at most a hundred undead to cooperate in battle, while the other low-level undead relied on their instincts to do so.

Did the necromancers have the strength to fight against Bonny and the others? Robin didn’t think that was possible.

It was no small matter for the undead to appear outside the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. It was impossible for the necromancers who had provoked this incident to not know this, so they would try their best to cover up the traces in the beginning. If the necromancers were able to command more necromancers, Bonny and the others would not be able to escape. Therefore, the encirclement attack they encountered at that time should be the limit of the necromancers’ abilities.

Although Robin believed that his judgment should not be wrong, the Beautiful Guild Leader still felt uneasy. She could not tell where the uneasiness lay, just an intuition from her long apostolic career.

“Guild Leader Robin, perhaps we should listen to Knight Bonny’s suggestion and return to the valley entrance to wait for reinforcements. After all, they only have one day to return.” Stark’s expression was a little grave as he spoke in a low voice.

In fact, at this time, the adventure-savvy apostles began to feel uneasy. After communicating with Qin Lun and the others, Stark changed his mind and agreed to a more cautious plan.

Of course, this was not related to the mission reward. Even though ten thousand broken crystals were rare, ten or so apostles combined were worth one or two pieces of dark gold equipment, not to mention the ensuing exploration of the world.

“En, let’s withdraw!” Robin was very decisive and immediately accepted everyone’s opinions.

Actually, what Knight Bonny was worried about was that the undead in the valley would appear in the outside world. He did not insist that the mercenary corps destroy all the undead now. As long as the valley entrance was sealed off and the undead were not allowed to come out, once reinforcements arrived, they would be completing Bonny’s mission.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!” Just as the group turned around, a few spherical objects tumbled down from the mountain walls on both sides of the valley, attracting everyone’s attention.

“I arranged the cavalry at the valley entrance!” Bonny took a few vigilant steps forward and sized up the spherical objects. His eyes immediately turned red.

Those were the heads of a few humans. Although their hair was loose and their bloodstained faces were somewhat ferocious and terrifying, the heavily armored knight still recognized his comrades at a glance.

Along with the appearance of these heads, dense figures appeared on both sides of the valley, as well as in front of and behind them.

“Skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and hatred … damn it, they never appeared. They wanted to climb up the mountain wall and circle behind us!” Stark and the others were shocked.

“This number … there are at least a thousand undead!” Robin gritted his teeth, his face a little pale. “Damn it, this time it’s troublesome!”

The undead slowly gathered around them. Although most of them were low-grade undead, their numbers had undergone a qualitative change. Although the valley was still deathly silent, the rustling sound of footsteps seemed to be like a mountain pressing down on everyone. An unknown shadow appeared in everyone’s hearts.

The undead approached to a certain extent and stopped where they were, as if they were waiting for some sort of order.

Afterwards, the dense army of undead split up like waves, and three tall knights emerged from the crowd. They were holding long sabers in their hands, their black armor was engraved with countless silver runes, and behind the iron face of their helmets were two icy cold glows, staring at the crowd emotionlessly.

‘”Hiss ~ ~” The nightmare man under the knight’s crotch stood up, and the burning hellfire on the horse’s hooves reflected on everyone’s retina.

“Knights of Death!” Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.