The rendezvous point was at the top of the mountain, but it wasn't specified where it was. Li Huailin thought that he would have to search for a while, but he soon discovered that it wasn't so troublesome at all because they soon found their target.
"Uh … there's a city here?" Everyone was stunned. Indeed, they didn't expect that there would be a castle on top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere. Moreover, the area of the castle was quite large. At first, Li Huailin was also curious as to why someone would build a castle in such a place. After all, no matter how you looked at it, there was no need to build a castle here. It wasn't like it was a main road. Who would care about it?
In ancient times, building a city on top of a mountain was a very foolish act. The terrain was indeed dangerous, but the problem was that the enemy did not care about you. They could just surround you and wait for you to run out of food and water. Besides, it was not like you could block any important positions. Li Huailin pondered for a moment. After all, they were in the game, and this was the Undead's territory. So, to the Undead, food and the like weren't really necessary. Moreover, the castle probably wasn't built to be a defensive location.
Because of the accumulated snow, the top of the castle was also covered in a thick layer of snow. However, it seemed that there were still people inside. Li Huailin's group approached the castle and discovered footprints. It was obvious that someone had passed by recently. Otherwise, the footprints wouldn't have been preserved.
As they followed the footprints, they saw more and more footprints. Then, as they moved forward, they finally saw other people. However, the group of people that appeared in front of Li Huailin's group weren't players, but NPCs. Moreover, judging from their attire, they seemed to be a group of soldiers.
That's right, there were more than a dozen of them, and all of them were Undead. They seemed to be a regular Undead army. Li Huailin was a little more spirited. One must know that this was the top of the mountain. What were the undead soldiers doing here? Not to mention that this castle was really the castle of the undead, why did they build a city here?
It was obvious that this Undead army was surprised to see Li Huailin's group. They probably didn't expect human players to come here. However, they quickly regained their composure and did not attack them, even though they were from different factions. One of the Undead soldiers, who seemed to be the leader, pointed at Li Huailin's group and gestured in a direction. Then, he waved his hand at his subordinates, and they actually left.
Li Huailin and the others were also stunned. What was going on? However, the other party seemed to be pointing at the castle. It seemed that they wanted Li Huailin and the others to go to the city. Although it was a little strange, considering that the time was almost up, there was no time to delay now. Let's hurry into the city and have a look.
They went straight to the front gate of the castle. The gate of the castle was slightly smaller and was half-closed. Thinking about it, wasn't it courting death to leave the door open in such a heavy snowstorm? In a short while, the castle would be filled with snow.
As soon as they walked through the door, a bunch of eyes suddenly shot towards Li Huailin and the others. Yes, there were many people in the castle's main hall. Moreover, there were people of all races. Moreover, there weren't only players, but there were also many NPCs.
Needless to say, these people's goal was the same as Li Huailin's group. They were all here to participate in this so-called "Hidden Quest". Li Huailin swept his gaze over the hall. There were at least 500 + people in the hall. Most of them were NPCs, and the number of players was very small. It made sense. It was quite difficult to climb up the mountain. With the current level of players, it wasn't easy for them to climb up. Of course, those who could climb up the mountain were all experts. Moreover, most of them were from the Dark Faction.
That's right. Along the way, Li Huailin didn't see many people from the Light Faction. Of course, it wasn't that there weren't any of them, but there were very few of them. After all, this was the Dark Faction's territory. If the Dark Faction members wanted to come here, they could just corpse run. It would be really troublesome for the Light Faction.
When Li Huailin and the others entered the hall, they attracted the attention of everyone in the hall. However, many of them quickly retracted their gazes. Moreover, most of the people who were observing Li Huailin and the others were focused on Vozmont, who stood at the front. Any NPCs with a little bit of strength knew that Vozmont wasn't an ordinary person. Although he concealed his aura, they could still vaguely sense him. A few players were curious as to why Li Huailin and the others would follow an NPC up the mountain. However, after Vozmont entered the door, he immediately distanced himself from Li Huailin's group as if he didn't know them. This made everyone think that there were two groups of people who had coincidentally bumped into each other at the entrance.
Plashan and the others wanted to cling onto Vozmont's thighs, but after all, Vozmont only said that he was escorting them up the mountain. He didn't say that he was with them. Now that Vozmont had left, there was no way for them to cling onto him. In short, Li Huailin's infiltration this time was more daunting than dangerous. It was obvious that he didn't attract much attention.
After finding a place to stand for a while, the time was up. Li Huailin and the others seemed to be the last batch of people to arrive. After that, no one else entered. Not long after, a bell suddenly rang throughout the entire castle. Then, the castle gate slowly closed. That's right. Li Huailin stood at the gate and discovered that the people who closed the gate were actually Undead soldiers. Moreover, they used human flesh to push open the gate.
The situation was a little strange, but it seemed like they had found the right place. The group of people turned toward the direction of the castle to see what would happen next.
After waiting for a while, the castle gate suddenly opened. Previously, the entire hall was closed except for the main gate, so they must have gathered here. Now that the gate suddenly opened, it was likely that the main character had arrived. Everyone looked in the direction of the gate and saw a group of Undead soldiers walking out.
It seemed like there were quite a number of Undead soldiers, but no one felt that there was anything to be afraid of. After all, those who could reach the top of the mountain were basically powerful people. In their eyes, the Undead soldiers were only strong in terms of aura. For someone of Vozmont's level, no matter how many Undead soldiers there were, they wouldn't be able to defeat him.
However, the Undead soldiers weren't here to attack them. They just lined up on the left and right, and then the main character behind them came out. But when Li Huailin saw the main character, he was a little surprised because the person who came out with the Undead soldiers was also an Undead. Li Huailin had seen the attire of the other party before. In fact, Li Huailin's undead subordinates all wore the same attire when they attended important meetings. It should be similar to the attire of the Undead nobles. So, this Undead was an Undead noble? Of course, Li Huailin was even more curious about this person. Was this the Oracle?
It was obvious that everyone who could be here had arrived, and it should be time for the Oracle to come out and assign tasks. But now, it was an Undead. Li Huailin was puzzled. In theory, the Undead believed in Gleam and their leaders. At first, Li Huailin thought that it was just a unique setting for the Undead in the Hua Xia region. But after asking the Undead in the European and East Asian regions, he learned that it wasn't the case. All the Undead believed in the same thing. So, the possibility of an Undead being an Oracle … shouldn't be very high.
The last time Li Huailin saw a group of Oracles was during the Forging Convention. At that time, he saw a lot of Oracles. But although Li Huailin saw some Undead, the number of them could be counted on his fingers (and they weren't necessarily Oracles. There were also famous blacksmiths from the lower realm who attended the convention). So, it was really strange for an Undead to appear now. Not to mention, this person was wearing an aristocratic attire. He looked more like an Undead official than an Oracle.
Obviously, it wasn't just Li Huailin. Everyone else in the hall also had doubts about the appearance of this Undead. Li Huailin didn't make any moves. He just wanted to wait and see.
"Everyone, welcome. My name is Landeville. I am the owner of this castle," Landeville said to everyone.
"You are an Oracle?" Someone who was even more impatient than Li Hualin could not help but ask after Landeville finished speaking.
"Of course I'm not an Oracle," Landeville said immediately. "The Oracle is someone else. It's just that this time, the Oracle has borrowed my venue to conduct the first test for everyone."
"So it's a test?" someone asked immediately.
"Yes. After all, not everyone can be an Oracle. I'm sure everyone understands this," Landeville said.
No one refuted. After all, they were already here. Those who didn't come up didn't have a chance to speak.
"Alright, since we've passed the test, hurry up and let Lord Oracle come out," another person said.
"Who said you passed the test?" Landeville said immediately. "The previous test wasn't an Oracle's test. It was a test given by me. I think those who can't even pass my test aren't qualified to be an Oracle. That's why I eliminated a portion of them on behalf of Sir Oracle. Sir Oracle's test hasn't begun yet."
"Uh …" Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that to be the case.
"Then hurry up. Is Sir Oracle going to announce the content of the test?" The person next to him said again.
"The test begins now," Landeville said suddenly. "The test is simple. You just need to find Sir Oracle, and the task will be considered completed."
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
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