Lin Li stood there in a daze for a long time. Norfeller had told him everything he knew, but the questions in Lin Li's mind did not decrease. Instead, they piled up. For example, why did Giovanni study Necromagic, why did he build the underground palace, what was hidden in the altar, and why did it release such powerful Holy Flames? What was the background of this damned Immortal King, and why did he keep pestering him …
The questions were like boulders that pressed down on Lin Li, making him unable to breathe. In particular, everything about the Immortal King made Lin Li's hair stand on end. He even felt that everything was a trap that someone had meticulously set up, and was just waiting for him to step into it.
"Damn it, whoever wants to be a hunter should be prepared to be bitten to death by me!" Lin Li could not help but feel frustrated as he stood in the middle of a group of Undead creatures. Even he did not expect that the first thing that came out of his mouth would be a curse that almost made him lose his composure.
Norfeller knelt on the ground on one knee. His face was so pale that it looked like it was carved out of marble. He did not seem to be affected by his new master's loss of composure. It was as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Damn it …" Lin Li quickly calmed down after venting his frustrations. When he looked up again, there was no trace of irritation on his face. "Alright, Norfeller, bring me to the altar now …"
"As you command!" Norfeller's voice was filled with respect and obedience, but his blood-red eyes revealed a trace of unconcealable worry. "However, Master, the power contained in that altar is too strong, and Norfeller may not be able to protect you …"
"You don't have to worry about that." Lin Li smiled, and said something that even a high-ranking Vampire would find unfathomable. "If I'm not wrong, I might meet an old friend in the altar …"
"…" There was some doubt on Norfeller's pale face when he heard this, but he did not ask much. He only waved his hand lightly, and the countless Undead creatures retreated like the tide. In the blink of an eye, the hall became empty again. Apart from the piles of gold coins, only Lin Li and Norfeller were left.
"Master, please come with me."
Dressed in a black cloak, Norfeller walked in front. His footsteps were light and quick, and he looked like a ghost. Lin Li followed Norfeller unhurriedly, his eyes scanning the huge underground palace from time to time. Giovanni was indeed a cunning fellow. If not for Norfeller leading the way, Lin Li would not have thought that the hall full of gold coins was just the entrance to the underground palace. Only after passing through the piles of gold coins and opening a secret door controlled by a mechanism would one truly step into the huge underground palace. Behind the stone door was a corridor filled with all kinds of traps. Even the ghostly Norfeller's footsteps were no longer light and quick. He had no choice, he had to stop every few steps to dispel a trap. Lin Li did a quick count and found that he had stopped at least 80 times in the corridor of less than 500 meters …
Lin Li could not help but break out in cold sweat as he walked. Luckily, he had made a blood oath with Norfeller. Otherwise, he would have been shot like a porcupine if he had barged in alone. The traps in this corridor could only be described as despicable and shameless. The arrows buried under the floor tiles, and the poison smeared on the railings — these were just entry-level traps. When Lin Li finally made it through the corridor and let out a long breath, Norfeller told him that one of the floor tiles in front of him would trigger a Teleportation Portal. Lin Li could not help but curse through gritted teeth, "Bitch …"
But soon, Lin Li realized that he had cursed too early …
After passing through this shameless corridor, there was a spacious stone room in front of him. Lin Li peered through the unlatched door and saw rows of neatly arranged bookshelves filled with all kinds of books. From the binding of these books, they seemed to be products of the Dark Age. Lin Li could not help but be tempted when he thought of Giovanni's other identity. The books in this room could very well be precious documents from the Dark Age. Just as he was about to ask Norfeller if there was anything related to Osric, the high-ranking Vampire introduced respectfully, "Master, this is the dungeon of the underground palace. There are three demons from the Abyss locked in here …"
"…" Lin Li almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Damn it, why did this Giovanni have nothing better to do? Why did he have to turn a normal study into a dungeon, and lock up demons from the Abyss? Why didn't he lock up a few Demon Lords?
"Master, what's wrong?" Norfeller asked with concern when he saw Lin Li's strange expression.
"Nothing … Continue!"
"Yes!"
A human and a Vampire walked through the treacherous underground palace for almost an hour before Lin Li finally saw an exit. There was a winding staircase outside the exit. Standing at the exit, one could clearly see flowing lava at the end of the staircase. Sparks flew from time to time, and an altar was glowing brightly …
"Master, it's … It's here …" Norfeller stood trembling at the exit, and his body involuntarily shrank back. Norfeller was an Undead creature after all, and the pure Holy Radiance was like poison to him. If he were to come into contact with it, his body and soul fire would be destroyed together.
"Yes, find a place to rest. I'll go take a look first." Lin Li also knew what Divine Radiance meant to Norfeller. Hence, he did not let Norfeller lead the way this time. Instead, he let Norfeller rest in the underground palace while he stepped on the winding staircase alone.
"Indeed …" As Lin Li got closer, the familiar aura became stronger. At this time, Lin Li could even clearly feel that this familiar aura was coming from the altar.
The altar was not far in front of him, and the altar stood on top of the flowing lava. In front of the altar, there was a small path paved with fragmented moonstones that was emitting a faint light. From afar, the entire altar seemed to be bathed in Holy Light. Lin Li stood there quietly and looked at the flowing lava. His palms were already drenched in sweat. Be it Norfeller or Giovanni, they did not know what this Holy Light meant, but Lin Li knew it very well.
As he stood there, he could even hear a voice coming from the depths of his mind.
"Long time no see …"
"Yeah, it's been a long time …" Lin Li smiled as he walked on the path paved with moonstones.
The dazzling light, the rolling lava … everything seemed to have ceased to exist. In Lin Li's mind, there was only the Holy Light and the voice that came from the depths of his soul.
Three steps, two steps, one step …
The moment his fingers touched the altar, Lin Li seemed to have heard a loud "boom", but it also seemed like he did not hear anything. He only remembered that in that instant, countless sounds rang in his ears, and countless colors flashed before his eyes. It was only a moment, but to Lin Li, it felt like thousands of years. When he finally opened his eyes, there was already a dazzling light in his palm …
Then, everything went silent again.
The boiling lava stopped flowing, and the dazzling light dimmed instantly. At this moment, even the entire world seemed to have lost its color. It was as if everything in the world had been sucked out and condensed into the ray of light in Lin Li's palm.
Lin Li was probably the only one who knew what had happened at that moment.
He slowly closed his palm, and the dazzling light still seeped through the gaps between his fingers. At this moment, Lin Li could clearly see that he was holding a crossbow that was as dazzling as the sun. The dazzling Holy Light was continuously emitting from the crossbow. It was powerful and pure, as clean as the first ray of sunlight that shone from the east at sunrise …
With such a powerful and pure crossbow in his hand, Lin Li could not help but smile. He knew that there were very few Undead creatures in this world that could pose a threat to him. Be it Sendros, who had broken through to the Legendary-realm, or the two Undead Lords in the Shadowglen, no matter how powerful they were, they could not withstand a blow from the meteorite debris.
That's right, the crossbow in Lin Li's hand was one of the seven meteorite debris. Legend had it that it could tear apart the deepest darkness and destroy the filthiest evil. It was the symbol of holiness and purity — "Holy Light"!
In the Endless World, there had always been such a legend. The gods used the seven elements of earth, water, fire, wind, light, darkness, and chaos to forge seven crossbow bolts. They used the galaxy as the bowstring and the crescent moon as the bow to forge the destructive Stars of Fury. In the legend, a blow from the gods with the Stars of Fury could even shatter the stars in the sky!
If that was the case for the stars, what more for the Undead creatures?
Holding the Holy Light tightly in his hand, Lin Li had already understood why Giovanni had died so mysteriously. To be honest, that bastard's luck was not very good. He had spent so much effort to build the underground palace and transform himself into a Lich, thinking that he could live forever in the underground palace. He did not expect to discover the existence of the Holy Light on the first day he moved into the underground palace. Yet, he did not know how to spell the word "death", and actually wanted to find out what was behind the Holy Light …
The Holy Light contained the strongest and purest Divine Power. Even the pope of the Ledin Kingdom, who claimed to be the most devout believer of Anril and the spokesperson of the Holy Light in the world, was not as pure and powerful as the crossbow bolt in his hand. It was no exaggeration to say that even the powerful Demon Lord would tremble under the attack of the Holy Light, not to mention a Lich that had just completed his transformation.
"Serves this fellow right …" Lin Li gloated as he walked up the stairs without looking back. The altar behind him had gradually dimmed, and the boiling lava seemed to have lost its vitality as it wriggled weakly. Lin Li knew that all this was because he had taken away the Holy Light, causing them to lose the source of energy that they relied on to survive.
When he returned to the underground palace, Norfeller looked at Lin Li with a faint sense of fear.
This was because he could clearly feel that the young mage had a power that could destroy him in an instant.
"Master, are you alright?" Norfeller's voice was trembling.
"I'm fine …" Lin Li nodded, and took one last look at the altar behind him. "I've never felt so good!"
"Congratulations, Master."
"Alright, Norfeller, we've wasted too much time here. We have to get out of here as soon as possible. Otherwise, I can't imagine what will happen to this underground palace …"
"Huh?" Norfeller was obviously stunned.
But soon, he understood what was going on …
Just as he returned to the hall filled with gold coins, he heard the clanking sound of digging coming from outside, mixed with a few angry curses from time to time.
"Damn it, did you guys not have enough to eat? Why are you taking so long to dig a mausoleum? When you guys open the door, even rats will be able to dig their way in!"
"President Gerian, don't worry, we will definitely save Mage Felic …"
"Damn it, Ysera, get the mages here and blast it hard. I don't believe that a thousand mages can't blast open the door of this mausoleum!"
"…" Norfeller could not help but swallow hard at the thought of a thousand mages blasting the door of the mausoleum at the same time.
"This old fellow is really capable, hurry up and open the door …"
"Yes."
Norfeller could not wait to recite a spell. Then, there was a series of clicking sounds, and the tightly shut door of the mausoleum rose slowly. Then, Lin Li saw familiar faces.
"President Gerian, with so many mages casting spells at the same time, what if they hurt Felic …" Ysera was stunned before he could finish his sentence. He clearly saw that the Mage Felic that they were about to rescue was standing there with a smile on his face. Not a single hair on his body was hurt, and he did not look like someone who had just escaped from the encirclement of countless Undead creatures.
"Hahaha, I knew you would be fine, I was right again …" Before Lin Li could speak, Gerian had already pounced on him with a face full of surprise. But after blowing his own trumpet, the middle-aged fatty could not help but ask, "How is it, are you really okay?"
"I'm fine …"
"That's good, that's …" Before Gerian could finish the word "good", the smile on his face suddenly froze, because he clearly saw a pale-faced young man standing behind Felic …
When the two of them escaped from the mausoleum, Norfeller had not yet transformed into his human form, so Gerian did not know that this pale-faced young man who looked like he was in his twenties was actually a high-ranking Vampire with level-18 abilities. But this did not affect Gerian's judgment. Almost at the first sight of Norfeller, Gerian's heart had already skipped a beat. Such a strong death aura …
"Felic … Felic, this is?"
"He's Norfeller, the bodyguard I just hired …"
The casual explanation made Gerian and Ysera look at each other. The old and the young could not help but roll their eyes secretly. Probably only this person in front of them could lie so easily. F * ck, what messed up bodyguard? I followed you into the mausoleum, when did you get another bodyguard? Why didn't I know?
Of course, this could only be said in their minds.
Not only could he not say it out loud, he even had to put on a smile and politely greet this mysterious powerhouse who exuded a strong aura of death. "Oh, it's Mr Norfeller, it's a pleasure to meet you …"
Lin Li was no longer interested in how two humans and a high-ranking Vampire would meet. What he was more concerned about now was how to deal with the hill of gold coins in the hall. It could not be helped, there were simply too many of them. Even if he mobilized all the manpower of the 17 forces of Jarrosus, it would take a few days to transport them all out.
"Oh, yes, Norfeller …" Lin Li thought for a while, and decided to turn his attention to Norfeller.
"Master, what are your orders?"
"Can your Undead subordinates walk out of this mausoleum?"
"Yes." Norfeller nodded with certainty. "As long as they are not exposed to sunlight, they can go anywhere."
Lin Li lowered his head, and whispered into Norfeller's ear, "That's great. I have a small matter here. Can you get them to do it for me …"
"Yes, Master!"
Norfeller turned and entered the mausoleum, leaving Gerian and Ysera in a daze.
"He's gone, what are you still looking at?"
"F * ck, kid, tell me honestly, is that fella an Undead creature?"
"What Undead creature, I don't know what you're talking about …"
"F * ck, you still dare to quibble? The death aura on that fella is so strong, and his eyes are as red as a rabbit's. He's either a Vampire or a Death Knight. Do you really think I'm senile?"
"Alright, alright, you can just treat him as an Undead creature, but he's an obedient one …" Lin Li brushed Gerian off lightly before turning back to appease the innocent members of the engineering team with a smile. "Thank you for your help, everyone. You've worked hard for so long, go back and have a rest. When we return to Jarrosus, I'll definitely treat everyone to a meal. Thank you very much!"
All the members of the engineering team were flattered by Lin Li's words, especially those who were not as mentally strong. They felt like they were floating, and when they walked out of the mine, their faces were still filled with disbelief. They looked at each other, not daring to believe what had just happened. Was the person who had just praised them so amiably really Mage Felic from the Emerald Tower? Oh God, when I go back, I must write this down and tell it to my son and grandson …
Lin Li did not know how excited the members of the engineering team were, but he knew that Gerian was very excited.
"Quick, quick, quick, tell me, what's hidden in the mausoleum? And what are you up to, kid? Why did you send the engineering team away? Without them, where am I going to find so many people to transport the gold coins out?" "Don't worry about the gold coins, I've already thought of a solution.
"Don't worry, Dollar, I've already figured out a way to solve this. Get everyone out of here first, and ask someone to come to the entrance of the mine at noon to collect them. As for what I encountered in the mausoleum, it's a long story. Let me tell you slowly. You saw Norfeller just now, didn't you? That guy has a powerful background …" Lin Li coaxed Gerian out of the underground palace as he slowly recounted his experience in there. Of course, due to various reasons, these narratives could only be half-truths. For example, the existence of the meteorite debris could only be kept in Lin Li's heart forever, because it involved his origin, and there were still many doubtful points that even he could not figure out himself …
After returning to the Demon Fall Valley, no more accidents happened. The morning passed peacefully, and it was not until the afternoon that Norfeller appeared in Lin Li's tent like a ghost. After listening to the progress of the transport, Lin Li went to find Gerian and asked him to get someone to transport the gold coins at the entrance of the mine back to Jarrosus.
One had to admit that Gerian was really kind this time.
In the beginning, he had agreed to split the profits 20: 80 with the major forces. At that time, no one took it to heart. It was obvious that someone like Gerian, who would eat people up without spitting out the bones, was already doing good deeds for his ancestors if he did not target them. Who could expect to get any benefits from him?
In the end, when the gold coins were transported out, Gerian really fulfilled his promise. Just like that, the millions of gold coins were split 80% and 20% for him and clearly distributed in the Demon Fall Valley on the spot. The leaders of the 16 forces were so happy that they could not close their mouths.
However, while they were enjoying themselves, someone noticed a very inharmonious thing.
These gold coins, without exception, carried a thick aura of death. Among them, the outermost ones were even stained with some green corpse fluid. Thinking about how Mage Felic had sent everyone away, but let this batch of gold coins appear at the entrance of the mine inexplicably, even a fool would be able to figure out the reason behind it …
The moment they figured out the crux of the matter, the leaders of almost every force couldn't help but shiver …
F * ck, this demon …
No wonder he was so powerful at such a young age. No wonder he did not even blink when he killed people. It turned out that he had something to do with evil Undead creatures in the dark, and could even control these terrifying Undead creatures to a certain extent. F * ck, with such a demon in the Emerald Tower, who would dare to go against the Emerald Tower in the future?
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