CHAPTER 137: CHAPTER 137: HORDE OF CORPSES

Kane and his team pulled open the decaying iron gate.

The worn-out iron gate was directly pulled to the ground, making a loud creaking sound.

This sound seemed to disturb the dead resting in the graveyard, as countless mounds behind the tombstones began to tremble, with the surface soil slowly peeling away.

Some arms protruding out were still hung with rotten, foul-smelling flesh, while others were completely shriveled yellow bones.

The bodies climbing out of the graveyard moved swiftly, and soon the entire graveyard was filled with various kinds of decaying corpses.

Some of them had tilted heads, with clothes from the moment of their death still hanging on them, now black and tattered.

Some corpses seemed to have been buried only recently, and in their struggle to break free, they scraped plenty of their rotten flesh against the mud pit from which they emerged.

The rotting corpses made raspy noises, reaching out with both hands, stumbling towards them, while their ragged hands kept scratching the air.

A stench of decay wafted towards Kane and his team.

The first to be overwhelmed by the smell was Lulu. She directly waved her magic staff, and a gust of wind began to blow forward, dispersing the stench.

Feeling this breeze, Meizike immediately took out a bottle of Holy Light Potion, turning it into mist that scattered into the air.

Milky white glimmers floated towards the decaying corpses with the breeze, the mist of Holy Light attaching to the corpses, burning their flesh and making them howl in agonizing pain.

However, this did not stop their advance.

Longbei raised his shield, activating Iron Wall Shield Defense, while constantly charging forward.

The corpses ahead kept being pushed down, and their staggered gait made it impossible for them to stand firm. Longbei’s right hand swung the Holy Light Giant Hammer, causing serious damage to these corpses.

A pale figure moved among the corpses, but the weapon she held was no longer a weapon shrouded in pale mist, but a golden one-handed sword, ’Pilgrim’.

This weapon inflicted great damage upon the corpses, slicing through them like a hot knife through butter, cutting the surrounding corpses in half.

This time Kane chose not to use ranged attacks, instead placing [Long Spear Skill] and [Martial Intuition] into his Skill Grid.

He swung his long spear, killing the corpses in front of him.

The Sky Concealing Long Spear, whose white jade-like tip was infused with Holy Light Potion, could easily dispatch a corpse with a gentle swing.

This group of low-level undead creatures posed no threat against the Kane Squad’s Holy Light damage, like ants being trampled one by one.

However, the cemetery seemed to be filled with countless corpses, mostly skeletal remains of shriveled yellow bones continuously crawling out from the soil.

Along with them came an even more severe stench of decay.

"Lulu, can’t stand the stink, you vile boneheads."

With the shriek of the Little Fairy, the Holy Light Butterflies that fluttered beside her suddenly grew enormous, flying into the sky.

Then, like two meteors, they crashed to the ground, casting intense light that illuminated the surroundings like daylight, forcing Kane and others to close their eyes against the glare.

The light waves expelled by the two Holy Light Butterflies swept harshly around, turning all swept corpses and bones into ashes as if incinerated.

When the intense light faded and Kane and the others opened their eyes, the heaps of decaying corpses had already vanished, leaving behind a field of ashes.

Longbei widened his eyes at Lulu, and couldn’t help giving a thumbs up: "Awesome! It’s great to have a Mage in the team."

The team previously struggled with group attacks, but now with a Mage, they no longer suffered from inadequate area attacks.

However, Lulu, who launched such an attack, was also somewhat out of breath, hinting at consuming a considerable amount of magic power. She fluttered her wings and rested on Cotton Candy, happily swinging her little legs.

"Heehee! Lulu is quite strong, isn’t she?"

Kane picked up two electric fans, continuously blowing at the ash on the ground.

Afterward, everyone began collecting the loot on the ground.

Though these rotting corpses were individually extremely weak, their sheer numbers yielded five pieces of loot.

It had been a long time since Kane appraised equipment, and he was itching to do so.

He picked up the top bone dagger to begin the appraisal.

[Poison Bone Dagger]

[Dagger]

[Color: Copper]

[Attributes:]

[Quick Strike]

[Adds minimal poison with strikes]

[Description: A sinister and vicious weapon made from the bones of the diseased soaked in poison.]

The opening appraisal was quite promising; who would have thought such weak monsters could drop such good equipment, although no one in Kane’s team suited this piece.

Still, good things bring joy, irrespective of whether they can be used personally.

He handed the dagger to everyone, to see if anyone needed it.

Then he picked up the second piece of equipment.

[Ragged Clothing]

Damn, it’s magic equipment without any attributes—this is the first time Kane’s team has come across such junk equipment that even dogs wouldn’t wear.

Casually throwing the tattered garment into the Space Equipment.

On to the next one.

[Evil Bone Remains] ×3

[Magic Materials]

[Color: Copper]

[Attributes: Slightly Increase Magic Stone Energy]

[Description: Evil remains of those who died with resentment and deserved their fate.]

Three pieces of magic materials, better than nothing, I suppose.

Since the surrounding monsters were cleared and the gear appraised, the team had to continue onward.

No one wanted the dagger either, so it was tossed into the Space Equipment, with the intent to dispose of unnecessary gear in it all at once eventually.

After leaving that densely packed graveyard area near the entrance, the journey ahead had notably fewer tombstones.

Of course, fewer compared to the previous cemetery; upon looking around, one would still see a field full of tombstones, just not as tightly packed.

As Kane and his team moved forward, undead creatures would occasionally spring from the graves behind these tombstones to attack them.

Weak, smelly, and barely dropping any loot.

But if they weren’t killed, they would keep following them, and if any valuable magic material were dropped, missing out would leave Kane regretful.

He crafted four sniper rifles for Kreya and the others, letting them surround him for target practice; they were quite intrigued by the weapons Kane created.

Moreover, Kane had gained considerable mechanical knowledge, making the new weapon design exciting in terms of handling and shooting feedback.

They were having a ball with it.