The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

After the brave man agreed to the mission from the Vatican Knights, he summoned his companions and set foot on the snowy plain with them.

In a broad sense, snowfield refers to the snowy plains, but in the mouths of the brave, snowfield specifically refers to the frozen tundra further north of the gravel hills.

The terrain becomes higher as you go north in the northern continent. The altitude of the frozen tundra is at least 600 meters higher than that of the gravel hills.

The frozen tundra is cold and desolate, with winter lasting seven months of the year and the snow only melting in midsummer.

"We climbed the tundra during the coldest time of winter. The cold wind blew on our faces like a knife. We could only breathe when we turned our backs."

Fortunately, there were ten knights of the Church among the group. The holy light field on them blocked the biting cold wind for the brave man and others.

"We met some highlanders who were herding cattle in the tundra and bought a tundra bison from them. The bison replenished our rapidly depleting food reserves. The paladins also found out the location of the lost temple from the highlanders."

The Lost Temple is the target of the Paladin's mission this time. It is a forgotten temple of the goddess, hidden in a crevice somewhere in the tundra.

"There are many ice cracks on the tundra that can swallow people if you're not careful. However, the ancient temple is hidden in a huge crack. After we found the crack, we understood why the Paladin hired us."

The crack runs through the earth for several kilometers, and its depth is completely unknown.

Even the brave man and others who had been there in person were unable to describe in detail the grandeur of the ice crack.

"Looking down from above, it was pitch black and bottomless. The crack was probably made up of mountains and glaciers. The ancient temple was on the side close to the mountain. We took turns working there for a month and used up all the ropes we brought. We also made a lot of ropes out of cowhide before we got down to a deep enough depth."

The Paladins recruited adventurers to join them so that they could help carry supplies.

Otherwise, with only those ten paladins, they would be helpless even if they found the ice crack.

"That was a temple built in an icy mountain range. Perhaps in ancient times, the frozen tundra wasn't that cold. A steel gate dozens of meters high blocked our way in. The paladin tried to drill a hole in the iron gate, but the most powerful Holy Light Spear was unable to damage it. It only evaporated some of the ice and snow stuck to the iron gate."

It’s really frustrating to discover the ruins but have no way to get in.

Fortunately, after a long period of time, many cracks appeared on the mountain itself.

“Since we couldn’t drill through the giant door, we drilled through the rock next to it. After some effort, we finally entered the ruins.”

Inside the ruins that have been frozen for many years, the air is fresh and the light is abundant, and the interior has completely retained the state it was in when it was first abandoned.

"The walls are inlaid with a large number of glowing magic stones, and the floor is engraved with automatic cleaning arrays. Every wall inside the temple is painted with statues of saints. Some saints existed in history, while others have never been seen before. There are altars in front of those statues. After we walked in, the candles on the altars automatically lit up."

When recalling these things, the brave man and his friends had pious expressions on their faces.

They witnessed the miracles of history in the glacier mountains.

"After seeing all this, the paladins were not very happy. They all had sullen faces. We wanted to ask, but were excluded. We were just adventurers, so we followed quietly and didn't dare to ask any more questions."

After seeing things beyond their comprehension in those ancient ruins, the brave men were very afraid of being killed by the Paladin.

They followed the Paladin's instructions and pried open the facilities inside the temple.

"The space behind the main statue was filled with ancient magic materials and scrolls. Some of the items had long since decayed to ashes, and their original state could no longer be seen. The paladins were very happy to take away the treasures. They looked no different from bandits."

From that time on, the hero began to doubt the purpose of the Paladin's search for ancient ruins.

It seems that those paladins are not seeking history and sages, but are just a group of thieves digging for ancient treasures.

"We came out of the storage room with the treasures and found that the originally empty hall was now filled with rich holy light. The holy light was so thick that we couldn't see clearly what was in front of us. We could only grope our way forward."

A space filled with rich holy light...

Mr. Li felt that this scene was very familiar.

"We moved along the wall, step by step towards the dug passage, but as we walked, we heard the sound of people falling down. This sound happened ten times in total, and then the holy light gradually faded, and finally everything returned to its original state."

The brave men crawling along the wall took a while to adapt before opening their eyes, and then they saw a horrifying scene.

"Dead! All ten paladins are dead. They cut their necks with their own swords, and some even pierced their hearts. Such powerful paladins seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. They died in the rich holy light, leaving only corpses on the ground."

The heroes were terrified and tried desperately to leave the ruins.

However, the road they dug on the way in collapsed inexplicably, and they were trapped in the ruins and unable to leave.

"The murals in the ruins decayed at a visible speed. The equipment of the paladins and the treasures they wanted to steal also rusted and decayed into ashes as if they had gone through a long time. We thought we would follow in their footsteps, but after some time, we are still alive and well."

The strange phenomenon of decay spared the brave man and his companions. They gathered in a corner of the ruins and watched the walls fall off, the bricks and stones shatter, and the roof collapse.

"We thought that even if we were not killed by the strange power, we would be buried in the ruins as they collapsed. However, the goddess statue enshrined in the center of the ruins shattered first. The statue shattered completely, and a holy sword that had been buried for who knows how many years fell out of the goddess statue. The holy sword rolled all the way to my feet, quietly shining with holy light."

Recalling the moment when his fate changed, the hero had a complicated expression on his face.

"I subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword, and then my consciousness was pulled away. I seemed to fly into the sky, reaching a place as high as the clouds. I saw the continent broken apart and wars raging everywhere. I saw the human race perished and demons occupying all the land. I saw the dead people crawling out of their graves, joining the demon army and continuing to attack other races."

The brave man received the oracle and also got the name Saint Xingyu.

"A vague voice sounded in my ears, telling me that I was the chosen hero and asked me to raise the holy sword and lead humanity to fight against the devil. That's all I know. As for you, you must be a necromancer who has surrendered to the devil. You are stronger than me. I admit defeat. I cannot beat you."

The cursed hero gave up the idea of ​​resisting. The fact that he was chosen as a hero was outrageous enough, and he was not prepared at all to take on the responsibility of saving the world.

After listening to the entire experience of the brave group, Li learned a lot of unexpected information.

After thinking for a long time, Li asked the brave a question that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"I have a question for you."

"If you ask me, I will tell you everything I know."

As a loser, the hero has lost his fighting spirit. Even if someone wants to take away the holy sword or his life, the hero will give it up obediently.

Lee asked.

"How much is a pound of tundra bison?"