Chapter Thirty-two: Island City

  She opened a conversation with Xu Lin, who should be killing monsters at this time. The coquettish and panting voice in my ear made me think of something improper.

  "Ling Jie, I've received a career advancement task that can only be completed on other continents. I might be leaving Hurricane City for half a day or so. Do you have anything you want me to take care of?"

  Xu Lin smiled and said: "It's okay, I had a great time practicing with Xin Yu and Xue Han. You go ahead, good luck with your mission!"

  I closed the communicator and spoke to the professional trainer again, sadly I didn't learn any skills, at the trainer's place there were only combos and heavy blows that could be learned, everything else had to be figured out on my own. My swordsman frenzy didn't know if others could learn it too, if not, then I would have a 10% damage advantage over other warriors, equivalent to an innate advantage, a talent that adds 10% damage, all warriors who knew about it would drool.

  After repairing my equipment, I headed north towards the town.

  Crossing the canyon where I accompanied Murong Xiangxiang to fight BOSS last time, behind is the vast forest. The dense forest is filled with various monsters around level 24. With my current attack power, it's not too difficult to kill them all the way through. There are many monsters on the road, and I gain a lot of experience. When I approached the coast, I was about to reach level 21. Rushing along while killing monsters, two hours passed quickly like this.

  The coastline is very long, apart from the beaches, there are also clumsy octopus monsters with high defense but extremely low attack power. I'm too lazy to entangle with them, so I'll just move forward in places without monsters to find the sea wheel that the trainer mentioned.

  Over a hill, in a beached sea area, a wooden sailing ship was indeed moored, no sailors were seen, but judging from the sail, it should still be able to navigate.

  Crawling out of the water onto the deck of the boat, at this moment a businessman-like person suddenly walked out of the cabin.

  "Young man, this ship is about to set sail for Via Village on the other side of the sea. The fare is 1 gold coin. Are you willing to go?"

  I took a look at the 16 gold coins in my pocket and immediately chose "yes".

  The ship sailed slowly soon after, the azure sea brought the sound of "gurgling" waves, I sat alone on the deck to rest for a while, watching the mainland behind me slowly shrinking and then gradually disappearing. At this time, I unexpectedly had a hint of reluctance in my heart. On the opposite shore, there were Lu Xuehan, Xin Yu, Xu Lin and this group of girls, as well as Mu Rong Xiangxiang...

  Unconsciously, I seem to have changed...

  Half an hour later, the ferry finally arrived at the sea city - Via Village.

  The village is surrounded by earth-brick walls, and the small village is filled with pure wooden houses. At the exit of the village, there is a slightly larger house with a large hospital sign hanging at the door. According to the children playing at the entrance of the village, this hospital is also the residence of the village head.

  I took the letter given by the trainer and walked in, an old man standing upright in the room should be Yeka, the village chief of Via Village.

  "Young adventurer from Stormwind, take this torch and head to the cave in the mountain valley east of the village to find the Devourer. Kill it and claim your own glory!"

  Mission content: Kill the chaotic ones and obtain the swordsman trial certificate. The cave is very dark, light up the torch to illuminate your way forward.

  I turned around and looked at the little nurse beside the bed, who was taking care of a patient. Seeing me looking at her, she explained: "Hello, warrior, this is a village on the outskirts of the kingdom of Stormwind, where a ferocious beast has been hiding in the cave to the east. It has recently attacked the village frequently and many villagers have been injured by it. We hope you can help us get rid of this scourge."

  Accept the task: Kill the Chaosmaker and obtain the Chaosmaker's heart for Nurse Wulin.

  ……

  I'm somewhat surprised that killing a monster can complete two tasks at once?

  What a stroke of luck today!

  As I left the village chief's house, a little kid at the entrance of the village reminded me: "Mom said that there are many terrifying zombies in that scary cave, brother you must be careful~ I heard that carrying some Yulin wood on your body won't make you afraid of zombies anymore, you can go to Harber Grandpa's house to ask for some, Harber Grandpa is a very kind person."

  I thanked him gratefully and went to the wooden hut pointed by the child, where an old man was cutting a piece of wood. It turned out that he was a carpenter...

  I explained the situation to him, and he immediately handed me a piece of wood, saying: "Young man, take this piece of Yulin wood, it can make you no longer afraid of those zombies' venom. That's all I can do for you, good luck, my brave warrior!"

  Take your wooden head and beat it, I don't have a good habit of being hypocritical in front of a pile of data.

  Outside the village, there was a lush green grassland and sparse woods. Occasionally, I could see a few low-level monsters moving between the trees. The valley I was heading to wasn't far away. After just five minutes, I had already arrived in front of the cave. Faintly, I could hear the groaning sounds of zombies coming from inside the cave.

  Goosebumps came quickly, I pinned that piece of jade on my waist, lit the torch and walked in with a hard scalp.

  Row after row of zombies walked slowly over, I almost fainted on the spot, a foul smell made people extremely uncomfortable. The zombies' clothes were tattered, and the rotting flesh hung from their bones with some fibers swaying back and forth. Their lifeless eyes gleamed with a faint light, and their sharp teeth shone pale white in the dark cave. The low, mournful wails sent chills down people's spines.

  What's the point of making it so realistic? I'm even scared when watching Hong Kong horror movies like "Mr. Vampire" and I'll hug Xinyu beside me, but who can I hug with such a realistic scene?

  Zombie?

  Quickly retreating to the damp cave wall, I turned off both my auditory and olfactory systems, and with sword at the ready, faced these 24th-level zombies that made my heart race.

  The zombie's attack and defense are not low, but its movement speed is slow to the point of being fatal, not even half as fast as mine.

  The scene became extremely bizarre, a young swordsman led a group of zombies in the pitch-black cave, circling around and constantly attacking the approaching zombies. The sword light and the white light of the zombies' teeth intertwined into a piece in the cave.

  An hour later, the zombies had been cleared out for the most part, and I had leveled up to 21. Deeper in the cave, the zombies became fewer and farther between, and even the dark green moss on the walls began to disappear, replaced by a fiery red color. As I turned around a stone wall, I was suddenly stunned by the scene before my eyes!