In the dimly lit corridor, a faint stench of rotting corpses and dust wafted through the air, filled with an atmosphere of death and decay.

  Downton walked into a guest room and through the window saw ghouls roaming the streets.

  "First find some food and water, survive first." Tong Dun opened the window, looking at the dense streets, made up his mind, "I want to leave the hotel."

  "You can imagine, outside there must be even more and stronger undead creatures, absolutely not just this kind of one or two-level trash!"

  Homa actually knew that Tandon had no choice, he had searched almost two-thirds of the hotels, but not a single grain of rice was found. If he didn't take advantage of his physical strength to go out and seek a glimmer of hope, he would eventually starve to death. As for collecting magic stones, Robinson's three people were definitely more anxious than him.

  "You can walk on the roof, be careful not to bump into undead creatures!" Tanton dipped his pen in ink and found it was almost running out. "If Robinson can find wine in the cellar to quench his thirst, I can also try my luck elsewhere."

  "Then go to the magic item shop and get some equipment to boost your combat power." Holma agreed, "Let your servant lead the way!"

  "One, jump!"

  At a word from Downton, the ghouls leapt out of the window and landed with a thud on the roof of the general store next to the inn.

  Number one calmly climbed up and stood in place on high alert.

  Danton waited for more than a minute, making sure there was no danger, then stepped on the windowsill and jumped down.

  Bang, Tong Don crashed into the roof of the grocery store that was smashed by the ghouls, and fell directly inside. The shattered tiles also came crashing down like hailstones, hitting him squarely on the head and face.

  "Can it get any worse?"

  Tang Dun was almost knocked out, hugging his head and rolling around to dodge.

  Hiss, hiss, two streams of toxic liquid shot at the position where Tang Don was just now.

  "Beware, it's a Shadow Spider!" Holma couldn't help but rub her temples, Tandon was absolutely cursed by the Goddess of Misfortune.

  In the corner of the ceiling, there was a spider with green floral patterns all over its body. Suddenly seeing the bait on the hook, it launched an attack immediately.

  "Number one, ram it!" Tanton ordered, his right hand raised and a golden glow like stardust poured down from above.

  Hercules' glorious blessing, Tanton immediately felt his body filled with strength, he swung up his battle axe and came up with a giant linked halberd.

  Boom! The dragon fang duplicated by magic power was pulled by the chain, bringing a crashing sound, and smashed into the corner of the house, tearing apart the spider web.

  Number One lived up to its reputation as a loyal magical servant, bursting through the ceiling with a loud crash and bringing down a Shadow Spider.

  "Block its spinnerets!"

  Tang Dun burst forth, simultaneously activating the Giant's Power effect on his battle-axe. With all his might, he unleashed a Giant Executioner, chopping towards the Shadow Spider's head.

  The Shadow Spider was tightly hugged by the Ghoul, unable to move, and its spinnerets were also blocked, unable to shoot webs. Only its mouthparts could spit out venom, but they were all deflected by Tongdon's soul shield.

  "Die!"

  Facing a giant spider with limited mobility, it would be too embarrassing for Tang to lose. Without any suspense, he slashed the dragon tooth at the monster and chopped it into two pieces.

  A pungent smell of blood assailed Tang Don's nostrils as fresh blood splattered all over him.

  "Is this the end of the fight?"

  In a flash of lightning, the shadow spider, whose strength was roughly around Soul Stage Two, had turned into a corpse, almost causing Holma's eyes to pop out.

  "No. 1 has made a great contribution! If it weren't for it, we would have had to fight a fierce battle!" Tang Dong panted heavily, extremely pleased with himself, "My Meat Shield Tactics are formidable, aren't they?"

  "Hmm, the Shadow Spider also has a low level of intelligence, doesn't eat Corpse Eater, now suddenly being ambushed, must be shocked and lost color, besides such a desperate servant, absolutely no second one."

  Holmes sighed, "The 1,500 souls sacrificed by Tongdun were truly worth the price of admission."

  "Not eating?"

  The blood splattered on his face flowed past the corner of his mouth, carrying a fishy smell. Tandon wiped it away and was about to dig out the magic core when he saw the words projected by Holma, and he froze.

  "Don't just stand there, dig out the magic core!" A wisp of fog-like soul remnants was sucked into the magic book.

  "I've heard those down-on-their-luck minstrels say that in some countries on the mainland, fried spiders are a delicacy!" Danton sliced open the spider's corpse, revealing the fresh meat inside.

  "Ah, yes, they're Thai islanders, they like eating insects." Holma wrote and then reacted, "You aren't going to eat this spider, are you?"

  "Is it poisonous?" If he had a choice, Tandon certainly wouldn't eat it.

  "The Shadow Spider is a creature that lives in dark and humid areas, it doesn't belong to the undead, so it's not poisonous, you can eat it, but don't you feel disgusted?" Holma imagined putting the spider into her mouth, suddenly felt a chill, and her handwriting became distorted.

  "That's great, then it's settled for tonight's dinner!"

  Tang Dun cut a large piece of meat and stuffed it into his backpack, then drilled into the inner courtyard of the grocery store. He had to climb up to the roof from there; if he tried to leave from the main street, he would definitely be blocked by the ghouls.

  Along the row of rooftops, Danton moved cautiously.

  This used to be a bustling commercial street, with all sorts of shops available, otherwise there wouldn't have been a luxurious hotel, so Danton didn't spend much effort and left less than a kilometer to find an armory.

  "Number one, go, scout the way!" Watching the ghoulish servant hop into the courtyard with a limp, Tang Don was very satisfied. Such a useful servant must be rewarded again.

  The noise made by the Ghoul didn't attract any monsters, so Tang Don felt relieved and jumped down.

  "Find a room, then make a fire and roast meat, can't eat it raw, right?" Tang Dun scanned around and ran towards the master bedroom.

  If a bonfire were lit in the courtyard, it would definitely attract a large group of undead creatures, and by then, Tang Don would become the main course for everyone's bonfire party.

  A woman's wail suddenly exploded, leaving Downton stunned and motionless.

  "Withdraw, you've intruded into the Death Witch's domain." Holma warned.

  The sound was like a lament, with an icy breath that made one's hair stand on end. This was the mournful howl of the dead, a soul attack.

  "Number one, guard my back!" Tang Dun added strength to the light, quickly shifted and retreated to the side of the ladder, just about to climb up onto the roof, but stopped again.

  "Come on!" Holma urged, magic detection already released, searching for the location of the dead soul.

  "Why didn't it come out and attack me?" Danton wrote at top speed, "Don't you think there's a problem? Is that female demon's rank really low?"

  "It's possible!" Holma exclaimed in admiration, for in such a perilous situation, he was still able to calmly notice this subtle doubt.

  "Want to try it and see?" Tang Don waited for a while, the mournful howl kept echoing, but the female demon did not appear.

  Downton slowly walked towards a bedroom on the right side.

  The pitch of the mournful howl grew louder, taking on a piercing quality that made Downton's head ache as if stabbed with needles, but he continued to advance steadily.

  "It seems like a low-ranking death witch who can't use any death magic except for the Death Wail!" Holma relaxed, "Catch it."

  To guard against deception, Tongdon put a ring on his index finger and input magic, and a semi-elliptical shield popped out, covering him.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, as soon as No. 1 pushed open the door, a skull wrapped in purple mist shot over with a sharp whistling sound.

  This is a Soul Stage magic, Shadow Arrow, extremely fast, the Ghoul couldn't dodge it at all, and was directly blown to pieces, its chest shattered, splitting into two segments, crashing onto the ground.

  Not having time to feel heartache for the number one servant who was done in after being together for less than three hours, Tengton even released his soul shield and charged towards the Death Nymph floating in mid-air.

  Giant Kill!

  The death nymph didn't dodge, and the axe blade chopped down along her thigh.

  "Ah!" The female demon let out a terrified shriek and hastily retreated, loudly begging for mercy, "Don't kill me!"

  Tang Dun was stunned, apart from being surprised that the other party would beg for mercy, he also discovered that his physical attacks had very little killing power against this type of soul creature.

  "Soul-type monsters can withstand partial physical attacks. It's harder to kill than a Black Blood Spider." Holma hastily projected the text as a reminder.

  Danton grasped the magic book with one hand and hid it behind his back. The Death Nymph opposite him was apparently ignorant, unaware of the situation, still in shock. If she saw the text and came to her senses, he would be in trouble.

  "You've injured my servant. Do you think I'll let you off?" Downton's face turned ferocious, ready to probe the Death Witch's depths.

  It's not easy to run into someone who can talk, even if it's a female monster, which makes Tang Don feel somewhat close, and maybe in the future, food and water will depend on her.

  "I can compensate!" The Death Witch didn't negotiate and directly blurted out a price, "I'll give you a lot of gold coins!"

  "You think you can buy me with money? Die!" Danton raised his battle-axe with a stern expression.

  "Aren't you a Holy Knight? Why are you treating a kind girl so roughly?" The Death Witch suddenly burst into tears.

  "Kind?" Tongdon sized up the death nymph, tapping his magic book and writing in secret, "Isn't it said that undead creatures are evil? This nymph's personality is a bit strange, like the crybaby girl next door!"

  "That's a rumor, the Underworld is just like the human world, there are good spirits and bad spirits. You probably don't know that in the Spirit Realm, there are still many human countries that are under the protection of spirits, living even more happily than you!"

  Homa revealed a small secret, if this were heard by the Vatican, it would be necessary to send her to the stake to burn her to death.

  "Don't cry, I won't bully girls!" Looking at this female demon, Tang Dong thought of his sister Yilian and suddenly lost interest in fighting.

  "Really? I knew it, paladins are always so self-righteous!" The death witch floated in mid-air, happily spinning around in a circle before becoming worried again, anxiously distinguishing herself, "Although I'm a death witch, I'm not evil, you mustn't purify me!"

  Paladins are natural enemies of undead creatures and holy spells can deal massive damage to them, which is why Death Knights fear them.

  "You've got her, this Death Witch is clearly lacking in common sense. From the moment you released your power's radiance, she only recognized that you're a Holy Knight and was worried that you'd harm her. If she knew you had two divine arts, she wouldn't be able to handle it at all, I reckon she'll end up laughing so hard her teeth fall out." Holma displayed the text on the book page this time, making sure the witch wouldn't see it.

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  PS: Just a little bit away from third place, seeking recommendation votes and collection assists, don't stop the firepower!