Accelerate.

Onto the wall.

Alatululu agilely leapt over the obstacle like a hunter in the shadows, scaling walls while keeping its eyes locked on the target wandering through the maze's long corridor.

Eject—

Ambush!

Alatululu's one-strike-kill hunting technique was as reliably devastating today as ever!

The rapid limbs that were Swift as the Wind seemed just about to pin the delicious skeleton to the ground.

However, for some reason, the hard feeling beneath it was not quite what it had anticipated.

The skeleton suddenly turned around, raising its shield to block the spider's pounce.

"Duang—!"

Alatululu was taken aback, trying to spring back, but it was already too late.

It seemed as though the skeleton let out a creaking yell—

"I caught it!!!"

Having had his eye on that sneaky spider all along, Hu Wan bellowed after completing the block.

Almost simultaneously with the end of his shout, Yiye Zhiqu, who had been ready to strike for a while, swung his sword at the monster in front of him.

"Slashing—!"

The sweeping sword energy instantly pierced through the Earth Cave Spider's skull, with red and yellow fluids splattering all over the ground.

Receiving a fatal blow, the Earth Cave Spider's HP dropped to zero and it curled up its legs, collapsing to the ground.

In this moment, Alatululu's fierce life contributed to the legend of some nameless skeleton soldier.

The incident happened too suddenly.

Hidden in the distant shadows, the Weaving Shadow Nest Hunters were all stunned in their places.

Alachinos, especially, was so shocked he almost fell off the maze wall.

That was...

The adventurers' skills?!

While the Demon King was still alive, Alachinos had had the fortune to witness them once and nearly died under that person's sword.

"Damn it—Alatululu!"

"Boss! I want to avenge Alatululu!"

"Hold on!"

Watching his subordinates swell with rage, Alachinos raised a leg to halt them.

Facing the grief-stricken gazes of the hunters, it spoke in a deep, hissing voice.

"These skeleton soldiers... are tricky, they know the adventurers' tricks!"

A Earth Cave Spider with fur almost covering its eyes looked at him, speaking excitedly.

"What are you talking about?! If that's the case, shouldn't we snuff them out before they grow stronger?!"

Looking at the foolish creature, the cautious Alachinos snapped back.

"Idiot! Those are skeleton soldiers! The servants of the Undead Mage! As long as the Undead Mage behind them wishes it, there can be as many of these creatures as he wants; the human world is not short of bones! You can summon these things with pig bones, cow bones, sheep bones, dog bones!"

"Do you mean to exchange those rotten bones for your lives!"

Even without bones, skeleton soldiers could be conjured from thin air.

It's just that the skeleton soldiers summoned this way, like a Mage summoning a fire elemental, needed Magic Power to be maintained.

Upon hearing Alakdo's words, the group of Hunters instantly cooled down.

Indeed.

Killing a few summoned creatures was truly pointless, and they now realized they had let their anger cloud their judgment.

They were the mainstay of the Weaving Shadow Nest, demons that had spawned intelligence!

If their opponent knew that just a few skeleton soldiers could cause the great Weaving Shadow Nest to lose troops and officers, they would probably wake from their dreams laughing!

"But... are we just going to let it go?" an Earth Cave Spider grumbled, dragging its fluffy body across the ground.

"Let it go? Impossible!"

Narrowing its blood-red eyes, the formidable and exceedingly cautious Alakdo watched the two skeleton soldiers disappear around the corner, proceeding slowly forward.

"I will make them pay, including the Undead Mage behind them... but not now."

"Follow me to our outpost that was destroyed."

"Don't forget the mission Alachinos entrusted to us, we're here to scout."

...

Elsewhere.

Yiye Zhiqu and Hu Wan continued along the labyrinth's corridors, searching for a better monster spawning point.

The game had no mini-map, so they made marks along the way and went offline periodically to map out their traveled paths on paper.

Fortunately, the labyrinth was somewhat better than a mine; most of the paths were straight, with corners generally at right angles, and only a few narrow winding passageways.

Hu Wan: "Speaking of which, that spider just now seemed a bit stronger than the others."

Yiye Zhiqu: "Probably an elite monster."

Hu Wan: "Elite monster, huh? No wonder it gave more experience than the others... But then again, are there no other monsters here besides spiders?"

Or is it because this is a closed beta version, and some completed models haven't been added yet?

Yiye Zhiqu looked around and after pondering for a moment, spoke.

"Maybe... there's been some kind of 'event'."

Hu Wan: "An event?"

Yiye Zhiqu nodded and continued.

"While this game's storyline doesn't seem abundant, if you delve into it, you can pick up clues from many details."

Hu Wan: "For example?"

Yiye Zhiqu: "For example... remember the mage with the Crystal Ball that we saw in the opening animation?"

Hu Wan: "Of course, I remember... that fellow is actually the Demon King, right?"

Yiye Zhiqu smiled and nodded.

"Correct, but at that time, he clearly wasn't the Demon King yet, but was in a school-like place for further studies, and it's suspected that he participated in a graduation ceremony attended by many high-level Demons at the end."

Hu Wan: "So?"

Yiye Zhiqu: "So, I can reasonably speculate that it was probably a school in the Demon World, mainly responsible for cultivating characters like the Demon King. Then, because the Demon King here died or was transferred, our BOSS was sent over to become the new Demon King of the Great Graveyard."

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