Versatile Mage: Lord of the Styx, but Lord of the Living

Chapter 169 Is this porcelain doll a commander? The Vanished Village
Lu Ran seemed to be deep in thought as he listened to Asha Ruya's teasing words.

The image of feeding it gray garlic is indeed a bit hard to imagine.

Those mouthwatering red lips are completely unrelated to the dark, gray garlic.

Beside her, Mu Ningxue hesitated for a moment, then added, "I don't want to eat either."

Lu Ran nodded and said:
"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. You might as well just kill a few more undead."

The short man standing nearby was stunned after hearing this.

Is it a matter of killing a few undead?

"Ah, brother! Even if you're a high-level mage, your mana will be depleted after being drained by the undead all night, right? How about we reconsider?"

If they don't eat the grey garlic, at least a thousand undead will crawl out of the earth that night and rush towards them to hunt them down!

He suddenly regretted it; he had recklessly followed this group of people, which was practically suicide!

Beside her, Asha's two attendants prepared to make their move.

As night had completely fallen, countless arms emerged from the earth!
Pairs of scarlet and green eyes peered out, staring intently at the humans radiating life.

"Ah! Ahh!!"

"Death, the dead!"

The short man gasped in surprise, his face turning pale.

Just as he was about to eat the garlic, he heard Lu Ran say calmly:

"Don't be impatient."

Then they saw a small fire sprite on Lu Ran's shoulder, which looked like a little porcelain doll when viewed up close.

The fire sprite flapped its small wings and circled around the group.

During this time, her small, fiery arms swayed, and countless flames fell from her body, which she then lightly scattered across the earth.

A dozen or so undead skeletons that had just crawled out of the ground and were stretching their bodies were completely burned after being touched by the crimson flames, leaving not even a trace of dust.

This scene stunned the short man and his two servants who were about to make a move.

Even Mo Fan, who knew Xiao Yan Ji's background, was dumbfounded!
Has this little guy already reached the commander level?
That's incredible! He wiped out all those undead with a wave of his hand?
Mu Ningxue frowned slightly; the flames burning on Xiao Yanji's body made her feel a natural resistance.
After all, she didn't like flames, but if it was Lu Ran's pet, she might as well try to get close to it. That was just a case of loving the house because of the dog, Mu Ningxue thought to herself.

Asha's Ruya was puzzled.

Recalling some information from a while ago, Asha'ruya guessed:
"Could this be a rare, high-bloodline, fire-attribute Holy Spirit Flame Princess?"

Asharuya was stunned.

This is a contracted beast that can directly reach the Supreme Monarch level, no wonder it is him!

But if Asharuya knew that Little Flame Princess's bloodline level had been enhanced and could be raised to a higher level than that of the Supreme Monarch, one wonders what she would think.

"Let's go. With my contracted beast leading the way, there won't be any danger," Lu Ran said.

The Commander-level Little Flame Princess's mere presence of her Commander aura makes it difficult for countless undead servants to approach her.

Some fearless warriors were instantly annihilated by the soul fire.

Little Flame Princess unleashed her flame domain, a crimson circular fire ring scorching the earth, causing countless undead to die instantly upon touching it.

If there is no danger, then naturally we will travel through the night.

Under the shocked gazes of the dwarf man, his follower A-Da, and others, Little Flame Princess instantly wiped out another pile of undead that had just emerged from the ground.

"You should have said so earlier. A commander-level contracted beast. As long as you don't go deep into the tombs of those corpse ministers, you can basically roam around like a leopard." The short man swallowed hard. He was as panicked as he was before, but now he was as docile as he was!
Originally, as the team leader, he had an obligation to protect the safety of the team.

In most cases, eating gray garlic won't attract undead. But if you had mentioned earlier that you had a commander-level undead protecting you, then a whole bunch of hunter mages would probably be begging to lead the way for you on this navigation quest.

Because they were traveling overnight, the group quickly entered the Hamchi area.

Lu Ran and his group arrived at Yangyang Village, the village closest to the ancient capital's safety barrier.

Before even reaching the village, the short man began to vividly introduce the village's rules to everyone, warning them not to offend the villagers, as they had strange tempers and so on.

But upon arriving at the village, everyone except Lu Ran was stunned!

Village?

What villages are left?
A sweep of eyes revealed only ruins; the village that should have existed was reduced to a jumbled pile of discarded wood.

Yangyang Village is gone!

Asha's frowned; this was somewhat unexpected.

Her two attendants, looking furious, surrounded the short man and questioned him:
"Damn it, are you kidding us?"

Because the short man was the one they found to guide them.

Now that things have turned out this way, they're in a difficult position to explain to the Holy Maiden!
The short man was stunned and shouted that he was wronged!
He pulled out a map, pointed to the route and red dots on it, and argued:

"How could I dare to fool you? This is the route we took. You see, Yangyang Village is indeed located here! I was here a month ago, and everything was fine a month ago."

As he finished speaking, the dwarf's voice grew softer and softer, because he couldn't explain the disappearance of Yangyang Village!
Mo Fan guessed, "Could it be because of the recent undead riots in the ancient capital?"

"No, that shouldn't be the case!" the short man explained.

"The reason why Weiju Village can exist in the Land of the Dead is because it is under special protection, preventing it from being attacked by the undead. Yangyang Village cannot disappear because of the undead."

Of course, the short man wasn't entirely convinced by this explanation.

With the village gone, these reasons seem rather weak.

"How did that village disappear?" Mo Fan muttered to himself.

"Perhaps there are other reasons as well."

At this moment, Lu Ran spoke up.

In fact, he knew the reason: the disappearance of Yangyang Village was due to the theft of the Kun Well water, which caused it to dry up.

Without the water of Kun Well, the village would not be protected.

Fang Gu, the village chief of Yangyang Village, went to Huacun Village for help, but was refused on the spot.

Fang Gu then turned the remaining villagers into undead.
The disappearance of Yangyang Village was also his 'masterpiece'.

This is why Fang Gu later sought revenge against the people of Huacun.
But these truths are just empty words; saying more will only cause others more trouble and confusion.

So Lu Ran simply didn't explain.

Mo Fan and the dwarf man believed everything the powerful hunter master said and could only refrain from thinking about it further.

“Let’s go to the next village!” Asha’ruya said.

Her gaze fell on Lu Ran, clearly seeking his opinion.

Throughout the journey, even though she was of noble status as the Saintess of Parthenon, she secretly regarded the powerful Lu Ran as her 'backbone'.

Seeing Lu Ran nod, the short man quickly stepped forward to lead the way, "The next one is Huacun, it's a bit far."

(End of this chapter)