I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Seeing their comrade's actions, the other members of the special operations team looked at their comrade with puzzled expressions and asked:

"what happened?"

Upon hearing his comrade's words, the special operations team member also explained his situation to the others:

"No, I think I just heard something..."

Hearing the words of the special forces member, the others couldn't help but look towards where he was. They saw nothing but corpses and a large patch of crimson mushrooms.

"Uh... I didn't see anything. Did you hear me correctly?"

Upon hearing his teammate's words, the special operations team member was at a loss for words. However, after hearing his teammate say, "Be vigilant no matter what," he left with the team.

Shortly after the special forces team members left, a bird skull suddenly moved amidst a pile of corpses. Soon, a figure wearing a cloak that looked like it hadn't burned completely and was emitting sparks emerged from the remains. After brushing off the spore-covered cloak, the figure contacted the priest through psionic energy and said:

"This is the burial priesthood. Intruders have been discovered here. High Priest, what should we do with these intruders?"

After a moment of silence, the chief priest of the burial site nodded and said:

"Yes, High Priest, I understand."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand, and there was a strange mark on the back of the other person's small hand. As the other person chanted an elven spell, a bone scythe appeared and was grasped in the other person's small hand. As the tomb priest tapped the ground with the bone scythe, the entire Corpse Cave seemed to awaken from its slumber like a giant.

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As a chilling sensation shot up their spines, the members of the Emperor Project team present couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

"Do you feel it?"

"You feel it too?"

After the Emperor Project team asked the others and received the same answer, they also felt something was wrong. After all, the cave was a very warm place, and the sudden cold feeling made everyone feel uneasy. To the special operations team, this feeling was like a murderous intent, and they immediately urged the scientists to leave quickly.

However, it was too late now. Accompanied by a cracking sound, the special forces team, relying on their years of experience, quickly formed a protective formation. As the sound grew closer, they witnessed a terrifying scene.

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Before their eyes, a group of skeletons were rising from a pile of corpses, each holding a weapon from their previous life. Those without weapons were using bones they had picked up from the side as weapons, and some even used their own companions as weapons.

However, the Emperor Organization's planning team didn't pay too much attention to these things. They were shocked to see the dead corpses attacking them, and fear began to spread through their hearts. Nothing is more terrifying than the unknown.

The sound of gunfire rang out in this underground tomb-like cave, but after a while everything fell silent.

In a secluded grotto within this cave filled with skeletons, several members of the Alita tribe, dressed in thin, scale-like clothing, appeared to be playing cards. Their bird-skull-shaped headgear lay scattered to the side. These headgear, adorned with fragrant sachets, were a fitting addition to the miasma-filled valley, where the stench was overwhelming; without such items, the place would be unbearably foul.

At this moment, there were also many fresh flowers placed in this small cave. Because of these flowers, the rest room in this Valley of Miasma was not covered by the stench of corpses from the Valley of Miasma.

One of the Alita tribesmen, as if having heard something, put down the dominoes he was holding and said:

"The chief priest of the burial grounds has dealt with the intruders; it's our turn to act."

Upon hearing what the Alita tribesman said, the other Alita tribesmen also put down their dominoes, put on their bird skull-shaped headgear, and donned ember-like cloaks before setting off.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1711 [The Skeleton Spirit and the Carnivorous Fungus]

In the underground Valley of Miasma, the Tomb Priest team responsible for dealing with the situation was also dispatched. Following the orders of the Tomb Priest Chief, they arrived at his side and saw several objects wrapped in spider silk. These objects were the members of the Emperor's Project organization team that had intruded into the area. Of course, they were not dead, since the Tomb Priest Chief had captured these intruders on the orders of the junior priests and would not kill them.

"Chief Priest of the Tomb, we have arrived."

Upon seeing his priestesses approach, the head priest of the burial grounds addressed them:

"Alright, let's send these invaders to the Holy City. Our companions will receive them there."

Upon hearing the words of the head priest of the tomb, the other tomb priests nodded in agreement. Then, they also had markings on the back of their hands similar to the spirit contracts on the head priest's hands. That's right, the tomb priests here were all spirit users who had signed contracts with the spirits under Yuhaka's command.

Their duties are to handle corpses and manage the Rotten Vale. In the original New World, the Rotten Vale was managed by the Vaal Hazak, but there was no Vaal Hazak on the Guiding Island where Yhwach is located. Therefore, Zerus is needed to replace the Vaal Hazak in managing the Rotten Vale and ensure that all the energy is transported to the rest of the island.

This also gave rise to the profession of tomb worship.

Initially, the function of the burial rituals was to hold funerals for the deceased Aritar people and dispose of the remains of large monster corpses. Later, some of the Aritar people betrayed Yhaka, while the rest of the Aritar people transformed into human-like beings similar to primitive Zerg, achieving near-eternal lifespans. Therefore, the function of the burial rituals was reduced to disposing of corpses and managing the Rotten Vale.

Another special feature of the Tomb Priests is that they are all spirit users. However, unlike those spirit users who control elemental spirits, the spirits that the Tomb Priests contract with are skeleton spirits. These are spirits similar to necromancers. Generally, these spirits are relatively weak spirits in the world of "Sword Dance of the Spirit Users". They are small spirits that parasitize the corpses of animals or humans. The corpses they parasitize will move around like necromancers in a fantasy world.

However, although these skeleton elves are very weak, if there are large and numerous corpses, they can still form a terrifying army. Of course, they are effective against ordinary mortals, but it is hard to say how they will fare against elf warriors.

As the other tomb priests summoned the human corpses, the corpses quickly hoisted them up like sacks and obeyed the priests' orders to transport them to the Holy City. Although the skeleton elves were very obedient, they had one flaw: they were a bit too stupid. To be precise, they weren't too stupid, but rather too straightforward and inflexible.

For example, if you command the skeleton elf to control the corpse to move forward, it will keep moving forward and will not stop unless it hears other commands, even if there is a big pit in front of it.

Fortunately, even overly complex commands can be used to instruct the skeleton elves, thus achieving a state of self-discipline. Of course, commands like solving arithmetic problems are useless, because the skeleton elves simply don't know how to do those things.

At this moment, another small group of Alita people appeared here. This group of Alita people wore animal skin cloaks covered with glowing red mushrooms. They wore hoods with a structure similar to gas masks, and the hoods were decorated like the pointed hats of witches, which were also covered with a large number of glowing red mushrooms.

"Chief Priest of the Tomb, we just heard a loud commotion. What happened?"

Hearing what the Alita people said, the burial priest also addressed them:

"It's nothing, just some intruders who broke in, but they've been dealt with."

After hearing the words of the tomb priest, the Alita people nodded to show that they understood. These Alita people were priests who were responsible for cultivating and controlling these red glowing mushrooms, also known as "fungus priests". Just like their name suggests, they were responsible for managing fungus-related rituals.

Part of the fungal ritual involves managing the red fungi in the Valley of Miasma. These red fungi are specially cultivated carnivorous fungi used to dispose of the corpses thrown into the Valley of Miasma.

These carnivorous fungi multiply on corpses, gradually forming huge colonies that grow into a string of mushrooms emitting red light and high temperature. After the flesh and internal organs of the corpse are eaten, the fungi will transfer to other corpses or find a suitable place to settle down and wait for food to arrive. Of course, these carnivorous fungi only parasitize the corpses of dead organisms; living organisms do not need to worry about these things.

The bones left over by the carnivorous fungi are left to the skeleton elves to process. The skeleton elves don't need meat, they only need the corpses they inhabit. These corpses are then controlled by the tomb priests and placed underground as part of the Miasma Valley. After all, the skeleton elves don't need to drink water or eat; they only need to obtain nutrients from the energy in the Miasma Valley.

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In the temporary prison located in the Holy City, the Emperor Project team looked at the several humanoid spider cocoons wrapped in spider webs with strange expressions. Not long ago, they saw the Alita tribe push a cart and throw these cocoons into the prison. Before they could ask anything, the tribesmen left.

As the bewildered crowd stared at the humanoid spider cocoons, unsure of what to do, the cocoons suddenly began to struggle, startling everyone around. However, after a familiar cry emanated from within the cocoons, the members of the Emperor Project team finally realized that the people wrapped in spiderwebs were their companions. They quickly freed the people from the cocoons, and indeed, as they had guessed, they were their lost companions.

P.S.: I'm feeling really irritable on rainy days... Plus, I didn't go to bed until after 2 a.m. today, so I haven't had enough rest.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1712 [Progress in the Search for the Holy Relic +1]

After the Monarch Project team members rescued their companion from the spider cocoon, they saw their terrified companion screaming incessantly. However, seeing the Monarch Project members looking at them with awkward expressions, the companion couldn't help but look around in confusion, after all, he had seen those horrifying dead corpses attacking them just seconds before.

But why is it here now?

The member of the Emperor Project organization looked puzzled, as they didn't know what had happened to the other person either. However, judging from the other person's appearance, it seemed that they had encountered something terrible.

The others who were rescued woke up and, like the rescued member, looked as if they had encountered something terrifying. Seeing this scene, they didn't know what to say, since they didn't know what had happened. As for the Alita tribe abusing them, they didn't have any injuries on their bodies, so it didn't look like abuse at all.

However, during their subsequent questioning, they gradually learned that the people who had been separated from them had discovered a cave full of corpses in a tunnel. Of course, this was not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was that the corpses stood up and attacked them. That was the most terrifying thing.

Imagine a large group of skeletons staring at them with empty eyes – it sends chills down your spine, just like watching the movie "The Mummy."

The fact that they were completely unharmed puzzled them greatly, since they were quite certain that they had encountered those terrifying undead monsters, rather than experiencing some kind of hallucination, because they were still carrying samples of those glowing red mushrooms.

The other members of the Monarch Project organization were also skeptical when they heard what they said. According to them, they had already been affected by the hallucinogenic effects of the red mushrooms after entering the tunnel full of red mushroom spores.

As for the other claims, they couldn't refute them either. After all, they were still perfectly fine, even though they had almost run out of ammunition at that time. It was very strange that they were completely unharmed.

However, they felt that there were gaps in their memories, which made it impossible for them to recall what happened afterward. According to the answers of others, they were brought here by the Alita tribe in a handcart, and at the same time, they were covered with a layer of spider webs.

Upon hearing what the others said, the members of the Emperor Project team who had been brought there looked puzzled. After all, they hadn't seen any spiders or similar creatures when they passed out, but the spider webs were still on the ground, which meant that they had been wrapped in something similar to spider webs secreted by spiders or other creatures.

According to others, they were probably knocked unconscious by hallucinations caused by the hallucinogenic toxins of the red-glowing mushrooms, and then targeted by some kind of spider-like creature. However, they were rescued by the Alita tribe before being used as food by the monsters. It's hard to say whether this was unfortunate or lucky.

After all, if the Monarch Project organization fails to find the sacred artifact of the Alita people, then they could become food for the monsters.

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On the Monarch Project's maritime platform, the Monarch Project members looked at the golden plates in their hands with puzzled expressions and said:

"Is this... the sacred object of the Alita tribe?"

Looking at the resplendent gold plate in his hand, the scientist standing beside him also wore a strange expression as he looked at the golden plate and said:

"This thing looks exactly like a plate for serving food, doesn't it?"

Hearing the scientist's words, the scientists present also thought so. After all, this thing could not be associated with the sacred object mentioned by the Alita people. If it was something like the legendary Holy Grail, then it would not seem strange.

However, the patterns and characters engraved on this gold plate were indeed discovered by the Alita people, and there is basically no significant difference between them.

"You said you found this near your home?"

Dr. Serizawa looked at the scientist in front of him and asked this question. The scientist being questioned nodded and replied:

"Yes, I found it at home. Although it had been gathering dust in the basement, I only remembered it after this investigation."

Upon hearing their words, Dr. Serizawa and his team looked at each other with a blank expression, unsure of what to say. After all, they hadn't expected that one of their scientists would possess the sacred artifacts needed by the Arita tribe. This made them slightly happy, as they had at least found one of their targets. This meant they could at least negotiate with the Arita tribe to give them some time to collect these sacred artifacts.

At that moment, one of the Monarch Project members seemed to have received some news, and then she told the others that the other members of the investigation team sent out by the Monarch Project had been found.

Hearing this news meant that the other members of the investigation team were safe and sound. However, the only bad news was that they were currently being held captive by the Alita tribe along with the others.

Upon hearing this news, everyone was speechless, feeling as if they had just escaped a wolf's den only to fall into a tiger's lair. Fortunately, they were all unharmed. The bad news was that if they didn't find all the sacred artifacts, they would be fed to monsters once the time indicated by the Alita tribe arrived.

"What's the situation on the UN side?"

In response to Dr. Serizawa's words, members of Project Monarch at the United Nations shook their heads and said:

There was no response; they're still arguing about it.

Upon hearing this bad news, Dr. Serizawa and his team couldn't help but sigh, clearly deeply worried about the situation at the United Nations. However, this was the only option at present.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1713 [Unexpected Bad News]

On the beach of the Guiding Island, the Imperial Project Organization and the Hunting Priests were examining the sacred object. The Hunting Priests only glanced at it before conducting the examination. Upon seeing the method of inspection, the Imperial Project Organization's negotiators couldn't help but look dumbfounded. They were clearly ashamed of the Arita tribe's method of inspection, as they had used many methods to prove that the golden plate was the sacred object that the Arita tribe needed.

However, the Alita tribe only glanced at it and said there was no problem, which puzzled the negotiators from the Emperor Project organization. After all, that thing was, after all, a sacred object of theirs. Why didn't they check the goods properly?

Regarding the bewildered expressions of the negotiators from the Emperor's Plan organization, the hunting priest explained:

"If it's a sacred object related to the spirit of all beasts, we can sense it very clearly, so there's no need for such a complicated examination."

Upon hearing what the Alita people said, the negotiators from Project Monarch were at a loss for words. After all, they had put in a lot of effort to investigate, only to find that the other side only needed to glance at it. The negotiators felt that Project Monarch's efforts had been in vain.

Fortunately, the Alita people agreed to the Emperor Project organization's condition of giving them a little more time. As long as the Emperor Project organization didn't have any ulterior motives, the Alita people didn't mind giving them some time.

Upon hearing this good news, the Monarch Project organization breathed a sigh of relief, as they had at least gained a little more time, provided they could find more relics within that timeframe.

However, at that moment, a group of soldiers suddenly broke into the interior of the Monarch Project organization. When they saw the soldiers rushing in with their weapons in hand, they couldn't help but raise their hands. As for why they didn't resist, it was because the soldiers were wearing the insignia of a certain American Marine Corps. They obviously didn't expect to encounter such a situation at the location of the underground base belonging to the Monarch Project organization.

Seeing these American soldiers barge in, the scientists present looked puzzled. They clearly didn't know why the American soldiers had entered. One of the scientists said to the soldiers who had broken in:

Hey! This isn't a place for you to mess around!

The soldiers who broke in didn't say anything to the scientist. Instead, they pointed their assault rifles at him and ordered him to back off. They said they could open fire if he resisted. Clearly, they were acting on someone's orders.