They don't want me to try anymore.

He hadn't forgotten the pirate captain's incredible resilience during their previous naval battles.

You have a lot of blood, right?

Alright, today I'll show you what saturation last-hitting really means!

He first summoned Starfire to set up a magic circle, sealing off the possibility of the opponent escaping with a scroll. Then he had Big Black spew three dragon flames at the gap, while he activated all the enchantments on the Ghostly Thorn and kept slashing downwards with his sword.

Before long, the aroma of roasted meat filled the air.

Even Joseph's ever-present axe was cleaved in two by Luvia's chosen Spectral Spike with a clang.

"Hmm... I think that's about enough. If this continues, his blood will evaporate completely."

Richard stopped after hearing Veronica's suggestion.

"You two... you're actually in cahoots...?"

At this point, one of the grilled pirates finally let out a wail.

To be beaten like that and still not die, his vitality is comparable to that of a cockroach, right?

Richard raised an eyebrow and replied, "Shh, don't bother me. I'm thinking about how to deal with you next. I have a lot of questions for you... but to be on the safe side, it's better to just cut off your limbs completely."

"Bah, you damn prince! No wonder you can hang out with vampires!" Joseph struggled to say, "The Evil Wind Pirates won't let you get away with this!"

"No, it's us who won't let you off the hook."

Veronica gave a dangerous smile, made a small cut with her fingertip, and a chain of blood slowly extended from it.

She turned to Richard and said, “Your Highness is such a noble person, you shouldn’t do this kind of interrogation yourself. How about you leave it to me? I guarantee that in just one day, he will be willing to tell you everything.”

Recalling Veronica's world-renowned achievements, Richard swallowed hard and said, "You are indeed a professional in this field."

But before they could finish packing the spoils, Joseph's body suddenly began to tremble.

"?"

Richard immediately assumed a guarded stance, but then noticed that Joseph himself also looked panicked, which seemed genuine.

"……what!"

In just two breaths, Joseph's mangled body began to tremble faster and faster until a final scream rang out as his lower body tore open, and countless bones detached from his flesh and floated into the air.

I boil!

This way of making an entrance is somewhat inappropriate for children.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

Having inherited a century's worth of memories, Veronica was more experienced. Sensing the danger, she quickly pulled Richard back three steps and erected a magic shield in front of her.

next second.

A white mist, filled with the aura of death, rose from the ground, and Joseph's bones softened and pieced together in the mist, eventually forming a dwarf humanoid figure over a meter tall.

Before Richard could even complain, Joseph, who was now truly on his last breath, groaned excitedly.

"Hyman? It's you... Why are you here..."

The bloodstained skeleton remained silent for a long time, then shook its jawbone and emitted a chilling, low voice:

“Telling a dying man is possible… It’s a deal. I promised your commander I would kill you during this mission, and the reward is what Standard Fruit Company gave you.”

"Considering the considerable value of your body, I chose to infiltrate using secret techniques to slowly modify you... Alas, it's a pity that I didn't want to be exposed so soon, but now I can't use it."

“Commander…no wonder…no wonder he wanted that, it was for you…” Joseph painfully uttered the last word, his head slumped, and he lay motionless on the ground.

Richard on the other side was frantically processing the new information.

Good heavens, someone has actually entered Joseph's body?

How did you get in?

Wow, one inside the other, they're really going all out...

It seems that Joseph was tricked by the internal strife within the pirate crew.

It's not surprising, considering that pirates are known for internal strife and betrayal. Veronica in the simulation was no exception, so the Evil Wind Pirates would be even less likely to be.

Joseph is young and strong, with considerable strength and an arrogant personality. He is probably considered a troublemaker by the leader within the Bad Wind faction.

No wonder this guy died after succeeding in the simulation—he was clearly shot in the back and committed American-style suicide.

But this actually has little to do with Richard.

At this moment, what he cares about most is that skeleton.

He's obviously a necromancer, also known as Hyman... Damn, isn't he the culprit who turned himself into a Death Knight?

It turns out that he was already involved in Connaught's affairs back then!

Fortunately, judging from his aura, this guy definitely doesn't have the strength of a Gold Saint right now. But he's at least a high-level Silver Saint, seemingly on par with William. He's not easy to deal with...

Behind Richard, Veronica sensed the enemy's strength, narrowed her eyes, and instinctively took Richard's arm, letting him sink deeper into the towering mountains...

Richard felt an amazing softness.

"Ahem, Veronica."

"Oh, sorry, now is definitely not a good time."

After being reminded, the female vampire realized that this was not convenient for fighting, so she reluctantly let go, but then whispered:

"Once you defeat this old geezer, Your Highness can enjoy yourself for as long as you like~"

Richard raised an eyebrow, wondering if that was what I cared about.

However, the tense atmosphere from before has been dispelled quite a bit.

the other side.

After Joseph died, the necromancer Hyman raised his head and looked at the two people who were showing him affection.

"Theoretically, I have no conflict with you, so..."

"Theory is theory, but practice is a different story, isn't it?"

Despite the unexpected turn of events and the formidable enemy, Richard gripped his sword tightly, showing no intention of giving up.

This is the murderer who killed me once in the simulation. Now that I haven't been able to advance to Gold rank, I can't let him go.

Otherwise, what if they've upgraded their status the next time we meet?

Moreover, judging from the previous conversation, although Hyman tricked Vice-Captain Joseph, he was essentially still in league with the Evil Wind Pirates and Standard Fruit. Hyman and Joseph were definitely enemies, not friends.

As for Veronica, needless to say.

Richard wants to kill whomever he wants, and I'll help him kill them!

I'll shoot wherever Richard points!

"...I see. What a pity. I thought we could get along peacefully."

Sensing the two's fighting spirit, Hyman dragged a bone staff adorned with icicles from the void and said in a deep voice:

"However, although I don't think Joseph is that strong, you just attacked him so relentlessly, do you really still have the strength to fight now?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a black vortex appeared behind him, and a bone dragon with two heads, covered in frost, emerged from it.

Roar!

Richard could feel the great black fire that had landed beside him rising as well.

Yes, Dragon Heart is usable!

A necromancer, right?

I'll make soup out of you first and then feed it to the dogs! That's the ultimate insult!

Chapter 119 Your undead are endless? What a coincidence, so are mine!

The moment the murderous intent flashed through her mind, Veronica dashed out.

Since vampires are also undead in a sense, she completely ignored the poisonous mist surrounding Hyman and instantly appeared in front of him.

"...Impatientness is not a good thing!"

The necromancer paused with his staff, releasing seven dark green beams of light that shot towards Veronica from different directions.

The latter did not dodge, but instead transformed into hundreds of small bats on the spot.

Although some of them died from being hit by the light and eventually turned into withered hair, the remaining bats still formed a large black cloud, densely surrounding Hyman and looking like they were about to swarm him.

Hyman sensed a dangerous magical fluctuation, his bones trembled slightly, he chanted a spell, and darted underground.

After all the bats missed their target and started spinning around aimlessly, a cluster of graves suddenly appeared on a mound ten meters away.

Hyman crawled out from under the largest black stone tombstone and said disdainfully, "How could such an obvious move possibly hurt an old man like me... What?"

Before he could finish his rambling, he suddenly felt a strong smell of blood above him. He looked up and saw Veronica waiting right above him, raising her long red whip to strike.

"Weren't you just...wait, those bats were an illusion!?"

Hyman suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly swung his staff, summoning countless bones from the surrounding tombs to form a half-giant that covered his head.

Blood splattered in an instant, and the skeletal giant cried out in pain, barely managing to withstand Veronica's attack at the cost of its own shattering.