Overlord, I don't want to be the Holy Queen's Great Sword

Quinn immediately looked puzzled. Could it be that they had a more important mission than just destroying the Death Knight and bringing back Clementine?

"Yes, and there are many."

Tian Shang Tian Xia said calmly, "For example, the Death Knight you were originally entangled with had already been dealt with by the time I arrived."

"The other party is the new steel-level adventurer team, the New World Survey Team."

"New World Survey Team?"

Quinn asked subconsciously.

Tianshan Tianxia seemed to be very clear about Quinn's doubts at this time and explained directly.

"Actually, it's the adventurer team created by the princess I told you about before I came here."

"Perhaps it's for fun, or maybe it's for other reasons. Anyway, the princess of the Holy Kingdom has gathered four strong human beings above fine steel, including her, in her team. They are either heroes or close to the hero realm."

"There is also a Heroic-level (Lv. 28-35) monster called the Wise King of the Forest next to him. His strength should not be underestimated."

"Even the chief priests of the Church believe that Princess Karko is qualified to touch the realm of the deviant."

"Considering that their territory is gradually expanding towards the Abelion Hills, the Theocracy may have to deal with them in the future, so we need to take this opportunity to investigate and contact them."

"According to the analysis of the Theocracy, the princess seems to have a special liking for the Katz Plains for some reason."

"So, Head Priest, we can build a temporary camp for the Theocracy on the Katz Plains while we investigate."

"Others will come to help us one after another, and we should not only take this opportunity to stay in Kazi Plain for a while, but more importantly, investigate the situation of Zhilanon."

Quinn's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Tian Shang Tian Xia meant: "The person who took my sister away was Zhi Lanon?"

"That's right, and according to the head priest's inference, they might be planning something in the Katze Plains."

Having said this, Tianshangtianxia paused and then looked at Quinn and Gerald.

"You should know the ritual of the Death Spiral, right?"

Quinn and Gerald both frowned and looked at each other. As people from the Theocracy, how could they not know about this ceremony?

Tian Shang Tian Xia looked at the two people in front of him and continued to explain.

"In fact, this sentence, or this ceremony, is nonsense."

"How can a weak undead give birth to a powerful undead? Have you ever thought about how to give birth to a strong undead if there is not enough environment?"

"Just like our country has the largest population and the best education, so we have more heroes."

"This is just the norm in the world. If there is not a sufficiently superior environment, how can we breed strong enough people?"

"Only where the undead gather will there be abundant negative energy, and only with abundant negative energy can powerful undead be gathered."

"So the chief priests have always suspected that this ritual passed down from the mouth of the undead may have other uses."

"Because if we only rely on the Death Spiral to give birth to a powerful undead, the probability is too small, and there are usually no rare undead. The appearance of a bone dragon is already an extremely rare thing."

"According to the chief priest's guess, those undead beings probably wanted to use the negative energy generated by the creation of so many undead beings in an instant to reach a higher level."

"There is a legend among the undead that as long as enough negative energy is gathered, the Archmage of the Dead can become an existence called the Archmage of the Dead of the Dark Night, and they are also called Lich Sirs."

"Sir Lich?"

Gerald asked with a frown.

As a paladin, he was obviously dissatisfied with this title.

However, Tian Shang Tian Xia has a dull tone.

"Yes, it is said that there are small countries created by these undead in the area near the central continent. They call themselves Lich Lords."

"And now Zhilanon's actions have proved the suspicions of the chief priests."

"Zhilanong may have his own secret base in the Katze Plains, and the Katze Plains... actually has a characteristic that the number of top-level undead here will always remain constant."

"Wait, Tian Shang Tian Xia, what are you talking about?"

Quinn couldn't help but look at Tian Shang Tian Xia in surprise, but at this time Tian Shang Tian Xia had almost his entire body wrapped in a tights, and he could hardly see the other person's face.

The only way to tell that the other person is not lying is from his or her constant tone.

"You heard it right. The number of high-ranking undead in the Katz Plains remains constant. No matter how we deal with them, they will recover quickly within a certain period of time."

"Even their species remain consistent, and they have almost no rationality. They just wander around the Katz Plains and never leave."

"And the undead creatures like the ghost ship and the death knight in the Katze Plains, which appear only once every hundred years, are the undead creatures that are nurtured by the negative energy of the Katze Plains."

After saying that, Tianshangtianxia shook his head.

It would take hundreds of years for an area as large as the Katz Plains to produce undead beings like the Death Knight. How many high-level undead beings could a group of people create by relying on the death spiral they created in a short period of time?

After all, there are some problems with the Death Spiral ritual itself. It's not that it is wrong, but it is far from being a ritual. It is too crude.

"So the Free City..."

"They are just a city built by our theocracy to regularly clean up the undead on the Katz Plains."

Tian Shang Tian Xia spoke calmly, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

Just as he said, the Katz Plains is different from other undead areas. For some unknown reason, there have always been several high-ranking undead here.

The Theocracy had wiped them out countless times in the past, but ultimately failed to change the situation, so they had no choice but to switch strategies to clear out the weak undead that could not be cleared out regularly and could not be resurrected, thus reducing the size of the Katz Plains to a certain extent.

After all, as long as those high-level undead cannot be dealt with, the negative energy of the Katz Plains will never be completely eliminated.

Besides...

Tenjo Tencho couldn't help but recall the information the head priest had told him when he came here.

The Katz Plain itself... is not an ordinary place!

And there is more than just the problem of the Katz Plains around the Theocracy.

There are the Abelion Hills on the left and the Forest Elf Kingdom in the lower left corner, the Dragon Kingdom on the right which has been relying on their theocracy to barely resist the invasion of orcs, and the Southern Desert directly below.

It can be said that, to be honest, the situation of the Theocracy is far more severe than that of the Holy Kingdom. It can be said that it is surrounded by enemies and at war on all sides.

It’s just that the power of the Church is stronger and it can dominate all directions while also remotely controlling the empire and the kingdom.

But in a sense, perhaps it is precisely this environment of the Theocracy that has prevented him from declining until now.

In view of this, the Theocracy finally urged the temple to build the free city of Vadis on the border of the plains, using adventurers and a small number of soldiers from the two countries to share about 30 to 40 percent of the undead with them, further curbing the expansion of the Katz Plains.

Even now that the Theocracy wants to investigate Zhilanon, they will naturally not let the temple sit idle. It's time to send out the invitation letter from the temple.

Quinn and Gerald listened to Tianshangtianxia's words and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

According to this statement, they seemed to understand the intentions of the Zhilanons. After all, the constant appearance of high-level undead in a place must mean that some kind of power created them.

What kind of improvement would it be if the undead obtained these?

Quinn even thought further.

"So... the Death Knight itself is an improved Death Spiral ritual?"

"Someone wants to use the Death Knight to complete his evolution... Is it the undead who used the [Teleport] magic just now?"

Quinn suddenly realized that being able to use sixth-level magic was something he had never achieved, not to mention that the other party was a great wizard of the dead.

If even the opponent has to become stronger, then how strong should the Night Elves Archmage or the Lich Lord become?

"That's right, so I need you to contact the New World Investigation Team. According to the analysis of the [Sacred Mantra] and the [Four Elements], the other party is unlikely to be able to control the Death Knight. However, as the center of the ritual, there must be a key prop on the Death Knight."

"According to the news from the Free City, the Death Knight was finally dealt with by the New World Investigation Team. If possible, bring this item back. If not, we must collect enough information."

For a moment, Quinn couldn't help but look at Gerald.

"Leave it to me. I'm the best person to go there as a paladin."

Gerald said, then turned to look at Quinn: "As for Quinn, given his title of [One-Man Division], he is more suitable for building a camp."

"Just make your own arrangements. I'm going to track down the undead now to see if I can find anything."

Having said that, Tianshang Tianxia was ready to turn around and leave, but he hesitated before leaving.

"By the way, if you encounter anything strange while building the camp, don't act rashly. Just send a message to the head priest and me after you leave."

"According to the head priest..."

"The reason why the Katz Plains became like this may be because of the curse of those dragons."

"The curse of the dragon clan?"

The expressions on Quinn and Gerald's faces couldn't help but become solemn.

But Tian Shang Tian Xia didn't say much.

After all, even if it is the Dark Scripture, people know different things depending on their strength.

Although [One Man Division] and [Blue Silver Comet] are quite powerful, they are still far from having access to the knowledge at the level of the Dragon King.

Not to mention that according to the chief priest, the one who created the Katz Plains was the Dragon King among Dragon Kings, an absolutely powerful being.

If it weren't for Silshana, one of the six great gods, who had foresight and left many backup plans, the Church would probably have fallen in that disaster.

Then Tianshangtianxia disappeared from everyone's sight without waiting for Quinn and Gerald to reply.

At this moment, neither Quinn nor Gerald noticed any trace of Tianshangtianxia.

In fact, let alone them, in the battle just now, Tian Shang Tian Xia could get rid of Clementine and Bandero at any time if he wanted to.

Because he was about three meters behind the two of them at the time.

Heaven and Earth Lv.42.

As Tianshangtianxia disappeared, Quinn and Gerald also started to move.

At the same time, Bandello and Clementine, who were being tracked by Tian Shang Tian Jia, were also in a standoff.

Clementine looked at Bandero, who was now just a body of bones. If it weren't for the mark she left on his body telling her his identity, she would hardly dare to think that this was Bandero?

Then she looked at the other person's skeleton hand that was tightly grasping her arm. Although she felt a surge of evil taste for a moment and wanted to take this opportunity to mock him, for her own safety it was better to be cautious.

After all, she knew that some magic had strict conditions for activation, such as the need to touch the opponent, but the damage of this kind of magic was not low.

Especially when there happens to be one or two instant death magics among them.

Because Bandello's face was now devoid of its original flesh and blood, leaving only a skeleton, Clementine could not tell what he was thinking at the moment. The only thing she saw was a cold question after a moment of silence.

"how did you find me."

"Haha, just some little tricks that are unique to us."

"Why, our dear Lord Bandero is a little bit unwell..."

Clementine was about to say a few words when she felt a chill in her arm, followed by a twitching pain.

Even Clementine's cheeks twitched when faced with the sudden attack, and for a moment even her voice trembled.

"Okay, okay, I get it. I'll help you remove the mark on your body right now."

Clementine simply used her other hand to take out the prop from her body to remove the mark left on Bandello.

Although it was very difficult to operate with one hand, she did not say anything to ask Bandero to let go of her hand at this time.

But what made Clementine curious was why the other party didn't use magic to try to solve his own problems?

Logically speaking, with Bandero's temperament, he would have cursed her and cast magic to try to expel the things from his body.

But the other party didn't do that. Not only that, he was even silent along the way, so calm that it was a little scary.

Clementine couldn't help swallowing as she operated it.

Is this guy in front of me really Bandero?

How come I feel like a different person after not seeing you for a few days? Even my once precious body has turned into a skeleton.

But if it wasn't Bandero, how could he take her away?

Clementine couldn't help but feel conflicted.

What she didn't know was that at this time, Bandero was acting remotely according to someone's orders.

He did not use magic to check his condition, nor did he take any cleansing measures within the scope of the order.

Because someone wanted to see if he could use this to lure out the person with the Dark Scripture, or even just sit back and watch the two tigers fight each other.

For a moment, the water in the entire Kaz Plain became more and more turbid.

Unknown to someone, a carrier eagle that had flown from the Free City a few days ago also arrived at his destination.