This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Soul Echo +88

……

Number 88 should be the echo of the Great Shield Soldier's soul, and number 3300 should be that of Brother Fleischer.

He is on the same level as the bishop of the Holy Blood Order in terms of the number of soul echoes.

"This guy is too fragile. I wanted to keep him for questioning." Ye Yiyi sighed and shouted to Alice, "See if there are any survivors."

"There's still someone alive here."

Alice grabbed a surviving soldier by the ankle and dragged him over to the side.

The soldier who had luckily not been covered by the beam of light and survived was now lying there with a stupid look on his face, having long lost the ability to think and speak.

"There are no other survivors."

Alice shook her head and looked at the sword and gun in his hands with a complicated expression.

"This is... Pisan's weapon, right?"

"That's right." Ye Yiyi nodded and put the sword and spear behind his back. "Why, do you recognize it?"

"It used to be His Highness's guard."

Ye Yiyi, who was squatting in front of the soldier and preparing to check the situation, was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded.

"Guardians of the Universal Light? No wonder... So, do you have guards?"

"Yes," Alice said matter-of-factly, smiling at him. "Isn't his name Gus?"

"..."

Ye Yiyi looked up at her with a complicated expression.

"Please, could you please not use the alias Griffith in the future?"

"Why? I think this name is quite suitable."

"How is it suitable? He looks like a woman, and you look like a man? It does look quite suitable this way."

"Maybe it's because of you that I forgot about dreams...this feeling?" Alice raised the corners of her mouth and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Have you forgotten, Yi Yi? My previous dream?"

"Be a zoologist?"

“It’s to save endangered animals.”

"If that's the case, then your dream has come true."

Ye Yiyi thought of the now vibrant Lupe Rainforest.

"Not yet." Alice also squatted down, took out a glowing dagger and tapped the stupid soldier's forehead.

"Until the Tower of the Damned is closed... or the curse is completely lifted, their fragile recovery remains threatened and they remain on the brink of extinction."

Hearing Alice's voice, the soldier gradually regained consciousness.

"You... you..."

When he saw the face in front of him clearly, his expression suddenly became horrified, and he couldn't help but support himself and back away repeatedly.

"do not move."

Alice thrust the dagger into the opponent's neck.

"If you don't want to follow in the footsteps of your companions and superiors, think clearly about what you shouldn't do."

"Gulu..."

The soldier swallowed his saliva and looked horrified, but nodded.

"I ask, you answer."

The dung beetle landed on Ye Yiyi's shoulder from the air, and then flew to the soldier's chest at his signal, pointing two bloody daggers at the soldier.

"Why are you killing us?"

"I... I don't know. We... we were just following Brother Fleischer's orders..."

Is that black-robed priest really Abbot Fleischer?

Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow, "Then was it Fleischer's idea to attack us, or was it the Bishop's idea?"

"I...I really don't know..."

"Why don't you know anything?"

"Because... because... I'm just... an ordinary soldier..."

The soldier looked at the dung beetle that was almost hitting his face, and was so scared that he trembled all over and almost cried.

"He's not lying," Alice said suddenly, withdrawing the dagger. "He really doesn't know anything."

Ye Yiyi also silently switched to the Mage and used his telepathy to feel the soldiers' emotions.

Fear, panic, tension, and above all these emotions, helpless honesty.

It seems that he really knows nothing.

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but frown.

In that case, it would be difficult to judge the situation.

Abbot Fleischer wanted to kill him and Alice just for the key.

Did he want to keep it for himself? Or was it for some other purpose?

Was the bishop involved? If so, what was his position and what was his purpose?

All these questions became confusing because of Fleischer's death.

"Damn it! What a crap cultivator! What a loser!"

He muttered and cursed, "You couldn't even block one of my attacks, so why did you have to die so quickly?"

If he hadn't died, all these doubts would have been solved by now.

The soldiers were silent as a mouse, not daring to make a sound.

"Let's put it another way." Alice pinched her chin and spoke thoughtfully.

"Where did this Brother Fleischer come from? What's his usual behavior like? What's his relationship with the bishop and the other brother?"

"Relax, since you were just following orders, and the main culprit is dead now, we won't make things difficult for you."

She smiled warmly, but the soldier shuddered slightly when he saw it.

For some reason, he always felt that this smiling man was more terrifying than the cursing guy.

"???"

Ye Yiyi vaguely felt the soldier's thoughts, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows and glancing at Alice.

"You should know about these things, right?"

Alice's smile widened, and perhaps she noticed something, as a faint light flowed on her dagger.

"Gulu..."

The soldier swallowed again and spoke honestly.

"Abbot Fleischer is a native of Lupeburg and the lord's younger brother... He's very strict, whether it's with knights or other clergy. As for his relationship with the bishop..."

The soldier shook his head with difficulty, "That's not something a soldier like me can know."

"Then what is the relationship between this Lord, Fleischer, and the Bishop?"

Ye Yiyi asked thoughtfully.

"The abbot has a close relationship with the Lord, but a poor one with the Bishop. They have argued several times over various issues."

Ye Yiyi and Alice looked at each other, and there was a strange look in their eyes.

"Thanks for clearing up the confusion."

He nodded to the soldier and winked at Alice.

The latter held the dagger in reverse and hit the soldier hard on the forehead, knocking him unconscious.

"I can probably guess some of the truth."

Ye Yiyi stood up and said loudly: "It seems that the attack on us was done privately by Master Fleischer."

"It's very likely." Alice nodded.

"As for the reason, it's naturally for the key to the Cursed Death Tower... I think as a lord, he also knows about the tower's existence..."

Alice sighed slightly and put the dagger away.

"So what are your plans now?"

"I don't really want to get involved in the affairs of the nobles and the monastery." Ye Yiyi shook his head, looked around, and collected the equipment left on the ground.

"The most urgent task now is to destroy the Cursed Death Tower... The outpost in the Lupe Rainforest was destroyed by an attack by unintelligent creatures three years ago, and the knight's mission was delayed for three years.

"So now, anyone who stands in my way of destroying the Cursed Death Tower will be killed without mercy!"

"But the question is...if the destruction of the Cursed Death Tower also means the destruction of Lupe Castle, then what would you do?" Alice suddenly said.

"what?"

He turned his head in surprise and looked over. "What do you mean by that?"

"look."

Alice didn't answer, but just pointed to the side.

Ye Yiyi looked in the direction of the finger and saw a vague red light in the lava tunnel that was opened on the wall by the cosmic light column and was now gradually cooling down.

"Dong, dong..."

As the red light became clearer, heavy metallic footsteps could be heard from deep within the tunnel.

Alice stood tall, the katana at her waist once again in her hand.

"Prepare to fight, Yi Yi," she whispered.

"What... is that?" Ye Yiyi was a little confused.

"It's a warrior-type skill slave. Judging by its size, it should be gladiator-level."

As Alice's voice fell, a three-meter-tall metal puppet wearing black alien armor, with sharp horns protruding all over its body and shrouded in a faint black mist, slowly walked out of the tunnel.

The red strip of light swept around and finally landed on Ye Yiyi and Alice.

“Bang!! Bang!!”

The spherical fists covered with short metal spikes hammered against each other, making a heavy sound.

The Warrior-type Skill Servant - Gladiator-level, leaped high and swung a heavy punch at Alice.

Chapter 207 [Free Chromium] and [Fire Crown Shield]

In Ye Yiyi's impression, the only three-meter-tall skilled slaves were the miscellaneous skilled slaves in the weapons exhibition hall.

This skilled slave, which was also three meters tall and came out of the lava tunnel, is a warrior type.

He had seen this kind of skilled slaves in games before.

Compared to the general type, the warrior type has thicker metal armor, the skeleton and lining structure have also been reinforced, and there are no exposed weaknesses.

In addition, their combat effectiveness has been qualitatively improved compared to the miscellaneous type.

The Gladiator-class model possesses extremely strong melee capabilities, and is particularly adept at physical skills and throwing techniques. It is specialized in close combat and is the nightmare of all ranged professions.

But what Ye Yiyi was surprised about was not this, but:

"How did this thing come out of that hole?! It's underground!"

He cried out in surprise, holding the metal shield of the Fire Crown Knight in one hand and taking out the Silver Moon Staff with the other from behind.

The Gladiator descended from the sky, swinging a pair of steel fists and attacking Alice, who was closest to it.

"That's because they already exist underground."