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

"Where are the beads?"

"This……"

The fat man looked terrified, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Go and search quickly, find the beads that the bishop wants!" He waved his arms, urging the stunned followers behind him to move quickly.

Not long after, after searching the village thoroughly, an attendant came forward with a fearful look on his face to report.

"Lord, Your Excellency... We have searched everywhere, but we haven't found the beads..."

The fat man's face turned pale and he collapsed on his horse.

"Oh, you can't even take care of a small village. You have to fill the gap in the beads yourself."

The hook-nosed bishop sneered and took out a red book from his loose robe.

"No! Your Excellency! This matter really has nothing to do with me! I really don't know how those people could uh…"

The fat man's miserable voice suddenly seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand.

His eyes rolled back, his face turned blood red, and then his body rose up out of thin air, and the horse under him ran away in fright.

The next moment, the fat man's body suddenly exploded, and the broken flesh and blood mist turned into a tornado that rotated on the spot, spraying large amounts of blood mist to the side.

The followers present didn't dare to breathe, and didn't even dare to look up.

Not long after, the tornado formed by the blood mist dissipated, and seven or eight crimson beads appeared on the ground.

"Come and put the beads away."

The hook-nosed bishop took back the book and gave orders with a deadpan expression.

The attendant lowered his head and stepped forward to pick up the beads.

The deep red beads still have a hint of warmth, and they shine like rubies in the sunlight.

"vomit……"

The follower looked at the beads, seemed to have thought of something, then rolled his eyes and vomited violently to the side.

"Tsk." The hook-nosed bishop covered his nose with his hand and couldn't help but smack his lips.

"What did you eat this morning? Why does it smell so bad?"

"Your Excellency the Bishop, I left in a hurry this morning and didn't have time to eat..." When the follower realized what was happening, his face turned pale and he quickly knelt down in front of the bishop.

"You have to eat." The bishop shook his head. "If people don't eat enough, how can they have the energy to work?

"Okay, stop kneeling. You haven't done anything wrong, so what are you afraid of? Hurry up and put the beads away. Go back and eat more to replenish your energy.

"Next, I want you to patrol each village, looking for anyone with suspicious whereabouts, especially outsiders, and bring those beads back to me.

"do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Excellency!" All the followers present echoed and breathed a sigh of relief.

The hook-nosed bishop took the bag from the attendant and patted the other's shoulder, which was trembling with fear.

"You did a great job in delivering the beads to me in perfect condition.

"Everyone doing their job and fulfilling their responsibilities is a very important principle. Those who are unworthy of their position will only end up like what happened just now..."

"If you discover an outsider, do not act rashly. Instead, report it to the higher-ups and let the professionals handle it. Do you understand?"

"I understand! Your Excellency the Bishop!!"

The follower stood up straight, the fear in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a hint of fanatical admiration.

"You have great potential." The bishop nodded with a warm smile.

"Go, find out who stole the beads and take back what belongs to us." Many believers saluted the bishop at the same time and shouted loudly.

"May the glory of the gods shine on this land forever."

…………

After crossing the long river and walking until noon, Ye Yiyi finally went deep into the southern plains.

He was currently in a foggy forest.

The fog was so thick that visibility was only ten meters.

Ten meters away, there was nothing but white and nothing could be seen.

"The Forest of Mist Plains is famous for its Forest of Mist. I have truly strayed into a truly remarkable place."

Ye Yiyi, leaning on a spear and with a dung beetle hanging on his shoulder, moved slowly forward in the fog.

Soon, a wooden house nestled in the forest suddenly emerged from the fog.

"Found it, it's the ranger's cabin!"

Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up and he immediately quickened his pace and rushed towards the wooden house.

Chapter 37: The Misty Forest and the Black Goat

The Forest of Mist is a unique forest located on the Forest of Mist Plain.

In the forest covered by tall trees, there is a thick fog that never dissipates all year round.

If ordinary people step into it, they will easily get lost, starve to death, or be hunted by wild beasts.

Even if the person who strays into the forest manages to avoid wild beasts and finds food in the forest, he will still meet with misfortune in the end.

This accident came from the ranger's hunting.

He is the builder of the wooden house discovered by Ye Yiyi.

"The cabin is where the forest ranger enshrines the holy tablet. In other words, it's a place similar to an altar."

Ye Yiyi pushed open the door of the wooden house and looked around.

In the center of the wooden house, a mottled holy monument surrounded by flowers and leaves appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

"Finally, there's a save point."

With a sigh of relief, Ye Yiyi put the dung beetle down and then activated the holy monument.

Golden light bloomed, extended outward, and eventually turned into a hemispherical light curtain.

【Misty Plains, Green Leaf Forest】

At the same time, the name of the holy monument also emerged in Ye Yiyi's mind.

The Forest of Mist has a name to distinguish it from other forests of mist.

There are numerous forests of mist on the plains, each with a different name, and each with a ranger's hut enshrining a holy monument.

For Ye Yiyi, this place is both safe and dangerous.

Safety is because of the holy monument, danger is because of the forest ranger.

"Is this misty forest called Cui Ye?" he thought.

“In the game, the ruins of Root Village are very close to the Green Leaf Forest. As long as you find the right direction and exit the forest, you can see it.

“Besides, I remember there was a very nice bow here.

"But don't worry about the bow yet. I need to go back to the Cursed Hall and level up first."

He looked at the dung beetle and told it not to run around, then returned to the Cursed Hall through the holy monument.

After converting the soul echo into attribute points at the Saint's place, Ye Yiyi thought for a moment and added this attribute to concentration.

Level 22 → 23↑

Concentration 13→14↑

Focus: 106 → 112↑ (96 + 20)

"Very good. As long as you level up one more level of Concentration, you'll gain your first Concentration trait. After that, all your points can be allocated to Intelligence until you get an unlimited point reset item or a False Idol."

After being teleported back to the Green Leaf Forest from the Cursed Hall, Ye Yiyi looked around and found the dung beetle nestled in the corner of the room, staring at something in a daze.

"What are you looking at so intently? Hey, it's the Forest Ranger statue."

He placed the dung beetle on his shoulder and looked up and down at the wooden sculpture of a forest ranger in front of him, which was about half a meter tall.

This is a strange half-human, half-goat creature with the lower half of a sheep and the upper half of a human.

But on the human body, there is a goat's head with curved horns.

This strange half-human, half-goat creature held a long wooden bow in his hand and was pulling the bowstring towards the sky.

"That night, both people and sheep drank too much." Ye Yiyi gave a silent evaluation.

This is the Woodsman, a strange creature that is half human and half sheep, but more like a sheep than a human.

Despite its strange appearance, the Forest Ranger is no weakling in combat.

Not only is his archery skill superb, he also possesses special combat skills that allow him to shoot tracking arrows and magic arrows.

In the game, Ye Yiyi was often hit by tracking arrows from this group of goat heads.

As he was walking, he was suddenly shot through by an arrow.

It's quite disgusting anyway.

He reached out and touched the statue, and when he found that no light curtain popped up, he immediately lost interest in the statue.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see."

He turned and walked out of the cabin, then looked for traces on a nearby tree trunk.

Traces are special signposts left by forest rangers that point out the way out.

The mist in the misty forest will not only confuse those who stray into it, but even the forest ranger himself will get lost.

Therefore, special traces are needed to identify the direction.

Ye Yiyi couldn't understand why these goat-headed guys were so stupid. They would get lost just like humans. Anyway, that's how it was set up in the game.

After searching several trees, Ye Yiyi found no trace, but he did discover a strange plant under a tree.

At first glance it looks like a yellow butterfly resting on a green blade of grass, but when you look closely you realise it is actually a yellow flower.

"Could it be a dancing butterfly orchid?"

Ye Yiyi touched it with her hand curiously, and then a light curtain popped out.

【Dancing Butterfly Orchid】

Item Description: A beautiful orchid that looks like a butterfly resting on it, which can be found in the misty forest.

One of the materials used to craft props, and can also be used as an ingredient in recipes.

By adding cooking, you can create special dishes that increase your health limit.

This unique plant, which never withers and always stays like a butterfly, has extremely strong vitality and is deeply loved by forest rangers.

“It really is this good stuff!”

Ye Yiyi showed a look of joy, carefully picked the yellow Phalaenopsis and put it away.

"Once we enter the capital, we can look for the recipe."

Then he continued to look for traces, and soon Ye Yiyi found another Dancing Butterfly Orchid.

"There are orchids, but why are there no traces of forest rangers?"

After putting the orchid away, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Or is this orchid actually a sign?

He thought divergently and soon came up with this possibility.

Looking around, the wooden house had disappeared into the fog and there seemed to be no trace of it.

But in a certain direction, there was a faint golden light shining in the mist.

That was the light of the activated holy monument, which could penetrate the fog and guide the direction.

Ye Yiyi thought about it, dropped a rainbow stone as a signpost at the orchid, and then continued to look for traces of the orchid.

The yellow butterfly orchids were very conspicuous in the forest shrouded in white mist. Ye Yiyi followed the flowers all the way and collected them all.