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

"No buts."

Ye Yiyi shook his head with a firm tone.

"You gave it away last time. If it weren't for the spirit, you would have died long ago."

"So I'm already aware of your stupidity and recklessness. As my defeated general, you either obey me or stay up there and don't come down. Do you understand?"

Astraea's legs trembled slightly, and she lowered her head, a blush rising on her cheeks hidden in the dark shadows.

"I, I understand, Master Mikaela."

"Hey... don't blame me for saying that."

Ye Yiyi waved his hand, sat cross-legged in front of the holy monument and sighed softly.

"If you die here, I won't be able to explain to Aunt Anna and the others."

As soon as these words were spoken, the blush on Astralia's face disappeared instantly.

The female knight had a melancholy expression on her face. She reached out and stroked the milky white gem on her forehead, feeling the inexplicable pain all over her body gradually disappear, and her mood was a little complicated.

"I'll be back soon, please wait a moment, sir..."

The female knight stomped back and forth in the dry well and jumped up. In a few breaths, she left the underground with the two children.

Ye Yiyi ignored it and just reallocated the spell slots according to the holy tablet.

I got a lot of new magic from the bricklayer earlier, and I can use it to test its effects when I explore the underground cemetery later.

About twenty minutes later, Astraea returned to the holy monument.

She changed out of her nun's dress and put on a set of leather mail. On one side of her waist hung Aunt Anna's Morning Star Hammer, and on the other side hung a hymn book. Her silver hair was tied into a braid.

The originally cold and noble nun has now transformed into a battle-hardened warrior.

Ye Yiyi stood beside the holy monument holding the Moonlight Spear, looked the other party up and down, and nodded slightly.

"Sure enough, this outfit looks better."

Hearing this, Astralia sighed slightly and said helplessly:

"I'm not a nun to begin with. If it weren't for Her Majesty the Virgin Mary's punishment..."

She paused, then changed the subject.

"Anyway, I have obtained Aunt Ai Qiang's permission to assist you in exploring the underground cemetery. Aunt Ai Qiang also asked me to tell you:"

"This cemetery is suspected to be the final resting place of ancient fire priests, and there are still ethereal and illusory spirits guarding it."

"Many years ago, the Fire Sparrow Flower Cult organized a team to explore the depths of the cemetery, but without exception, they were all reduced to ashes by the guards' flames."

"Later, we had no choice but to completely seal off the cemetery. However, we didn't expect that this dry well here could be another way in. Therefore, please proceed with caution."

"...So the Firefly Flower once explored this place."

It seems that we can find a lot of good things they left behind here.

Ye Yiyi nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the depressed female knight who was looking down at the battle.

"Let's go."

He picked up the Moonlight Spear, lit the waist lamp, then turned and walked down the stairs.

Astraea does not participate in the battle, but only assists as a hymn hymnist, which is equivalent to a nurse who specializes in restoring health.

But Ye Yiyi has infinite health, so she doesn't need a nurse at all.

In order to find something for the female knight to do, after much thought, he raised the Moonlight Spear and cast the summoning magic.

[Spirit Summoner "Puppet Swordsman" Narli"]

A faint spiritual light flashed, a misty white gas emerged, and a slim human-shaped doll appeared from the white gas.

"Spirit?"

Astralia looked over in surprise, and saw a figure wearing a long coarse cloth, with a wide hood covering his face.

Through the gaps on the puppet, one can vaguely see the puppet's body covered with scars and the two long sword scabbards hanging at its waist.

She lowered her head and glanced at the ground, but did not see the ripples when summoning the spirit, and she couldn't help feeling confused.

Isn't this a living person?

"Naerli?"

Ye Yiyi put down the Moonlight Spear and looked at the puppet swordsman with a name curiously.

"..."

The puppet turned around upon hearing the voice, stretched out an arm and gently stroked its chest, then bowed slightly to Ye Yiyi.

Although she is a doll, her manners and movements all reflect grace and gentleness.

Even compared with the slender human figures made by Craftsman Wang, it is not inferior and even has a more human-like vitality.

If she wasn't really a puppet, Ye Yiyi might even mistake her for a living person.

"I don't know if this change is due to the influence of the True Evil Spirit or the Pure Soul."

He thought so and nodded in return.

"Naerli, please lead the way."

The puppet swordsman nodded slightly, drew his two swords from his waist, and walked silently in front of the two men.

Looking at the thin back of the man in the long robe, Astralia pursed her lips and whispered to Ye Yiyi.

"Sir, why do I feel like this puppet spirit is alive?"

"I feel the same way."

Ye answered one by one.

"But this isn't important for now. Narli was summoned by me using magic. She's one of us."

"Your mission is to heal Narli when she's injured. Do you understand?"

"Uh, but the spirits...oh!"

Seeing Ye Yiyi looking at her calmly, Astraea quickly shut up and nodded heavily.

Following the stairs to the bottom, a semicircular stone archway appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

It was pitch black outside the door, and the only light from the waist lamp was the vague outline of the tomb.

This tomb chamber is not big, about the size of a room, and arch tunnels connecting to other tomb chambers can be seen on the walls.

This scale is incomparable to the vast underground cemetery that Ye Yiyi had seen before.

But being small also has its advantages. At least Ye Yiyi doesn't have to worry about being stepped on by an aggressive and skillful servant around the corner.

Narli walked in front, stepped into the archway alone, then suddenly stopped and turned to look at the door.

"What's wrong? Narli?"

Ye Yiyi also stopped and raised his light gun vigilantly.

The puppet swordsman did not answer, but raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the corner of the wall.

Ye Yiyi looked up in confusion, only to find that it was a skeleton dressed in charred clothes.

"This costume... belongs to a Fire Sparrow monk. He must be the explorer who once explored the cemetery as mentioned by Aunt Ai Qiang."

Ye Yiyi shook her head slightly. She didn't expect to encounter a corpse just after entering.

"It looks like he was burned to death..."

He bent down and cleaned the charred rags from the corpse, and suddenly found that the withered skeleton was holding a strange metal object in its arms.

"This is……"

He picked up the thing curiously and held it in front of Astralia.

"Put it to cleanse the filth."

“Ah? Ohhh!!”

The female knight subconsciously reached out to take it, but only reacted after hearing Ye Yiyi's reminder. She quickly opened the hymn book and performed the hymn.

A flash of light passed by, and all the dust and stains on the metal objects fell off.

Ye Yiyi took it in front of him and took a look, only to find that it was a brass seven-candlestick.

The so-called seven-candlestick refers to a candlestick that can hold seven candles.

The candlestick in his hand had a long straight metal rod in the middle, with a bud-shaped hammer head on top.

The seven candlesticks are located at the handle position, arranged in an equilateral heptagon around the central metal rod.

"This thing doesn't look like a candlestick. It looks more like a sword with a hammer head..."

After weighing it for a moment, Ye Yiyi lowered his head and looked at the light curtain.

【Spiritual Fire Lotus Platform】

Requirements: Strength 12, Skill 8, Faith 12.

Damage correction: Strength D, Skill E, Faith C.

Durability: 82/150.

Item Description: A sacrificial implement used by Spirit Fire worshippers.

It is a one-handed hammer and also a hymn catalyst.

The ancient worshippers who serve the Spirit of Fire consider the Lotus of Spirit Fire an object of worship.

Thus a vast and magnificent city of worship was established.

They are said to be the subjects of the kings.

He is also one of the founders of the ancient native beliefs.

Exclusive combat skill: Burning Lotus Spirit Fire.

Skill consumption: 12.

Attribute correction: Strength D, Skill D, Faith B, Mystery B.

Skill Description: Raise the candlestick and pray to the ancient spiritual fire.

It can make candles light and lotus buds bloom.

And temporarily enhance the fire attribute attack power of the weapon.

The praised white spiritual fire can illuminate the surroundings.

Make those who are good at hiding have nowhere to hide.

"This thing is actually a catalyst weapon?"

Ye Yiyi was slightly surprised.

And according to the description, this is a precious relic of a religious sect that existed during the period of the land nations!

Looking at the Fire Sparrow monk who would hold the candlestick tightly in his arms even if he turned into dry bones, he suddenly realized that they were going to explore this place.

This underground cemetery is full of precious relics of the faith of fire. As a religious country that worships a branch of the natural fire sect, Fire Sparrow Flower cannot leave the relics under its feet unexplored.

"Unfortunately, this place is too dangerous for them."

Ye Yiyi sighed slightly, then stood up, placed the Spirit Fire Lotus Platform in front of him, and then released his exclusive combat skill, Burning Lotus Spirit Fire.

“Bang!!”

The next moment, a cold white flame suddenly ignited on the candlesticks distributed around the metal rod.

"what?"

Astraea widened her eyes slightly as she watched the white spiritual fire climb along the candlestick and then ignite the metal rod in the middle.

Finally, the metal lotus bud curled up at the end of the metal rod slowly opened under the burning cover of the spiritual fire and turned into a cold white metal lotus.

"My lord, what is going on?"

The female knight was shocked and stared at Huo Lian in confusion.

Why did this thing suddenly become like this once it got into Lady Michaela's hands?