"So this thing is the [Sacred Necrostone]?"

Caelan fiddled with the pitch-black stone in his hand. Wasn’t this just an ordinary rock? Was it really the [Sacred Necrostone]?

However, after verification through [Eye of Insight], it truly was the [Sacred Necrostone].

[Sacred Necrostone]

[Description: A stone that stores powerful undead energy. It contains unexpected abilities and can double the effects of all support-type skills!]

[Special Effect: Whisper of the Undead. You can communicate with The Undead Realm and borrow their power. As long as you pay a certain price, you can obtain anything you desire.]

Hm?

Caelan narrowed his eyes slightly. He had never expected that the [Sacred Necrostone] would actually have the effect of communicating with [The Undead Realm].

Of course, among Awakeners, [The Undead Realm] had another name—[Soulbound Necropolis].

It was said that the monsters there were extremely powerful, and there were often creatures that could make one’s SAN value plummet.

"All right, this is the item required for your quest. Put it away."

Caelan casually tossed the [Sacred Necrostone] into Alyssa’s arms.

According to his plan, by the time Alyssa completed her [Class Star Ascension Quest], the cooldown for [Raise Undead] should have ended.

When the time came, if he had the time, he could come back and farm another [Sacred Necrostone].

It was not that Caelan wanted to make some kind of deal with [Soulbound Necropolis], or summon an undead army.

What kind of joke was that?

He had no intention of becoming an Emperor of Undead. What would be the point of doing all that?

Caelan’s true purpose was actually to increase his understanding of [Soulbound Necropolis].

Due to many factors, the human race, and even the entire Myriad Races, knew very little about [Soulbound Necropolis].

However, Caelan vaguely had a feeling that his own growth required him to experience different worlds. Therefore, [Soulbound Necropolis] was very likely to become one of the tasks on his future path.

Whatever. Better to be prepared than caught off guard.

As long as it was something good, he would stockpile it first. Everything else was unimportant.

Just then, Alyssa seemed to remember something, so she took the initiative to ask, 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Lord Caelan, I didn’t have time to ask you earlier. Were you chatting with someone just now?"

Alyssa’s question did not come out of nowhere.

Because earlier, she had originally been fighting the bosses in a steady rhythm. But Caelan had suddenly said they needed to end the battle as soon as possible.

Caelan did not hide anything about this. Instead, he nodded and said,

"That’s right. A friend of mine ran into a little trouble and needs my help."

Just now, Caelan had received a message from Evelyn.

According to Evelyn’s description, her [Star Ascension Quest] was basically about to be completed. At present, only the Mirror Image quest remained, but she needed Caelan’s help.

According to their original agreement, whether out of emotion or reason, Caelan would help Evelyn kill her Mirror Image together.

"All right, let’s hurry. We’ll head to the Highland Tauren first!"

...

Through the teleportation array, Caelan and Alyssa entered the Highland Tauren region.

Of course, before entering, they had already made some disguises. That was why they did not run into all kinds of trouble.

As they strolled through the capital of the Highland Tauren, Caelan was surprised by their architecture.

Towering churches, buildings filled with a medieval style, and roads made of neatly laid stone blocks.

Caelan even saw some horse-drawn carriages on the road.

He truly had not expected that life among the Highland Tauren would be completely like it had been several hundred years ago!

Compared to Caelan’s relaxed attitude, Alyssa beside him was clearly much more nervous.

She gently tugged on Caelan’s sleeve and quietly said,

"Lord Caelan, our next move... is it over there?"

Caelan followed Alyssa’s finger and looked toward the sealed-off area not far away. Then he gently shook his head.

"That place is only a smokescreen. The true entrance to the [Zephyr Knights] isn’t there."

...

The capital of the Highland Tauren was a city-state called Lorthain.

Although the Lorthain city-state advertised itself as open to outsiders, in truth, they discriminated against most races other than the Highland Tauren.

Even so, because Lorthain contained materials unique to the Highland Tauren, many merchants from various races would still appear here.

However, there was one place where foreign races were absolutely forbidden from entering.

That was the underground city of Lorthain.

It was said that this underground city had been built to avoid a terrifying monster.

This type of monster had only existed for a very short period of time in history. But during that short period, it had left the Highland Tauren with an extremely terrifying memory.

It was a monster whose appearance resembled a rhinoceros. They possessed long, sharp horns, and when they went berserk, they would attack every living creature around them.

At the time, the Highland Tauren were completely no match for the rhinoceros monsters. They could only keep hiding and fleeing.

Only after the monsters later disappeared did the Highland Tauren begin establishing civilization, eventually forming the Highland Tauren of today.

"Lord Caelan, is it really all right for us to just go in like this?"

Alyssa still felt a little uneasy.

Because from her perspective, all Caelan had done was firmly knead her cheeks a few times.

Aside from that, he had not done anything else.

Faced with Alyssa’s doubt, Caelan said with a calm expression,

"Don’t worry. Just follow me."

Caelan skillfully took out the relevant documents. After the Highland Tauren soldiers inspected them, they really did let the two of them enter the underground city.

Unlike the dazzlingly bright Lorthain city-state above their heads, the interior of the underground city was clearly much more cramped and dim.

Large numbers of messy alleys spread throughout the entire underground city.

According to the latest intelligence Caelan had obtained from Evelyn, the true entrance to the [Zephyr Knights] was actually located inside Lorthain’s underground city.

Based on Caelan’s map display, the entrance they wanted to reach happened to be located in the military administration zone here.

"It’s time to move. After all, we’re pressed for time."

Hearing Caelan’s words, Alyssa’s little heart immediately grew tense.

She had never dreamed that in her life, she would actually experience something this thrilling, exciting, and fun.

Secretly infiltrating a military administration zone—if this were within the human race, such a thing would absolutely not be allowed.

It was only because this was the Highland Tauren, and because she had to complete her quest.

However, after experiencing the Instance just now, Alyssa was not worried about her and Caelan’s safety.

And besides, don’t forget, the [Zephyr Knights] themselves were a human knight order.

It was only because the shameless Highland Tauren had just so happened to occupy this region that they had claimed this place as their own.

If not for the calamity the human race had experienced several hundred years ago, the question of who the [Zephyr Knights] belonged to probably would not have fallen to the Highland Tauren!