Beatrice stretched and turned to look out the window:

“It’s really lively.”

Akane, who was standing nearby, looked outside and said, "This year's Sleeping Festival is more lively than I expected."

Beatrice says:

"After all, a plague of the living dead just broke out."

The living dead are different from the undead, and even more different from the living.

That's a half-dead thing.

Generally speaking, this zombie state has to continue until the corpse is completely decayed before it has a chance to turn into an undead.

Otherwise, the soul is imprisoned in a rotting body, which is like being locked up in a small dark room, which is a form of soul torture to some extent.

However, the zombies that can rot are generally low-level zombies.

For example, the bodies of more advanced zombies, such as the model-level zombies, will not rot.

If he is promoted to the King of the Living Dead, he will even look no different from a normal person at first glance.

This incorruptible state is basically equivalent to the soul being imprisoned in the body and suffering torture for generations.

From the perspective of the soul, this is undoubtedly the ultimate torture.

It can be said that after killing the living dead, another problem that needs to be faced is whether the liberated soul will become a vengeful spirit, lingering on the land and not dissipating.

The Sleeping Festival held by the Church of Death and Sleep this year was so grand for this reason.

Comforting the souls of the dead is very important for the city of Tino today.

It is said that the Church of Death and Sleep has already planned to implement this as the number one KPI today.

With so many living dead imprisoned in bodies, the number of vengeful spirits that may be born may be enough to meet the KPI for one quarter of this year.

Therefore, this year's sleeping festival is much more lively than previous years.

"Let's go and attend the festival together. He must be waiting anxiously."

Beatrice took out a gem and struck it.

There is light glittering on the gemstone.

In an instant, her hair color changed, and even the details of her face shifted slightly.

It was different from the little swan that had never gone out to play before.

There are still many people in Tino who can remember Beatrice's face.

If you want to enjoy the festive atmosphere without being disturbed by others, a little bit of dressing up is essential.

After leaving the office of the Lord Chancellor, the two soon saw a carriage parked outside.

In the carriage, Louis waved to the two of them.

Before he could say anything, the little swan poked its head out:

"Sister Wang, come up quickly!"

Beatrice smiled as expected.

The group drove towards Central Avenue.

However, the carriage did not drive on for long before the coachman awkwardly announced that he could not go any further.

There are just too many people around.

It can even be said to be congested.

Judging from the speed of the carriage, moving through the crowd, it might not be as fast as walking.

The group simply got off the bus and walked the last stretch of the journey.

It was already dusk.

The busy streets are filled with people in costumes of all shapes and sizes.

That was the traditional "Kasamba Mask" of the Church of Death and Sleep. Louis didn't quite understand the culture behind it and could only roughly compare it to the Nuo opera of his previous life.

There are stands offering free drinks in the surrounding streets.

Some vendors who originally set up stalls in the commercial street, as well as small stalls scattered throughout Tino City, gathered here today.

Beatrice saw a vendor selling colored ropes, so she went over and bought four.

"During the Sleeping Ceremony, people usually wear colorful ropes. Legend has it that family members will follow the ropes and return to their loved ones."

As she said this, she tied the rope around the little swan's wrist.

Akane and Lumi put them on themselves.

As for Louis, Beatrice put it on him herself and said seriously:

"happy holidays!"

Louis took the last colored string and tied it around her:

"Happy holidays, Beatrice."

A few people walked through the crowd.

Fried skewers stall.

Dessert stall.

Graffiti painting booth.

Handicraft stall.

…

Through prosperity and hustle and bustle, this city has left traces of many people.

——Maybe there are still unforgettable memories of someone who is alone in a foreign land? Time passes slowly.

Soon it got dark.

In every corner of the street, next to the bonfire racks that had been set up in advance, a pastor stood there.

The crowd around dispersed.

As the bonfire was lit, the whole street ushered in the most bustling moment.

Louis checked the time and looked towards Beatrice.

As if she had noticed her lover's gaze, Beatrice tilted her head and looked at him with a searching look.

Louis smiled and placed his slender fingertips on his lips:

"Shh, look up at the sky."

Beatrice looked up at the sky curiously.

Accompanied by a sound of piercing the clouds and air.

Fireworks exploded in the sky.

Everyone raised their heads subconsciously.

Then one after another.

Fireworks exploded one after another in the sky, turning the entire city into a sea of ​​fireworks.

Those were the fireworks that Louis Jean Mayer Chamber of Commerce made.

On this day.

At the Sleeping Ceremony.

First appearance in this world.

It was January at this time.

The leaves in Tino City had long since fallen.

But the exploding fireworks turned into stars and flowers of all colors, embellishing all the branches like clusters of flowers.

The scene was reflected in Beatrice's eyes, and she said subconsciously:

“How beautiful!”

Louis looked at her with gentle eyes and said:

"Yes, it's beautiful!"

As the bonfire was lit, the excitement of the evening reached its climax.

After the fireworks, melodious music sounded.

Louis extended his hand to Beatrice: "Madam, let's dance."

In the dim dance music, the afterglow of the campfire shone on his face, and Beatrice seemed to be in another world.

The little swan looked at the two of them, a bitter look on his face, and ran towards Rumi unconvinced.

"Sister Lumi, dance with me!"

Lumi nodded her head amusedly and said:

"Don't even think about it. I'm not interested."

Little Swan was angry: "No wonder you are still single, Lumi!"

Lumi's expression froze visibly. Before she could do anything, the little swan rushed to Qian's side:

"Sister Qian, dance with me!"

I, Little Swan, will never be the lonely person at the bonfire dance! "Okay." Qian couldn't help laughing, and still pulled Little Swan to dance.

Lumi, who originally wanted to give Olivia, who was becoming more and more vicious, a stab in the back, had to stop.

Watching the four people dance.

Lumi: ??? I don’t know why, but I feel isolated.

Being single is not scary, but it is embarrassing for anyone who is alone.

Today, the half-elf Lumi became deeply aware of the malice of this world.

…

After the Sleeping Ceremony.

Not long after, Louis received a notification from the Adventurer's Guild that the mission was completed.

Louis and Alice made a special trip to Central Street again.

After searching everywhere, I finally found the weak passage to the Shadowless Underworld where they were hiding everywhere.

At this time, it was moving slower and slower, and was hiding in a green belt next to the street.

Louis took one look and said:

"The weak channel is almost blocked. According to the book, it will be closed by the self-repair ability of the Star Continent in one day at the least, or two days at the most."

Alice turned her head and glanced at him: "Going there?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to kill the monster and verify my guess."

"ah?"

Louis didn't understand.

But seeing that Alice looked excited, I went with her.

Now there is no danger in the Shadowless Underworld and it has completely become their backyard.

In principle, as long as they didn't encounter the battlefield hidden somewhere, which was used by the Emperor as a training ground for demons, crows and iron guards, they would not be in any danger.

After entering the Shadowless Underworld, Louis felt a little regretful.

"Alice, you crazy woman, I shouldn't have come down here with you!"

Louis sat on the ground, sweating profusely, and he could no longer hold it in.

Alice was worse off than him.

She was now lying on the ground, not wanting to move at all.

I didn't even have the energy to respond to Louis.

After a long while, she uttered a series of obscene words such as "It's so cool" and "It's great" from her throat.

Yes, Louis had just had a fierce battle with her.

——Refers to killing the enemy together.

Louis dared to guarantee that Alice was definitely the craziest person he had ever met.

She found the item [Fallen Shadow Flute] from somewhere.

After this disposable prop is blown, it will attract a large number of fallen shadow monsters.

Just now, she and Louis almost had to chop until their swords were bent before they managed to kill these guys with great difficulty.

"Why am I crazy? Didn't you bring Rimuru down with you?"

"And to be honest, there are fewer monsters than I expected. Logically, there should be more monsters in this area."

Alice's heavy breasts moved with her rapid breathing.

Louis' face was filled with black lines.

Well, it’s not too difficult.

Strictly speaking.

With Rimuru watching, they weren't actually that dangerous.

Rimuru is a very ferocious guy, even when fighting against professionals of the same level.

Not to mention fighting monsters.

With its huge body, just by moving, it can bring tremendous pressure to the opponent.

But before the two of them had rested for long, they felt a slight vibration in the ground.

Louis raised his head and looked into the distance, saying speechlessly:

"What did you just say?"

"I'm not crazy!"

“I’m talking about the next sentence.

"There are fewer monsters than I expected?"

Louis looked at the monster that was rushing towards them from a distance, and the wizard who was fleeing frantically in front of the monster.

He said with mixed feelings, "Alice, the remaining monsters that made you extremely satisfied are here. I'm sure you can handle them on your own, right?"

Alice grabbed Louis's clothes fiercely:

"Don't run, come with me!"

Louis said speechlessly:

"I think you need to learn to clean up your own ass sometimes."

"Brother, we share the joys and sorrows together!"

"You can't even call me daddy!"

"dad!"

"Fuck you, do you have any moral integrity? Your father will be furious!"

"If you don't help, I'll tell him that you asked me to call you dad."

"Hiss, what a vicious curse."

Louis gasped.

Although he had no intention of running away, he was still shocked by Alice's shamelessness.

"Save him. If you don't save him, the mage will be dead soon."

Alice glanced at the wizard who was being chased by monsters and said speechlessly.

"Do you think I am a master of both swords and sabers?"

Louis picked up the Sword of Rebirth in his right hand, the Sword of Tianxin in his left hand, and rushed forward.

It’s not that Louis is bored and wants to imitate Grandpa Tong.

It is indeed a "good time" for the Shadow Underworld now.

It was really spooky everywhere.

No wonder Alice wanted to pull him over.

Having a knife for rebirth can save you a lot of effort.

Today, I have already seen two unlucky old guys in the Shadowless Underworld alone.

He was a poor thief who accidentally fell in and hasn't found his way home yet.

Louis had just given them directions home.

certainly.

Louis put a mark on them.

After they leave the Shadowless Underworld, secret guards will follow the marks and come to their homes to ask them about their specific situation.

After all...it shouldn't be so easy to enter the Shadow Underworld.

Louis suspected that there might be something wrong with them.

But when he got close to the wizard, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

When Alice came over, Louis whispered a reminder: "Use the props, don't keep them."

Alice frowned: "Okay."

Yes.

Even if the two of them came down to fight, they actually brought enough props with them.

Strictly speaking, the items they have in their hands can consume most of the monsters.

Otherwise, Louis would have turned and run after hearing Alice playing the flute.

Before long, under the fierce bombardment of the two, the surrounding monsters were wiped out.

The mage adjusted his mage hat with a sad face:

"The local monsters are really rude... Uh, what are you doing, bro?"

The wizard looked at the sword across his neck and raised his hands.

Louis looked at him and said:

"Is this the second time we meet?"

Louis encountered this mage before when he fell into the weak channel.

At the time, he said that it fell in accidentally while using magic.

Louis reluctantly believed it.

The main reason was that the hunting sense did not sense any danger from him.

Just... a little weak.

Different from the two thieves he encountered before.

I feel that this mage’s level is only LV3-4, it can’t be higher.

"So what's the reason for you coming in this time?"

"Brother, believe me, I didn't do anything bad!"

The wizard raised his hands, looking sad:

"I, I, I actually just wanted to come in and find some magic materials."

"After all, there are not many passages to the Shadowless Underworld that can be sustained and stable, so I wanted to come here to pick some materials that are unique to the Shadowless Underworld."

"The spell scroll of Shadow Stealth is still in my backpack!"

"I never thought that after coming here twice, not only did I not get my money back, but I even lost a lot of money."

"I don't know which wicked person used a tool to provoke the monster just now. I have used up most of my wealth just to escape."

"Ahem." Alice coughed.

The wizard was stunned for a moment, then he saw Alice jumping up and down: "You blew it?!"

After saying this, tears burst out of his eyes.

He squatted on the ground looking half dead.

Rolling on the ground and crying loudly.

"Why would someone have the time to summon a monster?"

"I wonder how they are so rude!"

"A lot of money! A lot of props!"

The two of them looked at each other in bewilderment at her tantrum.

Alice turned her head away and whistled, looking as if it had nothing to do with her.

Of course, Louis noticed that her fingers were still hooked around the knife handle.

He knew that if this man made any move, the sharp kukri would hit him directly on the head and he would not have the chance to make a sound.

"Okay, be honest and come back with us. Let the City Lord's Mansion judge whether there are any problems."

The wizard nodded sadly and said nothing more.

On the way back, Louis was a little annoyed by this wizard.

This guy talks a lot.

Along the way, he kept talking about his experiences after entering the Shadowless Underworld.

For example, the large number of dead water ghosts that Louis saw when he met him last time.

The wizard said seriously that there are usually dark aquatic plants in places where dead water ghosts live.

This dark water grass is one of the main ingredients of the "Deep Diver Potion".

On the Star Continent, it is mostly produced in the Kingdom of East Monai.

Then he said that the Kingdom of East Monai has rarely sold this material to the outside world in recent years due to the frequent occurrence of undead disasters.

Then he mentioned Simone, who had been competing with Eastern Monet for the legitimacy of the Monet Kingdom for many years.

He also talked about how bad the local customs and people were and how rude the local forces were from Simone.

Finally, he went around and talked about what he had gained in the Shadow Underworld today.

He kept talking the whole time.

Louis was completely speechless.

However, he mentioned something that made Louis a little concerned.

That is, there are now a large number of plague ghosts rampant in Simonai.

Wherever these plague ghosts passed, plague broke out.

But this was not intentional on the part of the plague ghosts.

This plague ghost, which only appears under extremely rare circumstances, is said to be a rare species that is born from pollution by heavily toxic magical waste.

Logically speaking, it should be difficult to generate this kind of plague ghost unless there is a large-scale leakage of a specific type of magical waste and a large number of undead are surrounding.

Yet the reality is that it did happen.

Did something happen in Dongmonai?

Louis frowned.

But he glanced at the wizard and said:

"Both the East and West Monai Kingdoms are countries where outsiders are prohibited from entering and leaving at will."

"How do you know all this?"

The wizard's expression froze.

He whispered, "Can I not tell you?"

"Um?"

The Tianxin Sword was pulled out slightly.

"Tell me, brother, what is the relationship between you and me? We are friends for life! There is nothing I can't tell you!"

His voice weakened: "Steal..."

Louis asked, "Steal what?"

"Smuggling..."

Louis: ??? Good guy.

It turns out that this guy is an outlaw?

"Xing! You didn't sneak into Ense?"

The wizard stopped talking.

Louis was shocked.

Fuck.

Enser doesn't prohibit outsiders from entering, so you sneaked in? "When you get out, explain it to the city guards and they will punish you accordingly."

The wizard said with a sad face:

"Brother, do you think I still have a chance? Don't I prefer this way?"

"Like it more? I think you are born with a rebellious nature! Reflect on yourself after this!" Louis snorted.

After returning through the weak passage, Louis sent the man directly to the city guards.

Then he turned and left.

"I estimate that the passage to the Shadowless Underworld will only last for a day or two. Will you go with me tomorrow?"

Alice looked at him.

"Tomorrow... is fine too."

"What about the day after tomorrow?"

"You climb! If the passage is closed, do you know how long it will take us to have a chance to return to the Star Continent?"

"hey-hey……"

"Hey you head!"

…

It turns out that the impact of the Sleeping Festival is still continuing.

Louis and his friends didn't even have the chance to go to the Shadowless Underworld again.

As expected, the area around Tino City has been very uneasy this year.

The follow-up impact of the plague of the living dead has erupted in recent times.

Simply put, now all the churches and adventurer guilds are about to explode.

There are so many tasks one after another.

They are all undead, skeletons, ghosts and other characters.

Not to mention ordinary adventurers.

Even church members are distressed.

To deal with such creatures, it is not possible without targeted measures.

So without any surprise, the Moonlit Cat Group began team building.

In particular, they received more than 20 task lists of this kind. After everyone estimated, they thought they would have to spend a few nights outside in the next few days.

…

[Location: Adventurer's Guild]

Louis met a group of people here who shouldn't be here.

"What's going on?"

Louis, who had transformed into Caesar, looked at Alice.

Alice spread her hands and said:

"This is the Nan Feiyan team, which consists of six priests. You should have heard of their names."

Louis frowned.

A member of the Nan Feiyan team, a team of adventurers.

However, unlike ordinary adventurer teams, the composition of this team is more like their Moonlit Cat Group.

Yes, they also work as adventurers part-time.

This team is very famous in the Adventurer's Guild.

Because this is a special team composed of young priests from major Orthodox churches.

The six pastors come from six different Orthodox churches.

team leader:

Livia Kobdo was born in the Church of the God of Glory and Justice.

2 main attackers:

Katrin Haring was born in the Church of the God of Death and Sleep.

Fabrico Holm is from the Church of Eros.

Shield Guard:

Devin Chels was born in the Church of the God of Forge.

Support and Logistics: Zaiko Reese, from the Church of the God of the Sea.

Camelia Newman was born in the Church of the God of Earth and Planting.

There are six people, all of them are priests above LV7.

The average age ranges from 24 to 32 years old.

Considering that the average age of professionals in this world is much older than in the previous life, this group of people are undoubtedly young people in the eyes of outsiders.

Grace rubbed her priest robe uneasily, looked at Louis and said, "Sister Livia wants to do the mission with us, I, I..."

Grace was a little embarrassed.

A blue-haired woman came over, patted Grace on the shoulder, looked at Alice and said:

"Let me tell you something. All the major churches that Nan Feiyan belongs to have received the mission to go out of the city and clean up the undead."

"We thought, since we are all going to leave the city, why not just go through the guild's channels instead of following the church's large forces."

“But I found that we thought it was a bit too simple.”

"Although our team members have relatively clear divisions of roles, they are still inferior to the professionals."

"I just happened to hear that our newbie is in the famous Moonlit Cat Group, so I wanted to ask if we can fight together."

Louis glanced at Livia.

The captain of the Nan Feiyan team came from the Church of the God of Glory and Justice.

Grace had talked about her before, saying that she was an older sister in the church who often took care of her.

But her tone was a little frivolous, especially when she was talking to Grace.

Giving him the illusion that she was "bullying" Grace.

Of course, it's just an illusion.

When the pastor lady was talking to Alice, her dignified smile carried a sense of keeping people at a distance.

His first impression was that this guy was a pure social person.

But Louis knew that this was just an appearance.

Such people rarely get close to others.

Smiling at you is just out of politeness, or even...

certainly.

When she was talking to Grace, her expression became noticeably more sincere.

Louis immediately understood what this guy was thinking.

"Are you worried about Grace getting into trouble?"

"Was it the arrangement of the Church of the God of Glory and Justice, or was it my own decision? Or was it both?"

Alice looked at everyone:

"What do you think?"

The little swan who used the Disguise Gem said: "I don't care. I just want to get in the car and sleep quickly."

——It fits Olivia’s personality very well.

Grace: "I, I just feel like I'm not good at treating people."

——The main reason is that there is no way to treat Louis. Grace has long discovered that her magic will cause harm to Louis.

Lumi and William didn't say anything, apparently letting others decide.

Finally, he looked at Louis, who nodded: "I agree. It can also be strengthened."

The Moonlit Cat Group has no secrets. At least Little Swan and myself, who have hidden their identities, have identities that can be shown to the outside world.

Bringing in a group of pastors can actually make up for their shortcomings.

After all… as long as it’s not Grace, other people’s healing magic can still be effective on Louis.

Seeing this, Alice nodded:

"Okay, then let's take the next step. I wish you a pleasant cooperation!"

Seeing Alice say this, Livia showed a sincere smile on her face:

"That's great. I can take care of little Grace a little more."

Louis was speechless.

How can it be just right?

This guy is definitely here for Grace.

Tomorrow resumes

(End of this chapter)