After explaining some things to Xue Feibai, the latter handed some summoning materials brought by the adventurers to Annuo, and then took a group of second-level adventurers to escort Laura's unconscious Selina to Gray City.

An Nuo looked at the dozens of undead hearts in front of him, and only took ten and put them in his backpack, and burned the rest - he couldn't take them all with him.

After taking a look at the Orsance Valley behind them, Annuo took Liz in.

Now Annuo's summons are basically all undead, and it is a bit ostentatious to travel on a zombie monster.

It would be better to go into the valley and kill a few fast monsters for transportation.

Half an hour later, Anno and Liz ran out riding two level 10 black wind demon wolves.

Following the direction in their minds, Annuo and the others began their journey.

…

Valkham City.

The disheveled Tester was lying on the street in the outer city with a dozen remaining soldiers.

Of the more than 200 knights who escorted him and Selina, only a dozen of them are left.

Five hundred meters outside the city gate, a dozen soldiers led by Test's only remaining level 17 guard were fighting against the Asa zombies.

If they hadn't stopped him, Test would never have been able to cross the 500-meter distance and return to Valkham.

As a price, all the blocking soldiers and guards died after holding out for half a minute.

The undead zombie transformed by level 25 Asa is born at level 4.

Undead at this level already have rudimentary intelligence.

That's why it chased Tester and killed him.

When Asa the Undead saw Tester fleeing into the city ahead, he did not rush into the city.

It took a dozen newly transformed undead with it and made a big circle, running to the north of Valkham.

When Viscount Renault and his men arrived at Tester's side, he was shocked when he saw his miserable condition.

"Your Highness, what is going on?"

Renault was just about to help Tester when he suddenly saw veins popping up on the other's face, black air filling the air, and his eyes turning white.

An extremely terrifying expression.

"Ah, His Royal Highness the Prince was scratched!"

The guard who escaped nearby pointed at Test's neck and screamed.

There was a three-centimeter-long shallow scar on Test's neck.

The wound has turned black and rotten.

The guards immediately realized that Tester was infected.

It won't be long before he turns into a zombie.

After Renault learned the information about zombies from the guards, his face became so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.

Tester's level is 20, which is the peak of level three.

It would be a disaster if they were transformed into zombies in the city.

"Lord Renault, save...save me. I will...help you get rid of...your enemies!"

Tester's level is high and his willpower is not weak.

That's why he has been able to hold on until now and still have a shred of sanity.

Renault's expression, which had been hesitant, immediately became firm.

He took out a diamond-shaped crystal from his arms and placed it on Test's forehead.

This crystal is also a magic-sealing crystal.

Sealed inside is the fourth-tier priest skill [Purification], which can remove abnormal conditions from the target.

This was before, when Renault's wife was poisoned by the enemy and the third-level priests in the city were helpless. He heard that a business in the neighboring city had the [Purification] Demon-Sealing Crystal, and he spent a huge price to get it.

What made Renault devastated was that when he rushed back home with the magic-sealing crystal, his wife had already died of the poison.

Renault always carries this precious magic-sealing crystal with him.

I had originally intended to give it to Laura at her engagement party.

But in the current situation, it must be used on Tester.

It's not just because of the conditions offered by Test.

If we don't save Tester and wait for him to turn into a zombie, there will be no one in Valkham who can defeat Tester in a one-on-one fight.

Once the infection spreads throughout the city, Valkham will collapse.

As for killing Tester before he transforms into a zombie.

Renault was not sure whether Tester still had the fighting power to resist, so it was not safe.

Moreover, Renault doesn't have the courage to kill the royal family.

After the magic-sealing crystal was placed on Test's forehead, it immediately emitted a soft light.

The signs of terror on Test's face gradually faded, and his expression returned to normal.

In less than ten seconds, Test was back to normal.

The scratched flesh on the neck also returned to normal.

Snap!

After the light of the Demon-Sealing Crystal disappeared, a large number of cracks appeared on the surface.

After the sealed magic is released, it is just a piece of recyclable crystal material.

Tester, who had escaped death, lay on the ground, looked up at the sky, and said to Renault: "Thank you!"

"Your Highness, are you the only one back this time?"

"I know what you want to ask."

Tester smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Lola and my sister Selina were separated during the escape. Now their lives or deaths are unknown!"

Selina came to the South Territory hiding her identity, and Viscount Renault didn't know about it.

But his focus now is not on Selina, but on her daughter Lola.

When Renault learned that Laura's life or death was unknown, his legs went weak.

If it weren't for the old butler Scott who was quick to help him up, Renault would have fallen to the ground.

"What about Anno?"

Renault placed his last glimmer of hope on An Nuo, "Is An Nuo with Laura?"

"Anno? There weren't enough horses, so he and the mercenaries and adventurers fell behind. He must have become part of the undead army!"

Viscount Renault was completely desperate.

His only daughter was actually sent to her own death by him.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? If I had known, I wouldn't have sent you there. If I had known, I wouldn't have let you go no matter what!"

As he spoke, Viscount Renault shed tears of regret.

At this moment, a fast horse came galloping along the road.

The guard jumped off his horse and almost fell in front of everyone, gasping for breath and said, "My Lord Viscount, several monsters appeared at the north gate. They look like zombies from the Undead Clan!"

After hearing this, Tester looked at Renault with a serious expression.

"Lord Renault, now is not the time to be sad. We must find a way to overcome the current difficulties, and then we can seek revenge on your old enemies!"

"Revenge!" Viscount Renault straightened his face and returned to his usual calm appearance.

His only goal now is revenge.

"Your Highness, let's go check out the situation first!"

Viscount Renault took Tester and followed the guards to the north gate.

At the same time, Viscount Renault issued a warning for the entire city to be on alert.

Mobilize all professionals in the city to prepare for the possible war that may happen next.

However, most of the mercenaries and adventurers in the city had followed Tester to the town of Gruul. Now, the only ones left were a bunch of small fry, with less than three hundred soldiers and thousands of professionals recruited by the caravan.

Tester also sent out rescue letters in his own name to the surrounding cities.

The carrier pigeons that fly to the royal capital are the best.

But the distance is thousands of kilometers, and even if the flight does not stop, it will take more than ten hours to deliver it.

Once thousands of undead troops arrived at Valkham, it was only a matter of time before it was conquered.

If no solution is found, the 300,000 residents of Valkham will turn into a tide of undead corpses and sweep across the Kingdom of Nergal.

According to Anno's speculation, it would take at most two days for the speed of the undead zombies to approach that of Valkham.

But the reality is that when the sun disappears and night falls, the speed of the undead zombies increases a lot.

At dawn the next day, the soldiers on the city wall saw dense swarms of undead zombies moving towards Valkham from the south.

And the number is far from just thousands.

A rough estimate is that there are more than 10,000 of them!

It was only one kilometer away from Valkham!