Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Mutated Ghoul

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

There seemed to be a battle going on ahead!

Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and he could guess it.

No wonder he felt that there was something wrong with the left dungeon.

That was because, in the cell of the left dungeon, all the broken iron bars were almost cleared to the side of the cell door.

Which meant that someone had already explored these cells.

Thinking of this, Zong Shen asked the guide.

“Is there anything worth collecting in this row of cells?”

“(There is still some to collect 37 minutes and 42 seconds ago. Unfortunately, you were a step too late. This dungeon does not only have one entrance from the temple. On the third cell to the right in front of you, there is an upward passage leading to a ruin above.)”

“(This is also why I suggested to you that you should explore the dungeon on the right first.)”

“Sigh, someone beat me to it. Looks like other lords have already discovered this place.”

Zong Shen sighed slightly.

However, this was something inevitable.

There were so many feudal lords in one region. After the initial panic, every feudal lord would have chosen to explore and gather items.

They would gradually spread and move towards the surrounding area.

It was only a matter of time before they met.

However, Zong Shen did not expect that there would be traces of other lords in such a dark and remote dungeon.

From the looks of it, the other party seemed to be engaged in an intense battle.

There was no need to think to know that the other party was probably fighting a monster like the [Blood Igniting Demon Skeleton] that was protecting the other body parts of Ortland Whisper.

However, this kind of elite monster was not so easy to deal with.

Zong Shen was prepared to take a look and see if he could benefit anything from the battle.

As for being a good person and helping them to kill off monsters, Zong Shen had never thought about it.

In theory, the feudal lords were in competition with each other.

Even if he went there to help, the other party might not even appreciate his help.

Therefore, Zong Shen would never be involved in such an underappreciated behavior.

However, the other items did not matter.

What Zong Shen cared about was the body of Ortland Whisper, which was his primary mission item.

Just as Zong Shen was thinking of a countermeasure.

The battle around the corner seemed to have reached its climax.

Zong Shen could already hear several angry roars.

“What an intense battle.”

He exclaimed.

When he was fighting the [Blood Igniting Demon Skeleton] earlier, the fight wasn’t as intense as this.

However, Zong Shen seemed to have forgotten that not everyone was like him.

He might be the only one who had a rather luxurious army on the second day after arriving here.

…

Rumble!

At this moment, a loud sound rang out. The entire dungeon slightly trembled as the shockwaves reverberated.

Above everyone’s heads, large amounts of dust were shaken off.

Zong Shen was then covered in dirt.

“F*ck, is there a demolition going on?”

He cursed and patted the dust off his head.

Everything returned to normal after the loud sound.

There were no more roars, explosions, or flames. There was only silence.

“The battle is over?”

Zong Shen was somewhat puzzled.

He then instructed Iron Pole.

“Iron Pole, use your shadow clone to sneak over and take a look.”

The skill of Nord’s Shadow Scout, Embodiment of Shadow, had a cooldown time of 5 minutes. It lasted 3 minutes and could be used multiple times.

Iron Pole nodded upon hearing the instructions.

The next moment, he turned into a shadow and quickly sneaked along the corridor.

He turned right past the end of the corridor and began to investigate.

About two minutes later…

Iron Pole returned.

“My Lord, the battle is over. An unknown Lord has died.”

“There’s also a huge ghoul alive, but it’s severely injured.”

This lord was so disappointing.

He actually failed to defeat the elite monster.

It seemed that not everyone could take advantage of this situation.

“Did you see the remains of the soldiers?”

Zong Shen asked.

It was impossible for the other party to come down alone without any soldiers.

There was such a shocking explosion.

There were also intense flames.

At a glance, these weren’t something that a novice lord could create.

Zong Shen was well aware of this.

But Iron Pole shook his head.

“My Lord, I didn’t find any remains apart from the unknown Lord.”

This time, Zong Shen was puzzled.

“Did they escape?”

“Let’s go take a look first.”

Zong Shen decided to take a look.

Thus, he led the group to the end of the dungeon on the left.

Turning left from there, they arrived at a large hall.

The hall was like a prayer room, filled with broken tables and chairs.

This was still not the end of the hall.

There was a thick metal door with runes carved on it blocking the other end of the prayer room.

In the prayer room, a gigantic one-armed ghoul was gnawing on the poor lord’s corpse.

The ghoul’s stomach bulged as if there was something in it.

Behind this ghoul was the prayer platform. Zong Shen had already seen that the mission item he needed was on the prayer platform.

Zong Shen swept his gaze over.

The ghoul that was more than four meters long and had a basin-like mouth immediately appeared in front of him.

[Level 16 Mutated Ghoul (Green)]

[Race: Undead]

[Bite Damage: 58 ~ 61]

[Health Points: 268/655]

[Armor: 10]

[Skill: Sharp Tongue Thrust (Mutated Ghouls have chain-like tongues that can suddenly extend and penetrate targets within ten meters and pull the targets towards them) Frenzy Level 10 (Increases the Ghoul’s attack speed by 25%, movement speed by 25%, Duration: 90 seconds, Cooldown time: 1h), Feeding (Feed on corpses to recover health points), Devour (Ghouls open their mouths and devour targets that are below Level 12, less than 2 meters in length and with health points less than 300. Currently unusable)]

“(What are you waiting for, beat it up! Take revenge for the dead lord!)”

This mutated ghoul had four skills and was in a low-health state.

It had high attack stats and high health points but average defense.

As it fed on the lord’s corpse, its health points were gradually recovering.

“Attack! Kill him!”

Zong Shen waved his hand!

Tasya began to consciously chant the Double Necromancer Arrow.

The three Wolf Cavalry soldiers let out battle cries and charged forward.

Iron Pole quickly hid in the shadows again.

Even Zong Shen raised the kite-shaped shield that was about to be destroyed and charged forward.

The mutated ghoul gave up eating.

Its red eyes stared at everyone.

Especially at the charging Wolf Cavalry soldiers.

It suddenly opened its bloody mouth.

A bright red tongue shot out like a red flash toward Bjorn.

There were even sticky bits of flesh and blood on it.

However, the Wolf Cavalry soldiers were not so easy to deal with.

Bjorn reacted quickly. When he saw the mutant ghoul ejecting its tongue, his blade was already raised.

Then, just as the sharp tongue was about to reach him, the saber slashed down!

“Squish!”

It was as if a tough piece of leather had been cut open, the tip of the Mutated Ghoul’s tongue was sliced off.

“Roar!”

The mutated ghoul retracted the remainder of its tongue and roared!