Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1030: Changes in the Graveyard (1)

To the northwest of Sardinia was a hilly land. At the end of the horizon, one could see a lonely mountain range. The mountain range moved in a roundabout manner, and the peaks intersected to form a valley. That was the valley of the dead of the famous empire. The Dead Valley was locked in dense fog all year round. From the sky, the valley was almost enveloped in a grey mist, and only a few sporadic shadow silhouettes could be vaguely seen.

There was only one road between the Dead Valley and Sardinia. No one remembered the original name of the road. People only knew that this road was called the starting point of death. This was a very apt name. After the empire opened the Blood King's Cemetery, the death rate in the Dead Valley remained high. Once they stepped onto the highway to the Dead Valley, they would undoubtedly stand at the starting point of death.

Even so, countless adventurers flocked to the Blood King's Cemetery every year, using their blood and even their lives in exchange for every step they took into the Blood King's Cemetery. There is a famous saying in the Blood King's Graveyard: Whether you are a brave or a coward, you are the true victor here only if you live to the end.

This is what every adventurer who goes to the Blood King's Cemetery says the most. As long as you return, you can become a hero in your own circle, regardless of whether you get anything from the cemetery or not.

Through the starting point of death, they arrived at the Dead Valley. The Hell Mountain where the tomb was located was surrounded by a circle of barracks. Every adventurer who entered the Blood King's Cemetery had to pass through this barracks. This was the Jadehorn Deer Legion of the Emerald Bucks. It was guarded by Tie Wang Gangde, a Level 27 general, who was responsible for monitoring the Blood King's Cemetery. The army that guarded and monitored the cemetery changed every three years, and this was the last year of the cemetery in Jingjiao Lu Town.

Passing through the camp where the Thorned Deer Army was located, one could see the entrance to the Blood King's Cemetery from Hell Mountain. The top ten floors of the Blood King's Cemetery had now become public places, especially the first to fifth floors. These floors were where the empire provided supplies for adventurers. At the same time, there are all kinds of shops, blacksmiths, auction houses and other places that serve adventurers. Apart from that, there was also the Imperial Field Hospital on the first floor of the cemetery. Unfortunately, since the establishment of this hospital, the death rate in the cemetery has not decreased by much.

After all, the adventurers had already entered the cemetery below the tenth floor to explore. Once danger appeared in those unknown areas, they would often be fatal. Few of the injured would be able to return to the first floor and enter the battlefield hospital to be rescued.

As for the sixth floor of the cemetery, they were the offices of the Adventurers Association, the large mercenary corps that were resident in the cemetery, and the Ancient Era's Remains Investigation Association. Generally speaking, the first to sixth floors of the cemetery were free to enter and exit, but from the seventh floor onwards, no one was allowed to enter. That meant that one had to obtain a permit from the empire to enter the seventh floor. josei

The seventh to tenth floors of the cemetery were the research sites of the Ancient Era's Remains Investigation Association. Adventurers traveling to the lower cemetery would still need to pass through a specific passageway. If they randomly entered the research site of the association, they might be interrogated or even arrested by the Thorned Deer Army.

At night, in a blacksmith's shop on the sixth floor near the entrance to the lower floor, a bare middle-aged man was knocking on a sword embryo. Every muscle in the man's body trembled regularly under the flames. Beads of sweat covered his entire body as if they were coated with a layer of oil. Every movement of his was filled with the beauty of masculinity and strength.

When he struck the last hammer, sparks sprayed out from the furnace, landing on the man's body, causing a cloud of green smoke to rise. The man put down his hammer and pliers and picked up a pottery cup that was placed beside him to drink water. He raised his glass and found that there was not a drop of water in it. He shrugged his shoulders and was just about to fill himself up with a glass of ale when he heard footsteps coming from outside the door. Then a timid voice asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Rowan's blacksmith's shop?"

The man put down the pottery cup, turned around and said coldly, "I am Luo Wen."

There was a young man and woman standing at the door. Judging from their attire, they were both warriors. The slight difference was that the young woman was carrying a firearm on her back. The one who asked was the woman. Hearing this, she was delighted and said to her companion, "Look, I told you this must be Mr. Luo Wen's iron shop."

The man named Luo Wen frowned and asked, "What's the matter? It's so late, I'm not taking business."

The male warrior's face was filled with disappointment. The woman pleaded, "Mr. Lowen, please help us. We are going to join an expedition organized by the Reaper Mercenary Corps tomorrow, but not long ago, my friend's sword broke. Please help him repair it. We will pay you enough money."

Rowan smiled playfully, "Pay me enough money? How much? I want a thousand gold coins. Can you take it out?"

He saw that the armor on the two of them was mostly lacquered and damaged. The musket on the woman's back was even more wrapped in cloth. Their clothes were practical and plain. He had seen too many adventurers like this, mostly newbies or unhappy fellows. Judging from their situation, it should belong to the latter. Since he wasn't doing well, he naturally wouldn't be able to take out a thousand gold coins.

As expected, the male warrior's face instantly turned red. He pulled his female companion and said, "Let's go. He's obviously blackmailing. I can buy a better weapon for a thousand gold coins!"

The woman shook her head and said sincerely to Lovin, "Sir, we've heard of you." You were a warrior, weren't you? I think you can understand that every weapon is the most precious companion for a warrior. The sword in his hand had been with him for seven years. To him, this sword was very important. If we had a thousand gold coins in hand, he would be willing to give it to you. But we don't have any right now. Could you please consider it cheaper? We only have about two hundred gold coins. This is all we have. "

"Two hundred gold coins?" Luo Wen smiled. He narrowed his eyes and said, "How about this, I don't want the money. If you are willing to carry the gun on my back, then I will help your friend repair the weapon. How about it?"

"No." The male warrior shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go somewhere else."

"Listen to me." The woman smiled and said, "There is no better master here than Mr. Lowen. Since he wants this gun, I will give it to him." Then she said to Luo Wen, "I agree with your proposal."

Luo Wen nodded and waved his hand, "Then come in and show me the sword."

The woman handed the gun on her back to Luo Wen first. When she placed it in Luo Wen's hand, her eyes were filled with reluctance. The man sighed and handed a sword to Luo Wen. Luo Wen pulled out his sword. Sure enough, only half of the sword was left, and there were fine lines all over the broken surface. Luo Wen checked carefully and said, "The damage is quite serious. If you want, I can give you a new sword. I guarantee it will be better than this one. This sword of yours is worthless to repair. Even if it is repaired, the quality will not be as good as before. Besides, this is not a good sword of yours."

The male warrior seemed to deliberately make things difficult for Luo Wen and said, "I want this one!"

Luo Wen shook his head and said, "Whatever you want." However, young people, although one must have their own principles, if one adheres to them too much, it would be stubbornness. That gun is quite precious to your companions, right? You could have used it to exchange for a better sword. But because of your stubbornness, all you get is a sword of a worse quality than before. That would be a waste of this young lady's painstaking effort. "

The man was stunned. He looked at his female companion and then lowered his head. "Thank you for your guidance. Then listen to Mr. Luo Wen. Please give me a better sword. As for her gun, I hope I can leave it with you temporarily. I will redeem it with a thousand gold coins!"

Luo Wen did not answer and went straight into the room. A moment later, he took out a sword. The shape of the sword was very ordinary, but after the male warrior tried it, he felt that the weight of the sword was moderate and it was very easy to use. The blade of the sword flowed like a flame under the fire, and its material was much taller than his original one. While the male warrior was testing the sword, Luo Wen handed the gun to the woman and said, "Since you cherish it, don't hand it over easily. Sometimes, once you lose it, you'll never find it again."

The woman was stunned, "That thousand gold coins …"

'"Forget it, I don't need that much money. Besides, the sword in that kid's hand was originally made by a guest. However, that guest went to the graveyard on the eleventh floor and never came back. He kept it, and gave it to your companion, so it wouldn't work." Luo Wen yawned and said, "Alright, you can leave now. I'm going to close the door and rest."

"Excuse me …"

Just as the two adventurers were about to say goodbye, a few cries of alarm sounded from outside the iron shop, followed by a series of beast roars, causing the expressions of the three people in the iron shop to change. Luo Wen ran out, and a man ran past his iron shop in a hurry. Luo Wen grabbed him and asked, "What happened?"

The man pointed at the back and said in a trembling voice, "It's the red wolves. They're coming! They're coming!"

Then, he broke away from Luo Wen's hand and ran while shouting, "Not good, the Crimson Wolf is coming, it's coming …"

Luo Wen looked at the shadow at the entrance of the seventh floor. He could feel something staring at him. Then, a shadow emerged from the shadows. Its galloping posture was filled with savagery, and it directly pounced towards Luo Wen by the door of the iron shop. The man shouted and rolled into the iron shop. The thing jumped into the air and stopped spinning on the ground. Then, it pressed down on its center of gravity and slowly walked towards the iron shop.

The fire in the iron shop shone on its body. It could be seen that it was a wolf-shaped exotic beast the size of a calf. There was no hair all over his body, only a red mane growing from his head to his back. The monster's head had four eyeballs, fangs everywhere, and its long tongue was covered with shrinkable thorns. It scratched the ground with its four claws and watched as the people in the iron shop drooled.

The eyes of the two adventurers bulged out. The male warrior couldn't help but ask, "Why are the red wolves here? Aren't they sentry of the eleventh floor?"