Chapter 124 Doro's Temple

Still unable to use the Return Scroll, but with the Intimidation skill, Nie Yan could now go take a look at the temple.

Leading the five Headless Horsemen he had just successfully commanded, Nie Yan walked towards the ancient and magnificent temple in the distance. Looking towards the temple entrance, he saw hundreds of Headless Horsemen milling about, neatly arranged there, guarding the temple entrance. If any creature approached, they would unhesitatingly raise their knight spears.

The temple gate was tightly closed, solemn and dignified.

Nie Yan cast the Intimidation skill and cautiously approached these Headless Horsemen.

Entering Nie Yan's Intimidation range, the horses under the Headless Horsemen trembled slightly and moved to the sides.

The Headless Horsemen formation was as if torn apart from the middle, making way for a path. They stood on both sides like a group of soldiers waiting for inspection.

Seeing that Intimidation was effective on the Headless Horsemen, Nie Yan strode towards the temple gate, passing through the middle of these Headless Horsemen.

Next to him were dense rows of knight spears, giving a chilling feeling.

The five Headless Horsemen followed closely behind him, all the way through.

Reaching the entrance of the main hall, the towering gate gave a heavy sense of oppression. Nie Yan pushed the gate with his hand, and the gate made a creaking sound, slowly opening a crack. A beam of light projected inside, illuminating the oppressive darkness ahead.

System: You have discovered the Temple of Knight Doro.

It seemed that in the history of Atlante, there was no god named Doro. What kind of god was he? It was unknown. Perhaps he was established by some small race or tribe.

With doubts, Nie Yan walked forward. This was an incredibly open hall, paved with white stones covered with prints, extending forward. The hall, about 500x500 yards in size, seemed extremely open, even able to accommodate a hundred-man knight regiment practicing here. The tall pillars in the middle were so large that it took three people to encircle them, reaching high and out of sight, as if extending to the endless void.

Nie Yan walked towards the center of the hall. The surroundings were so quiet that only the footsteps of Nie Yan and the five Headless Horsemen behind him echoed, spreading out into the empty space. On the altar opposite, a bundle of candles emitted a dim yellow light, swaying in the wind, as if about to go out at any moment.

Halfway there, Nie Yan noticed a bookshelf placed beside the hall, with several thick books on it. The covers of the books were wrapped in tin, but they were somewhat dim, probably having gone through many years. Some were recorded in human text, with the titles 'Knight Doro's Crimes', 'Knight Doro's Legend', and so on. There were also two books written in some unknown language.

‘You have discovered books left over from the ancient Co-Rule Era. They record the life of Knight Doro.’

Nie Yan took out Knight Doro's Crimes and slowly opened a page.

‘Doro, do you confess? I judge you in the name of God, may the Holy Light cleanse your sinful soul... Doro: Please plunge me into hell, transform me into an immortal vengeful spirit…’

Doro was a legendary knight in Greenland. In the war to expel the dark elves, he was brave and good at fighting, killing countless enemies. However, in the end, he grew tired of killing. During a hunt, he let go of two dark elf girls. Later, Doro was found to have dragon blood. He was hanged in the Temple of Light, and the bishop hung his head above the city gate. Unexpectedly, Doro's body was resurrected and left the temple with his dead warhorse. Since then, Greenland had a legend of a Headless Horseman, and many Greenland residents had seen the wandering figure of the Headless Horseman.

Nie Yan glanced at the many books and reached out to take the other two books. When he touched one of the books, a magical force entered his body, and segments of text appeared in his mind.

‘Respectable warrior Doro, may your soul rest in peace, dark elf girl, Sha.’

System: You have learned Dark Elven.

Nie Yan looked at it. This book was a hymn that could appease the dead. After roughly looking at the words, he put the book back. These things had no practical meaning, but learning Dark Elven was a considerable gain for him.

Nie Yan reached out to take the other book. A bone-chilling chill rose from his spine. This book contained a powerful death force, a force that seemed to devour all vitality.

System: You have learned Vanbyan Undead Language.

The Vanbyan Undead were a small branch of the Undead. They were all undead mages, living in the underground of northern Greenland, sleeping in cold and lifeless tombs all day long. They danced with corpses, spread plagues, and preached death.

He looked at this book.

Doro's Book of Death (Sub-Legendary Item): Give respect to the dead!

Item Attributes: When holding this item, all creatures within fifty yards have their attributes reduced by 50% (including the player himself). Dead players are subject to the Undead Curse, attributes -10%, lasting for 2 natural days. The player himself is cursed, Strength -2, Constitution -2, Intelligence +10 every ten natural days.

This item is bound upon pickup.

System: Do you want to bind this item?

Nie Yan quickly put down Doro's Book of Death. This was obviously an item for undead wizards. Only undead wizards dared to use such terrifying things. Once holding this Book of Death, it meant that the undead wizard would embark on an extremely abnormal path. Whether he would die miserably in the end or achieve something was hard to say. Being weakened in Strength and Constitution every ten natural days was no joke. However, the extreme development of Intelligence might give birth to a deformed monster.

Learning the Vanbyan Undead Language didn't seem to be useful for the time being, but it was hard to say in the future. If he understood the Undead Language, it would be very useful when contacting the Undead of the opposing camp.

Putting down Doro's Book of Death, he looked around the bookshelf but found nothing else, then walked towards the altar.

Under the dim candlelight of the altar, a black box lay quietly there, carved exceptionally beautifully. The beautiful Dark Elven characters were like embellishments, dotted on the outside of the box, reflecting dazzling and charming rays under the candlelight.

A strange box!

It seemed that a mysterious force was summoning Nie Yan.

Nie Yan asked a Headless Horseman to go forward and test it. After finding no danger, he slowly walked up and carefully opened the black box. Fortunately, it didn't trigger any mechanism.

Inside the box, a dark gold key was quietly placed on a red fabric base. The key was only the size of a little finger and was extremely delicate. The strange and peculiar carving craftsmanship was breathtaking.

A key! Seeing this key, Nie Yan immediately thought of the dark gold treasure chest outside!

This key was likely used to open that dark gold treasure chest!

Nie Yan put away the dark gold key and put it into his bag. A dark gold treasure chest was quite valuable. No matter how bad the items inside were, they would at least be dark gold!

At this moment, a heavy sound came from the entrance of the main hall. The door was opened, and a tall Headless Horseman clad in heavy black armor appeared at the entrance of the temple. He was much taller than ordinary Headless Horsemen, and the giant five-yard-long knight spear exuded a chilling killing intent.

Nie Yan cast Detect on this Headless Horseman.

Headless Horseman Doro: Level 30 Lord, HP 28000/28000.

Nie Yan gasped. It was actually a level 30 Lord. In this small temple, encountering a level 30 Lord, he was absolutely dead! He took out the Return Scroll and saw that the Return Scroll was still unusable.

Headless Horseman Doro spurred the horse under his feet and charged towards Nie Yan, wielding the knight spear. A powerful aura of death spread out.

Intimidation has very limited effect on elite and lord-level creatures.

Damn it, Nie Yan quickly ordered the Headless Horsemen around him to spur the horses under their feet and charge towards Headless Horseman Doro, blocking Headless Horseman Doro's charge.

Nie Yan knew that these few Headless Horsemen could not stop Headless Horseman Doro at all. He turned to run, but some skeletal bone hands suddenly stretched out from the ground, firmly grabbing him, preventing him from escaping.

Nie Yan struggled, but these skeletal bone hands firmly grasped him, making him unable to move.

The next moment, Nie Yan discovered something that surprised him greatly. Headless Horseman Doro actually passed through the five Headless Horsemen and charged towards him. It was too weird. Was this Headless Horseman Doro just an illusion?

Headless Horseman Doro was getting closer and closer, raising the knight spear. It looked like it would pierce through Nie Yan's body the next moment.

System: Are you willing to believe that Doro is innocent?

Option 1: Yes, Doro is innocent; Option 2: I need more evidence to make a ruling; Option 3: Doro deserved to die.

Nie Yan pondered for a moment. His keen intuition allowed him to quickly make a decision within a few seconds and chose the second option. Justice, integrity, freedom, courage, wisdom, etc., are the true meaning of faith.

*Pu*, Headless Horseman Doro's knight spear pierced through Nie Yan's heart, blood splattering everywhere.

Was I wrong? Nie Yan's vision went dark, and he fell down.

He didn't know how long it had been, but Nie Yan woke up groggily and found himself lying on the cold stones of the altar. The surroundings were still empty and desolate, like a dream. It seemed that everything that had happened before was an illusion. He looked at his bag. The Chapter of Courage and the Chapter of Freedom were still there, and the title of Intermediate Demon Hunter was also there. He looked at it and found that there was an additional attribute in his status bar: Justice. Although he didn't know what it was used for and there was no attribute bonus, it should be beneficial and harmless.

It seemed that the last Headless Horseman Doro was just a task.

What made Nie Yan excited was that he finally came out of that task map. He had been stuck inside for six or seven days!

Nie Yan got up and moved his slightly stiff body. His gaze fell on the corner of his bag, where a black key was shining!