He still couldn't use the Return Scroll, but with the Intimidation skill, Nie Yan could now go and take a look at the temple.

Nie Yan led the five Headless Knights, who had just been successfully commanded not long ago, towards the ancient and magnificent temple building in the distance. Looking at the temple entrance, hundreds of Headless Knights were densely packed together, neatly arranged there, guarding the temple entrance. If any creature approached, they would unhesitatingly wield their knight lances.

The temple door was tightly closed, solemn and dignified.

Nie Yan cast the Intimidation skill, carefully approaching these Headless Knights.

Entering Nie Yan's range of Intimidation, the horses beneath the Headless Knights trembled, and they all moved aside.

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

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

Next to him were densely packed knight lances, giving off a chilling feeling.

Five Headless Knights followed closely behind him, traversing the path.

Arriving at the temple door, the towering gate gave a heavy sense of oppression. Nie Yan pushed the door with his hand, and the door 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 Doro the Knight.

It seemed that in the history of Atlantea, there was no deity named Doro. What kind of god he was was unknown, possibly established by some small races or tribes.

Filled with doubt, Nie Yan walked forward. This was an incomparably open hall, paved with white stone covered in prints, extending straight ahead. The hall, about 500 by 500 yards, seemed extremely spacious, even capable of accommodating a hundred-man knight regiment for training. In the middle, tall pillars, which would require three people to encircle, stretched endlessly upwards, as if extending into the infinite void.

Nie Yan walked towards the center of the hall. The surroundings were so silent that only the sound of Nie Yan and the five Headless Knights behind him could be heard, spreading out in the empty space. On the opposite shrine, a beam of candlelight emitted a dim yellow light, swaying in the wind, as if it were about to extinguish at any moment.

Halfway there, Nie Yan noticed a bookshelf placed next to the hall, holding several thick books. The covers of the books were wrapped in Sikkim, but they were somewhat dim, likely having gone through many years. Some of them were recorded in human characters, with titles like 'Crimes of Doro the Knight,' 'Legend of Doro the Knight,' etc. 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 Doro the Knight.'

Nie Yan took out the Crimes of Doro the Knight and slowly turned to a page.

'Doro, do you confess? In the name of God, I judge you, may the Holy Light cleanse your sinful soul... Doro: Please cast me into hell, to be transformed into an undying vengeful spirit...'

Doro was a legendary knight of Greenland. In the war to drive out the dark elves, he was brave and skilled in battle, 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 and was hanged in the Temple of Light. The bishop hung his head above the city gate. Unexpectedly, Doro's body revived, along with his dead warhorse, and left the temple. Since then, Greenland had a legend of a Headless Knight, and many Greenland residents had seen the wandering figure of the Headless Knight.

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

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

System: You have learned the Dark Elf language.

Nie Yan looked at it. This book was a hymn, which could soothe the souls of the dead. After roughly looking at the phrases in it, he put the book back. These things had no practical meaning, but learning the Dark Elf language was a considerable gain for him.

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

System: You have learned the Vanbya Undead language.

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

He looked at the book.

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

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

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 they possessed this Book of Death, it meant that the undead wizard would embark on an extremely perverted path, and would eventually die miserably, or achieve something, which 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 Vanbya Undead language seemed useless for the time being, but it might be useful in the future. If he understood the Undead language, it would be very useful when contacting the Undead of the opposing faction.

After putting down Doro's Book of Death, he searched the bookshelf and found nothing else. Then he walked towards the shrine.

Under the dim candlelight of the shrine, a black box was quietly placed there, carved exceptionally exquisitely. The beautiful text of the dark elves, like embroidery, adorned the outside of the box, reflecting charming rays of light under the illumination of the candlelight.

A strange box!

It seemed that a mysterious force was summoning Nie Yan.

Nie Yan had a Headless Knight step forward to test it, and found no danger. Only then did he slowly walk up and carefully open the black box, luckily without triggering any mechanism.

The inside of the box was lined with red fabric, and a dark golden key was quietly placed on it. This key was only the size of a little finger, made extremely delicately, with bizarre and peculiar carving craftsmanship that 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 backpack. A dark gold treasure chest was quite valuable. No matter how bad the items inside were, they would at least be dark gold level!

Just then, there was a loud bang at the entrance of the hall, and the door was opened. A tall Headless Knight, covered in heavy black armor, appeared at the entrance of the temple. He was much taller than ordinary Headless Knights, and a giant knight lance, five yards long, exuded a cold killing intent.

Nie Yan used Scout on the Headless Knight.

Headless Knight 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 would definitely die! He took out the Return Scroll and looked at it, and found that the Return Scroll still could not be used.

Headless Knight Doro spurred the horse under his feet and waved his knight lance towards Nie Yan, and 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 Knights around him to spur the horses under their feet and charge towards Headless Knight Doro, blocking Headless Knight Doro's charge.

Nie Yan knew that these few Headless Knights would definitely not be able to stop Headless Knight Doro. He turned around to run, but suddenly some skeletal bone hands stretched out from the ground, firmly grasping 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 Knight Doro actually passed through the five Headless Knights and charged towards him. It was too strange. Could this Headless Knight Doro just be a phantom?

Headless Knight Doro was getting closer and closer, raising the knight lance, and it looked like it would penetrate 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 judgment; 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, faith, freedom, courage, wisdom, etc., are the true meaning of faith.

Pfft, Headless Knight Doro's knight lance pierced Nie Yan's heart, and blood splattered everywhere.

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

He didn't know how long it had been, but Nie Yan woke up in a daze, and found himself lying on the cold stone of the altar. The surroundings were still empty and desolate, like a dream. It seemed that everything that had happened before was illusory. He looked at his backpack, and 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 for, and there were no attribute bonuses, it should be beneficial and harmless.

It seemed that the last Headless Knight Doro was just a quest.

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

Nie Yan got up, moved his somewhat stiff body, and his eyes fell on the corner of his backpack, where a black key was shining!

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