I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Woohoo!"

The surrounding undead and zombies made unintelligible noises and all looked in the direction of Anno and the others.

The presence of the living will be displayed in the vision of the dead, like radar.

They rushed toward these living beings on instinct.

puff!

The guards wielded their swords, hacking at the charging undead zombies.

The zombie's reaction speed was a little slow, and the guard's longsword easily found the opportunity to pierce the zombie's leather armor and go through its chest.

However, the zombie soldier, despite being pierced, did not pause in his movements and swung his sword, wounding the guard in front of him.

"After transforming into an undead zombie, do you feel no pain?"

Anno witnessed the battle and discovered that even with a fatal wound like a longsword piercing the chest, the zombie soldier only lost 1000 health points.

The rate of subsequent health loss is also very slow, only 100 drops per second.

Moreover, the black mist of the cursed land seemed to have a mind of its own, clinging to the wounds of the zombie soldiers.

Subsequently, the penetrating wound on his body gradually healed, and the bleeding stopped.

Not only is there no pain, but health is increased, and wounds will heal even in the cursed land!

These are the undead zombies of the Cursed Lands.

On the other hand, the human soldiers' reaction speed was slightly reduced after being slashed.

Once the undead zombies seized the opportunity, they bit into the human soldier's palm.

Then Anno noticed that the human soldier's information now included a new status: [Undead Transformation].

"So that's how it was transmitted!"

Anno glanced at where Selena was and ran over there without making a sound.

Of the people still alive, only she and Anno are at level 11.

As a princess, Selena was naturally surrounded by a group of guards.

Selena frowned when she saw Anno approaching.

But considering the current situation, he didn't say anything more.

"[Quick Slash][Meteor Strike]!"

As a level 20 warrior, Tester could easily deal with a group of level 15 undead zombies.

Although he couldn't kill them in one hit, Tester deliberately severed their legs to slow their movement.

Anno, who was following Selena, spotted a zombie that Tester had severely damaged and crippled, rushed in and took it down with a combo.

[Gained 1 Yellow Undead Zombie Soul, +1000 Experience]

Although Anno only managed to reduce the undead zombie's health to a minimum, its level 15 still gave Anno a significant amount of experience points.

Based on this situation, if we collect eight more undead zombies, we can level up.

Unfortunately, Tester and his guards were focused on breaking out, and many of the zombie guards were only crippled, but still had a lot of health.

After obtaining the undead zombie's soul, Anno immediately began to examine the detailed information about the undead zombie's skills.

Aside from the skills the soldiers possessed in life, Anno focused his attention on the [Dead] and [Infection].

[The Dead] - The corpses cursed by the cursed earth rise once more, transforming into undead zombies. They feel no pain, have no vital organs, and will not cease their actions as long as their soul fire is extinguished (when their health reaches zero).

[Infection] - The deceased can tear apart the living through their body parts. If a wound is created, the living can be transformed into the deceased for a certain period of time. The transformation time depends on the living's strength and willpower.

"It's pretty much in line with the intelligence we were expecting!"

Anno quickly retrieved the material needed to summon undead zombies—the Undead Heart.

Although he wanted to finish off a few more, Tester was leading the guards in a breakout, and Anno didn't dare to stop.

"Awoo!"

In the group, the guard who had been bitten by the undead zombie let out a low growl, then suddenly turned around and tackled his teammate to the ground.

Before the person who had been tackled could struggle free, several undead zombies pounced on him and began to tear at him.

The horrifying screams emanating from the person who was tackled caused the surrounding guards to change their expressions.

The guards with wounds looked even more ashen-faced upon seeing this.

"Your Highness, be careful not to get scratched by the undead zombies, or you will be turned into one of the dead!"

Anno revealed this information at the opportune moment.

Tester's eyes narrowed as he looked at the several wounded guards around him and commanded, "You, make the most of your remaining strength!"

Selena looked at the female warrior on her right and felt a pang of pity.

The female warrior was scratched by an undead zombie while protecting her.

"Your Highness, take care!"

The female warrior saluted Selena, then glared at Anno and snapped, "This is Her Highness the Princess. You will take my place and protect Her Highness!"

After saying that, the female warrior fearlessly charged into the pile of zombies to draw their fire.

Several other wounded soldiers made the same decision.

Fortunately, the more than one hundred undead zombies nearby were distributed in a circular pattern.

There were only about twenty undead zombies in the direction they broke through.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tester and several of his level 17 subordinates used a series of skills to create an opening.

He ran more than two hundred meters without stopping, and was about to run out of the cursed land. Tester even saw the mercenaries and adventurers coming to meet him.

The next moment, his warhorse suddenly braked, throwing Tester off.

At the same time, Selena's warhorse and the warhorses of several other guards all underwent strange changes.

Anno caught Selena just in time after she was thrown down, then looked at Tester, who had tumbled several times in the air before landing steadily, and said, "Your Highness, the warhorse has also been transformed!"

Anno may not know about the other warhorses, but Selena's warhorse has never been scratched by undead zombies.

Furthermore, these warhorses didn't display any "Conversion in progress" status before being transformed.

Then there's only one possibility.

"It's a cursed land!"

Tester stared at the blackened ground beneath his feet and roared, "Run! The erosion of the cursed earth is silent; by the time it's detected, it'll be too late!"