I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Undead zombies certainly don't fight amongst themselves.

These zombies that attack their own kind are naturally Anno's summons.

When the decision was made to retreat through the Forbidden Forest, Anno led his men along the Missy River all the way to the Forbidden Forest.

Along the way, the group spotted traces of the zombies' movements.

Judging from the footprints, there should be several hundred!

With such a large number, most of them must be second-order.

There aren't that many of the third-order ones.

Along the way, there were also some mangled undead zombies lying on the ground, baring their teeth at the crowd.

This is clearly the result of a soldier being bitten like this during a battle with undead zombies, and then transforming into an undead.

When faced with zombies that have lost their ability to move, Anno and the adventurers naturally wouldn't let them go.

Kill first, then burn, then scatter ashes – a one-stop service.

After rushing to the Forbidden Forest, Anno led his people towards the church.

Although she entered the Forbidden Forest from another direction, Anno clearly located the church using the inherited location in her mind.

However, on the way to the church, Anno suddenly heard the roar of undead zombies coming from not far to the side.

Anno quickly dispatched a fast zombie leopard to investigate the situation.

My original plan was to take them out if it was just a small group of zombies.

If it's a large group of zombies, quickly go around them.

Unexpectedly, they saw Selena, Laura, and others being attacked by zombies.

Upon discovering that these zombies were all disabled and few in number, Anno immediately decided to "eat" them.

Thus, the scene where the zombie leopard saves Selena at a crucial moment occurs.

If the enemy is surrounded by a zombie army, Anno will not run to their rescue.

To be on the safe side, Anno even used forty yellow-level souls to upgrade all four summoner skills to yellow rank—each skill upgrade requires 10 yellow-level souls.

The Yellow-rank [War Song] has a stronger healing effect, consuming 500 mana points per use. However, unless Lis is injured, there's no need to use it normally.

The Yellow-tier [Berserk] ability can double the strength of a Tier 2 summon for three minutes—the enhancement time has increased, and the cost has become 1000 points.

As for [poisonous fungi] and [disasters], mushrooms grow faster and spread over a wider area.

However, their consumption has also increased, with the former costing 500 magic points and the latter 1000!

After entering the second tier, Anno's maximum magic power increases by 1000 points for each level he gains.

But that's not enough to cast a few summoner spells.

Since they were almost at the church anyway, Anno stopped conserving his magic.

After using the [Berserk] skill to enhance the summoned creatures, Anno and the Goblin High Priest simultaneously used the [Flame Dance] skill, leaving only 1000 mana for emergencies.

Two enormous fireballs hung above, constantly absorbing the surrounding fire elements.

The leaping flames formed fiery serpents that surged towards the zombies ahead.

Whoosh whoosh!

Geng Qingxue unleashed more than a dozen [Fireballs] in succession.

Although Fireball is only a low-level Tier 1 spell, after being boosted by the 30% bonus from the talent Magic Amplification, it is more powerful than the high-level Tier 1 spells cast by other mage adventurers.

The zombies hit by the fireballs were engulfed in flames.

This isn't a cursed land; there's no black mist here to heal the wounded undead zombies.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many disabled dead.

Anno and the adventurers worked together to kill over a hundred zombies, and the group gained some experience in dealing with them.

Under the all-out attack of Anno and a group of adventurers, the howling zombies were kited several times, and their numbers began to decrease steadily.

As one yellow-level soul after another was absorbed into his body, Anno turned his gaze to an undead zombie that could fight four summoned creatures with only its upper body.

If the opponent hadn't been immobilized, these four summoned creatures, under the 1.2x strength boost from [Command] and [Berserk], would likely have already been killed.

"Hiss~, level 16! No wonder!"

Anno watched as the level 16 undead zombie tore open the abdomen of a summoned creature with its sharp nails, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

A level 16 undead zombie soldier, who was also the commander of a thousand men under Tester in his previous life.

If he were at his peak, he could very well have wiped out Anno and the others.

But now, with only its upper body, even if it has the strength of a third-tier being, it cannot unleash its full potential!

Let's be frank, Anno has his eye on this zombie's soul!

"Should I obtain my first third-tier soul here?"

Anno was somewhat excited and quickly sent more summoned creatures to deal with the zombie.

Anyway, the dozens of zombies around had been mostly cleared out.

Selena and Laura were already protected in the center by the summoned creatures.

As the summoned creatures departed, they quickly escaped and ran to the adventurer's side.

As for their guards, if they hadn't fought desperately to protect them, the two wouldn't have been able to hold out until Anno arrived.

The four remaining guards, still breathing, were all scratched by the zombies—the others had been bitten to death by the zombies, and their bodies had just been burned by Anno and the goblin high priest.

"Gentlemen, do you have any last words?"

Lu Zhishang led a few adventurers cautiously to the guards to prevent them from turning into zombies.

Two of the guards were Selena's bodyguards, and the other two were Viscount Renault's guards.

At that moment, a glimmer of light flashed in their despairing eyes, and they said weakly, "Please...please protect Her Highness and Lady Laura!"

If the two women were to perish, even if all the guards were to die, they could still be implicated in a crime.

But if the two return alive, the guards' families will be rewarded.

"I see!"

Lu Zhishang gave a wink to the people around him, and then a group of adventurers chopped off the heads of the four guards and burned the bodies with fire magic.

Looking at the dozen or so human souls floating around him, Lu Zhishang uttered "Amitabha."

Then he walked over to Anno, ready to deal with the remaining level 16 zombie.

These human souls will be delivered to the afterlife in the future, just like before.

Lu Zhishang's "Abstinence from Killing" can not only deliver demons but also humans.

I only discovered this a few days ago when I was killing the Goblin King.

At that time, the souls of the monsters were all absorbed by Anno, but Lu Zhishang discovered that the souls of the adventurers who died in battle were not absorbed by Anno.

So Lu Zhishang performed a ritual to help them pass on to the afterlife.

"roar!"

Surrounded twice by summoned creatures and then once by humans, the level 16 undead zombie pressed its hands to the ground and roared at the humans around it.

The level 16 undead zombie was a knight in life, and even without the Cursed Earth buff, it has over 22000 HP!

However, there are only a little over 15000 left now.

Geng Qingxue just tried to attack it with [Fireball].

Anno discovered that the Fireball spell, which could deal 150 damage to a Tier 2 zombie, was now only dealing 70 damage to a Tier 3 zombie.

However, Anno wasn't in a hurry at all.

"Once you lose health, no matter how long your health bar is, it's useless!"