Another tomb.

Brand felt that today was truly cursed.

Behind the light screen was a massive tomb chamber, standing silently in the dark and quiet hall under the pale radiance were more than a dozen stone pillars—already covered with cobwebs. In a world full of dust, aside from the densely packed niches on the sides, many stone coffins were parked in the center of the hall.

According to barbarian customs, these should all be higher-status burial attendants. Brand used Detect Magic to check the entire hall, there were three or four points of flashing light in the corners, but none were Destiny Cards.

Fly meat is still meat, besides, even low-level dungeons can have good stuff.

He pointed out the locations, and the wizards immediately began searching the entire room. But someone touched something unknown, and suddenly a 'crack' sound rang out in the silent hall, Brand quickly saw several dark figures pushing open coffin lids and crawling out.

"It's tomb ghouls!" The wizard apprentices cried out pale-faced.

Tomb ghouls are a mutated form of ghouls, Level 27 undead creatures, with strength infinitely close to Black Iron Peak. Moreover, humanoid creatures killed by them will quickly turn into undead derivatives, making them a menace ranked among the top creatures in the dungeon for adventurers.

Brand watched the wizard apprentices ahead, who were in a panic due to the fright, and couldn't help but recall his first adventure. Because the scenes in the dungeon were too realistic, he and a few friends were scared out of their wits by a giant beast demon and fled in panic.

Thinking of the past, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

But on the other side, Char saw this scene and only felt a loss of face; these wizard apprentices were considered his subordinates, and their embarrassment was naturally his.

"Why the chaos!" He finally couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Are you waiting to die in confusion?"

Only then did the wizards realize, and the tomb ghouls had this time already climbed up the nearest stone pillar to the ceiling, where wooden beams crisscrossed, shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to see where these monsters were hiding.

Unknown which wizard first set up the Mage Barrier, and then in the hall, atmosphere cover, rock armor, water shield, and light wall flashes overlapped.

"Put the magic light balls up top!" Lei Lian immediately commanded.

Several light balls instantly flew to the ceiling. Tomb ghouls who usually liked hiding in the dark suddenly launched an attack, but this time they had nowhere to hide. The hunched bodies were immediately exposed under the illumination, causing the creatures to emit shrill screeches.

"Six… seven, eight, there are eight!"

The wizards began to cast spells, and the ghouls lurched down first, knocking several people to the ground. Although the sharp teeth of the ghouls could not penetrate their shields for the moment, the scene transformed into one of ghostly howls and screams.

Qian focused on those beasts, thrusting her long spear through three of them, pinning them to the wall on the opposite side. On the other side, Yuta also charged into the crowd, her power close to Silver Middle level, not outstanding under Brand, but handling these mere Level 27 undead creatures was more than sufficient. In an instant, several of the ghouls grabbing Char's subordinate wizards were pierced through the head one by one.

The remaining two ghouls wanted to retreat deeper into the tomb, but the wizards prepared spells couldn't let them succeed, and in the hall, flashes of various light appeared, and the two ghouls were bombarded into smithereens by countless magic arrows, ice, fire rockets, and electric claws.

The spectacle was so impressive that Brand was somewhat dumbstruck.

Char could only wipe the sweat off his forehead.

The battle started quickly and ended just as swiftly. Among the side niches, some bone skeletons stood up sporadically. These bone skeletons might have been troubling for Brand at Jirande's Tomb, potentially causing some chaos, but here, even his most mediocre mercenary could dismantle them effortlessly.

After the battle was over, the wizards at Brand's indicated location found several magic talismans, all alchemy level trinkets. They were supposed to ward off evil, but Brand was unimpressed with them now, directly gifting them to the accompanying wizard apprentices, causing cheers among them. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Finally, a magic long sword was presented, and Brand was slightly startled at the sight of it. This sword was entirely deep red, resembling agate in its translucency, with a sword blade guard of a pair of fire crows, and flame patterns encircled the sword hilt—clearly a rare treasure.

He indeed recognized this magic sword—'Fire Crow's Tongue'—a Brass Rank magic long sword, of decent quality, and rare also because it could emit a fire whip, truly a rare equipment in the early stages of the game.

Brand noticed Yuta didn't have a fitting long sword yet and straightforwardly handed it to the Maid Corps Commander.

"Lord?" Yuta was slightly surprised, accepting the sword with some joy. In this era, low magic items were common, but anything above Brass Rank was a real treasure. She knew Brand held the Earth Sword, but that sword could be reserved for even closer subordinates. She hadn't expected Brand to give it to her without hesitation.

She fondly caressed the sword body lightly, not a swordsman who doesn't love swords, especially such a fine one. "Thank you, I will cherish it dearly." Yuta said, rarely serious.

However, Brand had not planned that much. In his eyes, Brass Rank equipment was just ordinary magic items, he considered Yuta his own. Besides, for him, if suitable, even silver equipment would not be hesitated upon.

At this moment, the wizard scouting ahead had already returned, out of breath, saying: "Lord… Lord, there is a chamber at the front."

Char looked at these embarrassing subordinates, turning his face another way pretending not to see it. Of course, in his heart, he thought about training these men more strictly after going back.

He thought maybe he had been too lenient before.

"Chamber?" Brand did not mind the performance of these wizard apprentices, remembering his first adventure being even more unworthy, seeing these wizards, he felt a kinship with the newbie's vibe from the game.

The Amber Sword is a game full of life, with rookies and amateurs always visible.

"Yes, a chamber, and there's no road after that!"

"Is this the end?" Brand was momentarily stunned; he hadn't expected the tomb to be so short, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. There were plenty of small dungeons like this in past games.

After all, it's a tomb, not a maze. Not every tomb needs to be compared to the Public Tomb beneath Ambeser, as Amber Sword bases itself on authenticity first and foremost.

"What's the chamber like?" He asked again.

"There's a large stone coffin inside," the wizard apprentice said shocking somewhat: "and many of those cards."

…(to be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommended tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)