Chapter 169: The Unexpected Incident in Victoria City
As the stitched head was placed into the evil coffin, black gas began to flow out along the edges of the coffin. Within the black gas, Gu Xi could see a distorted human face, seemingly resembling the stitched head.
[Inlay the stitched head, the evil coffin acquires a new skill, Auto-Navigation!]
[Auto-Navigation: Provide the evil coffin with a corresponding map, and it will autonomously move. The evil coffin will deliver you to the desired location within a specified time.]
Seeing the message that popped up, Gu Xi roughly understood the situation.
Because he inlaid such an item into the evil coffin, its inherent pathfinding ability was converted into a specialized skill.
In the future, Gu Xi could just lie on the coffin lid, take a nap, and be transported to the designated location.
This was a good way to be lazy, but for Gu Xi, it didn't mean much. The original evil coffin already had this ability, though it could only lock onto a direction and move based on a vague concept.
Now, it clearly explained that by providing a map, it would directly navigate to the specified location.
Regarding this kind of improvement that felt like no improvement, Gu Xi didn't know where to start complaining.
At this time, Luna floated over. She glanced at the evil coffin and then turned to Gu Xi and said, "Master, your mount."
"What's wrong with this mount? The speed of this mount is obviously very fast."
Gu Xi asked, puzzled.
"No, what I mean is, you might not be able to ride this mount. If you stand on it, you'll slide off."
Gu Xi felt awkward. He climbed onto the evil coffin and tried it, finding that, just as Luna said, the coffin lid was too slippery. If Gu Xi didn't hold onto the iron chains tightly, he couldn't sit still.
When he tried to straddle the evil coffin like before, he found that the coffin had not only become longer but also much wider. He couldn't straddle it at all.
As for standing on the evil coffin, that was even more impossible. The moment he stood up, it felt like he was on an ice surface.
Gu Xi believed that if the evil coffin moved even slightly, he would definitely be thrown off.
"Luna, do you have any ideas?"
"Sew a coffin cover like a saddle."
Luna suggested her idea.
Hearing this, Gu Xi reacted.
"No need to sew a coffin cover, it's not that troublesome. Where's my battle flag? Cover the coffin lid with the battle flag and press it down with the iron chains, that way it can carry someone. I don't know what kind of evil thing is inside this coffin.
Covering it with a flag is a national funeral treatment."
Although he said this, Gu Xi had other thoughts.
He calculated the remaining magic-patterned cloth and lion's mane whiskers he had, and considered how many materials for weaving were in the grey trash. His battle flag needed to be remade.
Hearing Gu Xi say this, Luna actually took it seriously and thought for a moment.
"Covering it with a battle flag is fine, but Master, our battle flag needs a design. We can't keep using the same flag in every battle. Those who can see the thumb know it's the chief's battle flag.
Those who can't see it might think it's a white flag."
"Alright, after we return, we'll find someone to design a battle flag. It must be a flashy design."
As he said this, Gu Xi pressed his forehead.
Two consecutive battles had exhausted him, and the two large-scale soul-summoning spells, along with summoning the avatar of death, had drained Gu Xi's mana twice.
He hadn't felt much while cleaning up the battlefield.
Now, Gu Xi felt utterly drained.
"Let me sleep for a while. I need to recover my strength and mana. Luna, you stay here and keep watch. If anything happens, wake me up directly."
After saying this, Gu Xi didn't care about anything else, he just lay on the evil coffin and closed his eyes to sleep.
Seeing Gu Xi fall asleep, Luna said nothing. She merely pointed at the evil coffin, making it land on the ground.
The evil entity inside the coffin tried to move, but Luna's empty eyes stared at it, and the evil coffin quickly became obedient, not daring to move.
Only then did Luna silently command the undead to take their positions.
She assigned the gargoyles to scout the area, sent the ghosts out to find suitable battlefields.
Finally, she even sent someone back to Aridowei City to prepare food for Gu Xi.
It could be said that while Gu Xi was absent, Luna handled everything in an orderly manner.
Gu Xi was unaware of all this. At this moment, he achieved the feat of falling asleep on the battlefield.
While sleeping, he didn't move at all, his right hand always gripping the iron chain on the evil coffin.
Gu Xi slept for about an hour and a half. A ghost dispatched to Aridowei City to prepare food for Gu Xi suddenly flew out, whispering a few words to Luna.
Luna's empty eye sockets widened.
Then Luna looked at Gu Xi with some hesitation.
Just as she was hesitating, Gu Xi, still with his eyes closed, slowly said, "Go ahead and do it. I'm awake now."
"Master."
Seeing Gu Xi speak, Luna quickly floated to his side.
Gu Xi turned over and sat up.
"What happened? You seem quite anxious."
"Shaya returned once. Seeing that we weren't there, she left a message at the council hall, saying Victoria City is becoming increasingly chaotic. Our small building in Victoria City has also been targeted.
It looks like Aridowei City is about to undergo another upheaval.
She told us to be prepared and not to miss this opportunity."
"What happened to Victoria City?"
After a nap, Gu Xi was feeling quite refreshed and had the energy to consider the gossip.
"I don't know either. Shaya's message was brief. I want to go back and find out."
Gu Xi nodded, understanding that Luna's strength was closely tied to Aridowei City, and Aridowei City was a reflection of Victoria City.
Every piece of news about Victoria City was important to Luna.
"Alright, you go back first. Take the ghosts with you. Also, take the skeleton mage leader. He's not of much use here. Don't worry about things here.
I've rested enough, and my mana has recovered quite well. Even if a stronger enemy shows up, I still have the avatar of death.
Even if I can't win, I can guard this place and prevent the enemy from breaking in."
Gu Xi had a clear understanding of his own strength.
Regarding the current battlefield, Gu Xi was confident in his ability to handle it.
"Master..."
"Don't worry. It's not a big deal. Go check it out first. If anything is needed, directly mobilize it from Aridowei City. Go ahead, that's an order!"