Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 26

That’s right!

Shen Ye’s gaze swept across the ground.

—The human officer Roman had left him a single-soldier combat pack, which he hadn’t had time to check yet.

He immediately opened the brown leather combat pack.

Inside the bag was a brand new set of undead soldier armor, a nightmare crystal, a flask of water, and some dry rations.

Crushing the nightmare crystal, a series of hushed whispers immediately echoed in the room:

“The Brotherhood has set up an intelligence transmission point where the army is camped. If you see a tent with three short swords standing upright, you can come and hand in your mission.”

“—The Hand of Shadow awaits your news.”

Shen Ye was disappointed.

This crystal only contained a few sentences, nothing useful.

Could it be that the officer named Roman mistook himself for a member of the “Hand of Shadow”?

He remembered.

At that time, Roman saw the face mask on his hand, which was why he left the single-soldier combat pack.

Shen Ye reacted and immediately asked:

“Hey, Big Skeleton, what’s the origin of this centurion’s face mask you gave me?”

“I picked it up on the battlefield, how would I know?” Big Skeleton said.

“Where did you pick it up? Can you still find that location?” Shen Ye asked.

“It was near the secret passage, I can’t quite remember the exact spot—but are you really planning to pose as a scout, or a human assassin, to appear on the battlefield?” Big Skeleton asked.

“I don’t want to draw attention again. How about this, do you have any human equipment? This time, we won’t pretend to be undead, we’ll pretend to be human soldiers,” Shen Ye said.

“Wait a moment, I might have something that can help you,” Big Skeleton said.

A few breaths passed.

With a flick of the ring, many items fell to the ground.

A tattered and rough leather vest, a soldier’s helmet stained with blood, a broken spear, a shattered tower shield, and a nightmare crystal.

“Do you see the hound emblem on the tower shield? This is the emblem of the human border territory of Rhine, and the entire territory was wiped out by our race.”

Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye tugged at the tower shield, but it didn’t move.

He added 4 attribute points to strength, pulled hard, and then lifted the tower shield.

“So I can pretend to be someone from that territory?” Shen Ye asked.

“At that time, a few soldiers, following the lord’s orders, left the territory to seek help elsewhere, but they were also intercepted and killed.”

“You can just pretend to be one of them.”

“—Everyone in the Rhine territory has been killed by the undead, no one can doubt your identity.”

Shen Ye looked at the nightmare crystal.

“Is this a distress crystal?”

“Yes, this is a distress letter from the Lord of Rhine, and it also serves as a token. You’ll need it when you go out later,” Big Skeleton said.

“Huh? Why are you suddenly so concerned about my affairs?” Shen Ye asked curiously.

“Because you saved me last night,” Big Skeleton said.

“Tell the truth,” Shen Ye said.

“We have a fair trade agreement. I need to repay your kindness,” Big Skeleton said.

“If you don’t tell the truth again, I’ll stop your calcium supplement,” Shen Ye said.

“I must help you gain a certain status in the Nightmare World so that you can purchase some high-grade materials to heal my injuries,” Big Skeleton said.

“That’s more like it,” Shen Ye said.

He walked to the wall and pressed his hand against it.

A door quietly appeared.

Looking through the window pane on the door, he saw that the secret passage had returned to silence.

There was no one there.

Good opportunity!

“Are you sure the face mask was found nearby?” he asked again.

“I guarantee it was nearby—but the battlefield was too chaotic at the time, I can’t remember the exact location,” Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye dressed himself neatly, pushed the door open and entered, following the secret passage forward until he reached its end.

Outside the secret passage.

The battlefield was littered with corpses.

Two or three human soldiers slowly patrolled the positions.

If they saw any undead still moving, they would step forward and finish them off with a blow.

If they saw any surviving human soldiers, they would blow the whistles hanging around their necks, summoning the medical team to carry the wounded away on stretchers.

“Are there any living people?”

“—Is anyone still alive?”

The soldiers occasionally shouted loudly, gradually spreading out.

The sky in the Nightmare World gradually darkened.

Taking advantage of the night, Shen Ye rolled out directly, but bumped into a corpse and stopped abruptly.

It was an undead giant about three meters tall.

Half of its body had been cut off, revealing a hideous chest, but it still tightly gripped a heavy stone hammer.

Shen Ye cleared his throat and whispered, “Do you know the origin of this face mask?”

“Gloom Whisper” activated!

The undead giant’s soul returned to its corpse, its eyes scanned the mask, and it whispered:

“I don’t know.”

Shen Ye’s whole body trembled.

—This way of speaking, could it also be a transmigrator from Blue Star?

“Heavenly king covers earth tiger?” Shen Ye probed.

“?” Undead giant.

“Odd changes, even doesn’t change?” Shen Ye.

“??” Undead giant.

Shen Ye looked closely again, but saw that the undead giant’s mouth had been cut open.

—This caused it to speak with a lisp, which is why he misunderstood.

“Alright, you can go back.”

Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

The undead giant’s neck tilted, and it stopped moving.

Shen Ye rolled a few more 360-degree turns, lay down in front of a human knight’s corpse, and whispered:

“Brother, have you seen this face mask?”

The corpse came alive, took a look, and said, “No.”

“Off you go.”

The soul immediately departed, and the corpse returned to silence.

Shen Ye continued to roll forward, stopping in front of a wolf demon’s corpse, panting a few times, and holding up the face mask, he said:

“There are no difficult jobs, only brave dogs.”

The wolf demon’s soul immediately returned to its corpse, howling softly:

“I’ve seen this face mask; it belonged to a centurion, twenty meters to your left, the corpse with only one arm left.”

—Damn, the dog made a great contribution!

“Thanks.”

Shen Ye rolled twenty meters to the left and then stopped.

“What? Didn’t you find it?” Big Skeleton couldn’t help but say.

“I’m dizzy from rolling,” Shen Ye said, covering his head.

After a while.

He recovered and then looked at the corpse.

It was called a corpse, but only one arm remained.

Where were the other parts of the corpse?

Shen Ye looked around.

The various corpses in this area were fragmented.

“Large-scale magical bombardment caused this situation,” Big Skeleton explained.

“Only one arm is left, is my ‘Gloom Whisper’ still useful?” Shen Ye asked.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t even know?”

Big Skeleton said with an inexplicable tone:

“I have a deep understanding of sacred remains and I’m very familiar with the resurrection of the undead, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone use Gloom Whisper in this way.”

“Never mind, I won’t ask you, I’ll just try it myself,” Shen Ye said.

He crawled over, stopped in front of the arm, and whispered:

“Brother, are you there?”

The arm suddenly trembled a few times, slowly raised, tucking in the middle and ring fingers, and extending the thumb, index finger, and pinky finger.

Shen Ye immediately understood.

—The human officer Roman also knew this gesture.

This should be the signature gesture of the “Hand of Shadow” organization.

He hadn’t found the wrong one!

This person was the owner of the mask!

“Brother, do you have anything to tell me?”

Shen Ye asked.

The hand immediately changed its posture, pointing in one direction.

Following the direction it pointed, a rather tattered leather boot could be seen lying quietly in the grass.

Could there be some secret hidden in this leather boot?

Shen Ye crawled forward to the boot, then suddenly covered his nose.

—This boot stinks so much!

There was nothing he could do; the clue was right in front of him, so he had to hold his nose with one hand and grasp the leather boot with the other, tilting it downwards with force.

A cloth bag rolled onto the grass.

There really was something!

Shen Ye threw off the leather boot, picked up the cloth bag, and opened it.

Inside the cloth bag lay a circular badge and a crumpled letter.

Before Shen Ye could examine it further, a faint glow suddenly appeared next to the circular badge.

—After Shen Ye awakened his door ability, a supplementary ability to identify items was naturally generated. With this ability, he could identify all the various things Big Skeleton gave him.

Now, this ability was activated again:

“Night Shadow Badge.”

“Blue quality (Excellent).”

“The badge is etched with profound and intricate magical runes, which can activate specific weapons.”

“—Without a matching weapon, it’s a useless item.”

Weapon?

The badge suddenly moved.

It seemed to have generated some kind of power, continuously trying to burrow into Shen Ye’s body.

Could it be…

Shen Ye quickly drew out the Night short sword.

The badge, like a magnet, collided with the hilt of the short sword with a “clink,” then after a moment of wandering, it settled into a recess on the hilt.

—So it was this sword!

When he awakened his “door” ability, a voice from the Nightmare World immediately found him.

That voice explained the matter of the demon curse.

Later—

This “Night” short sword was also given to him by that voice!

He had always thought this sword was meant to prove his identity, but he never expected it to contain such a secret!

After the badge was embedded, the short sword vibrated slightly, as if something inside had been activated.

Shen Ye raised the sword.

Lines of glowing text immediately appeared next to the short sword:

“Nightfall.”

“Human assassin’s exclusive short sword.”

“Blue grade (Excellent).”

“Attribute: Sharpness (Advanced).”

“Attribute: Penetration (Advanced).”

“Attribute: Bleeding (Advanced).”

“This is an assassination short sword, also blessed by the Hand of Shadow Brotherhood. Only high-ranking assassins can wield it.”

“Shadow’s Blessing: This sword emits a special power fluctuation, representing your identity, allowing you to complete various missions within the Hand of Shadow Brotherhood and obtain due rewards.”

“—Shadow protects all who uphold justice.”

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