Clang.
The cave space outside the Necromancer's Labyrinth.
This was a rainforest.
Muddy, humid.
The rich scent of earth still hung in the air.
Chen Yu, emerging from a tree hollow after leaving the Necromancer's Labyrinth, set up camp nearby.
At the main entrance of the camp, everyone, led by Hei Dou, stared fixedly at Chen Yu, their eyes glistening with tears.
Chen Yu lowered his gaze.
He glanced at the blood on his body, smiled, and shrugged at them.
"Aren't you going to give me a big hug?"
"Boss!"
Whoosh!
Hei Dou transformed into a black shadow and shot out, but braked abruptly before reaching Chen Yu.
His pitch-black eyes.
Tears streamed down.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
Chen Yu stood before the camp, clicking his tongue, looking down at Hei Dou, who was shedding tears.
"Why are you crying golden tears? Hold them back!"
Unexpectedly, the others also came forward.
Their eyes were tearful.
Chen Yu absolutely disliked seeing this scene the most.
"What are you all doing? Don't mind that I look a bit scary right now, these are just minor injuries," Chen Yu said, lifting his arm. "Just a bit of bleeding, treat it like donating blood. We need to keep the hematopoietic stem cells busy, or they'll rust from inactivity."
The others remained silent.
They just watched Chen Yu, tears in their eyes.
Chen Yu sighed deeply.
"They really are just minor injuries."
"We saw everything," Bee Woman whispered, her lips pressed together.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu paused, then glanced at Kuka and the others. From their eyes, he could tell Bee Woman wasn't lying.
Chen Yu was astonished.
They had all been brought into the camp, so how could they see what was happening outside?
"Where did you see it from?"
"The camp can see the outside scenes," Bee Woman whispered.
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
Immediately, a smile bloomed on his face.
"It's good that you saw it. Your boss shed his blood for you, so you should witness it properly," Chen Yu said with a deliberate chuckle, putting on a wicked expression and placing one hand on his hip. "Be grateful to me with your lives."
"We will swear our loyalty until death!"
Lion Jack and Rou Si, and Black Donkey prostrated themselves on the ground.
Kuka and the others also lowered their heads.
Their faces were full of sincerity.
Chen Yu cast a sideways glance at them, a smile on his face, and said no more, nodding towards the outside.
"Tie that Necromancer up and bring him in."
Main camp.
Chen Yu, seated on a stone slab, accepted Bee Woman applying healing ointment to him.
It hurt!
He had to admit that.
However, beneath the pain was an inexpressible sense of accomplishment.
"My Lord Knight, it's all done," Bee Woman whispered softly.
She placed the healing ointment on the side of the stone slab.
Admittedly, the healing ointment was quite good. After applying it to the wounds, the pain subsided considerably.
The wounds also felt a bit itchy.
It was likely the knife wounds healing.
The effect was excellent!
"Thank you for your hard work," Chen Yu said with a slight smile. "Are Jack and the others severely injured?"
"No one is more injured than you," Bee Woman whispered, her fingers pinching the hem of his bee maiden costume.
"My Lord Knight, I hope you won't do anything like this again. When that happened, we were all very worried about your safety in the camp. We would have preferred to fight alongside you, rather than..."
"Alright, I understand. Go call Er Gou for me," Chen Yu said.
"Mm."
Bee Woman swayed her hips and slowly walked towards the side courtyard.
Fighting alongside.
Chen Yu could understand their feelings.
However—
Even if such a situation arose again, Chen Yu would absolutely not let them take any risks.
It was too dangerous.
Even though everything was settled, as he recalled the events at that time, Chen Yu couldn't help but feel a lingering sense of dread.
Despite his fearlessness then.
One had to know, he had almost lost his life in the Necromancer's Labyrinth.
Fortunately, he was the victor in the end.
He glanced at the subjugation list.
The foremost subjugated individual was now Er Gou, with a loyalty of 200.
Kuka and the others had disappeared.
Chen Yu instinctively froze, then tapped on camp members.
Chen Yu (Owner)
Hei Dou (Spirit Contract): Loyalty ∞
Nuoya: Loyalty ∞
Kuka: Loyalty ∞
Jack: Loyalty ∞
Rou Si: Loyalty ∞
Black Donkey: Loyalty ∞
Hiss!
Had he conquered them with his charisma this time?
Their loyalty was all infinite.
Furthermore, Kuka and the others were no longer rated as subjugated but had entered the camp member list.
Chen Yu cupped his chin and nodded slightly.
Understood!
It seemed that only members who truly considered the camp their home would enter the camp member list.
Although the subjugation list members were loyal, there was still a possibility of betrayal.
Finite loyalty.
This indicated that such loyalty had fluctuations.
Those with infinite loyalty represented absolute devotion to the camp, never to betray.
Such members could be promoted from subjugation.
"This system setting is truly delightful," Chen Yu's lips curved slightly upwards.
With this change, he could intuitively understand the sense of belonging of all members in the camp, and use it to decide promotions in the future, which was a good choice.
Chen Yu was also very happy to gain the recognition of Kuka and the others.
Immediately, Chen Yu's gaze fell upon the obsidian treasure chest at his feet.
This treasure chest was obtained in the labyrinth.
It was beside the Necromancer King's throne.
An obsidian-grade treasure chest, the treasures within must be of high caliber.
However, Chen Yu did not open the chest immediately.
It was dangerous!
Some treasure chests were poisonous, or he might trigger some mechanism within the chest, and then he'd be in trouble.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Chen Yu raised his wrist and waved it in front of the treasure chest.
〖Can be opened〗
The notification from the Eating Soul.
For some reason, although it was a text message on his wristband, Chen Yu felt a strong sense of exhaustion from it.
【ヽ(#`Д´)ﾉ Where did you run off to】
【Why didn't you answer me when I called out like that? Your servant is bleeding!!!】
【Where did you go！】
〖Shhh~〗
【What are you doing！】
【Hey, hey, hey, what's your attitude? Do you think I'm annoying now, has the affection faded?】
【Big Milk Cow, come out！】
【ヽ(#`Д´)ﾉ You dare to ignore me!!!】
Despite the calls of the little demon Barbara, the Eating Soul's messages never reappeared.
Chen Yu didn't think too much of it.
The two of them had been bickering for more than a day or two.
He was more eager to open this obsidian treasure chest now.
The treasure of the sect.
It couldn't be too bad, right!
He casually hooked his finger towards the chest.
Instantly, a dazzling light surged from within the chest, causing Chen Yu to instinctively raise his arm to shield his eyes.
When the light slightly dimmed.
He lowered his head and leaned over to look into the chest.
"This... this is..."
Chen Yu moved his lips, slowly taking out a scroll wrapped in a gray ribbon from the chest. The surging aura from it made Chen Yu lose himself.
Immediately, he quietly took out his wristband and aimed it at the scroll.
His eyes widened in shock!