It's just that for some unknown reason, although this fellow truly resurrected as a Lich a century later, he did not inherit his original memories. Instead, he blindly summoned the dead and skeletons from graves in this cemetery, in a dazed state, until Durin's arrival.
Uh, wait.
Clatter!
Durin abruptly stopped, staring intently at the last line of the diary.
Personal belongings?
A treasure accumulated by a Mage throughout his life?!
The exact location was near a city called Vekaura in the southern Great Sai Desert of Shurima.
Durin immediately fell into hesitation, considering whether he should go to the city of Vekaura in southern Shurima to search for this treasure.
After all, the diary didn't state how much wealth this Mage's treasure contained, nor did it mention how many traps were inside, or if there were any tomb-guarding monsters.
He knew none of this; both the danger and the potential reward were unknown.
Durin arrived at the Pink Mary Tavern, pushed open the door, and saw the tavern owner sitting behind the bar. Upon seeing Durin enter, he exchanged glances with Santanbi, who was sitting opposite him at the bar.
Santanbi immediately turned around, intending to stand up and greet Durin.
But Durin strode over, violently pressing Santanbi's head onto the bar counter. Then, he drew a dagger shaped like an ox-ear knife from his waist, plunging it fiercely into the tabletop. He leaned down and whispered into Santanbi's ear, "You goddamn nearly got me killed! Do you know there's a Lich in the graveyard?! It resurrected countless zombies and skeletons, or rather, do you even know what a Lich is?!"
Clang!
Bang!
Durin's actions clearly startled Santanbi. His pupils dilated as he stared at the sharp dagger, less than two centimeters away, its blade humming faintly. He tried to struggle, but Durin's arm was too strong, almost rendering him immobile.
Even the tavern owner standing behind the bar was startled. Seeing Durin covered in various dirty bloodstains, mud, and dust, he realized that something bad seemed to have happened in the graveyard.
"No, no! Don't be impulsive!"
The tavern owner tried to dissuade him from the side.
"I... I really didn't know... Master Mage... Please believe me, even if you gave me a hundred and eighty guts, I wouldn't dare to hide it... I truly didn't know... If I had known there was a Lich inside, I would have reported it to the Hall of Justice long ago... Liches haven't appeared for thirty or forty years."
Santanbi, the gravekeeper, stammered his reply, trembling all over with fear and terror in his eyes.
Durin took a deep breath to calm himself, and said coldly, "I can give you time to personally go to the graveyard and verify what I've said. Go and see the mess in the graveyard now, and you'll understand whether I'm bluffing you or not."
Saying that, he released his hand from Santanbi's head, then told the tavern owner, "Please get me a room. I need to take a bath, and also find someone to help me wash and dry this Mage's robe. Also, bring me one silver lun coin's worth of food, prioritizing meat and large portions."
"If it's not enough, I'll pay the rest later. Also, bring me a bottle of high-proof alcohol, preferably something that can disinfect. And iodine and white gauze."
Durin thought for a moment and decided to add this sentence.
The battle in the graveyard had left Durin utterly exhausted, especially after gaining so many points at once. His body was constantly telling him that he needed to consume a large amount of meat to replenish himself.
That intense craving for meat almost filled Durin's entire brain; he needed to eat!
He needed meat!
Endless meat!
The tavern owner, seeing that Durin was no longer enraged, finally relaxed. In fact, he was worried that if a murder occurred, he would have to clean the tavern floor himself and help dispose of the body.
After all, a Mage was not someone he could provoke.
Santanbi, ignoring the redness and swelling on his cheek, ran out in a panic towards the graveyard.
If a Lich truly appeared in the graveyard, then he would no longer just be negligent in his duty and kicked out of the political ranks; instead, he would be directly handcuffed by the Enforcers and sent to Stillwater Prison, serving a lifetime sentence to appease the anger of the common families in Piltover's lower class.
Durin took out a silver lun coin from his inner pocket and handed it to the tavern owner, then took the key and a bottle of high-proof liquor. He followed the room number on the key, taking the stairs to the first room on the right on the second floor.
Upon entering the room, Durin took off his Mage's robe and placed it in the dirty laundry basket by the door. He entered the washroom and looked down to see that the wound on his right arm, scratched by a zombie, had already slightly healed.
For ordinary people, if left untreated, this corpse poison would typically lead to being sent to the crematorium for cremation after more than five hours of infection. However, if properly handled, it would not cause major problems.
As for Durin, with his Darkin physique, he possessed strong resistance and self-healing abilities. Furthermore, with his level-up, two consecutive passive proficiencies, and an attribute increase, the corpse poison had an even smaller effect on him. Durin even had a premonition that a good meal, drawing nutrients from the food, would be enough to heal his injuries and detoxify his body.
Thinking this, Durin gritted his teeth, pulled out the cork from the liquor bottle, and poured it onto the wound. The burning pain made Durin's mouth twitch, and he let out a muffled groan, sweat beading on his temples.
After a simple disinfection, Durin took a shower, repeatedly applying shower gel all over his body to ensure the stench was completely removed.
Only then did he apply iodine around the wound, then wrapped it with white gauze, performing simple medical measures. The rest he left to his body's healing ability.
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