These Familiars Are Strange

"Ah! How did you find it!?"

Even though we had gone far away from the lich, we were still able to hear the voice of the lich after we crushed the core.

It was filled with unwillingness and anger, as well as bits of helplessness.

Since the lich's core had been destroyed, there really was nothing that could be done by the lich.

With Iris guiding the camera, she was able to find where the lich died.

When she found this, I quickly led our group back over to where the lich was.

Even if we had encountered no one else other than the red haired young master's group, that didn't mean that there weren't any other people in this place.

We couldn't let them get to where the lich died first.

So I took out the Summoning Flute and used my last summon of the day.

It was all about reaching the lich first.

With the speed of the Fanged Wolves, we easily reached the lich before anyone else showed up.

At the same time, I also recalled the undead that were positioned in between us and the lich so that they came to protect us while we checked the lich's corpse. They formed a wall along with Iris and Wang Rong that stopped anyone from getting close to the lich's corpse.

During this time, I went alone to the lich's corpse and called out the Scavenger Rabbit.

This time, the Scavenger Rabbit finally revealed a terrified and excited look.

Even when it had been shown the Death Knight, it seemed like it was bored with the Death Knight.

That was because the items that came from the Death Knight weren't that good either.

But this time, it seemed that there was something to look forward to based on the Scavenger Rabbit's reaction. Though it would be strange if it wasn't something good since this lich was an A Rank Monster in the first place.

The Scavenger Rabbit took a while, but then it didn't hesitate to start digging through the bones and robes of the lich.

Once it saw that the lich wouldn't be moving, it didn't have any hesitation.

At the very least, the Scavenger Rabbit was dedicated to doing its job.

Once it finished digging, it turned around with an excited look on its face as it showed off the items that it had gotten.

One of these items was very eye-catching and a bit terrifying to look at.

That was because this was a staff that was made of bones.

It was made of several bones that were connected to each other by some strange kind of binding. At the very top of the staff was a skeletal hand that seemed to be holding some kind of dark orb.

This dark orb was even releasing this kind of dark energy without anyone activating it, showing that it wasn't a normal orb.

It was similar to the feeling that came from the lich previously.

The other two items were a robe and a book that didn't seem as eye-catching as this bone staff.

But that didn't mean that this robe and book were weak.

They were also giving off the same feeling as the lich.

The robe was the same one that the lich wore previously, so it wasn't strange that there was this aura coming from it. It should be some kind of magic item that had a special effect, though I had no idea what that effect was.

The book on the other hand seemed to be more special than the robe.

When I looked at it, there was a description that suddenly appeared.

Book of the Dead

Can be used to summon undead with mana.

That was the basic description of it and there was a further description that went into detail of the limits of this Book of the Dead, but even then it was still a very good item.

The main thing was that it helped make up for one of my weaknesses.

I was powerful if there were monsters around that I could manipulate, but if there was ever a situation where I wouldn't be able to manipulate monsters…Well, that would basically cut my power by more than half.

I wouldn't be able to do the same thing as before without any monsters to control.

That was why it was a good thing that I obtained this Book of the Dead.

It was An Xue Yun who arranged for me to come to this dungeon…

It seemed that she really was planning out a path for me, making sure that I would be able to make up for any weaknesses that I had.

I really didn't know how to feel about it since I had no idea why she was doing all of this for me…

But that didn't mean that I wasn't grateful for it.

She was using the secrets of the Explorer Association to help me.

I'm sure that she would be in trouble if this was discovered by the higher ups of the Explorer Association.

Once the loot had been secured, I let Iris and Wang Rong take their pick of the remaining items.

But…
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"It's better if you take them." Iris said without even looking at them.

Wang Rong nodded in agreement after taking a look at the staff and the robe.

To be honest, even if he wanted them, he would still offer them to his boss first.

But then again, these things weren't that useful to him, so there was no meaning to him taking them in the first place.

They had reached a point where they could freely exchange equipment when needed, so it wasn't as if he couldn't borrow it when he needed them.

So he thought that it was better if his boss held them for now.

I didn't argue with them and quickly put the items away with a nod before saying, "Let's get out of here then. There's nothing left for us here."

Both of them nodded in agreement.