This isn't a souls-like game at all.

He stared blankly at the short tree beside him that he had cast [False Life] on, his expression slightly frozen.

At this moment, the blue light on the short tree seemed to be exhausted and completely dimmed.

"Buzzing..."

The dung beetle flapped its broken wings and flew over crookedly, conveying the message to him.

"You mean, the magic meteor just now was emitted by that tree?"

The dung beetle nodded its horns in affirmation.

Ye Yiyi stared at the dung beetle's wings and body that were healing rapidly, and fell into deep thought again.

"Come to think of it, the blue light represents magic. This tree is already a magical being, so it's not surprising that it can use magic."

As for the question that had been bothering him before, about why the tree didn't move, he now had the answer.

Because that is a tree, not a mimic monster disguised as a tree, nor a tree man!

False life-giving only turns the tree into a magical creature; its essence remains unchanged; it is still a tree.

And the tree won’t move!

"So that's the reason..." Ye Yiyi couldn't help but hold his forehead.

“In this way, after being endowed with false life, the plants become something like sentry towers.

“I’ve already seen animals in Ezana, but what about lifeless inorganic matter?

"For example, stone, metal, and even the Anr River!

"What would happen if I cast a spell on them?"

Although he was very curious about the results of using it in that way, Ye Yiyi still suppressed the urge to cast the spell for the time being.

"This magic consumes 50 mana per use. It's too expensive. I should find the next holy monument before trying it again."

He walked to the mimic monster that had turned to ashes, leaned over to take a look, and picked up a metal helmet that was still well preserved.

"The helmet of the Fire Crown Knight. It seems this mimic monster has eaten at least one Fire Crown Knight."

【Fire Crown Knight Helmet】

Item Description: Helmet worn by knights serving King Firebird and the Pope.

The fire sparrow relief on the helmet,

It is said that it is a flame protection given by the king.

It is also the Crown of Fire awarded by the Pope.

"If I remember correctly, the Kingdom of Firebird is a theocracy, and its king is also the Pope."

Ye Yiyi thought for a moment, put away the helmet, and took out the hymn book of Fire Sparrow's Fire.

[Hymn of the Firefinch]

Requirements: Faith 18

Attribute correction: Faith B

Durability: 76/130

Item Description: A hymn praising the Fire Sparrow's fire.

A psalm book held by the monks of Firefinch Abbey.

A hymn that strengthens the Fire Sparrow's fire.

The Pope once said that the Fire Sparrow is the spirit of natural fire.

The king once said that the firefly is a shelter for all people.

However, the monks have practiced hard for many years.

There is still no sign of the spirit of fire, nor any act of protecting the people.

Possessing hymn chapters: [Sparrow Fire Beak], [Sheltering Flame], [Fire Bomb], [Explosive Fire]

"This item description is quite literary. Did they change the Chinese translation team?"

Ye Yiyi scanned the item descriptions and his eyes finally fell on the hymn chapter.

This Psalm Book contains four chapters of hymns.

Among them, [Fire Bomb], [Explosive Fire], and [Sheltering Flame] are hymns belonging to the faith of natural fire.

Only [Fire Sparrow's Beak] is the true hymn of the Fire Sparrow's fire.

"But come to think of it, the Fire Sparrow Cult is originally a branch of the Blazing Flame Cult. There's no conflict of faith between the two... at least not when it comes to releasing the hymn."

【Sparrow Fire Beak】

Spell Slots: 1

Skill cost: 18

Requirements: Faith 16

Item Description: One of the hymns praising the Fire Sparrow's fire.

It can release large amounts of flames and transform into a fire sparrow's beak to attack the enemy.

Only once, can perform a combo.

The Flame Beak can penetrate the enemy and inject flames into the body.

Continuously burn the enemy.

This is said to be the Spirit of Fire described by the Pope:

Anyone who fights against the Fire Sparrow will be continually burned by the wrath of the Fire Spirit.

The more Ye Yiyi pondered the description of this item, the weirder it felt.

"The King said it, the Pope said it, why didn't the Fire Sparrow Spirit say it himself?

"Could it be that this is a magical modification of the doctrine of the Natural Flame Faith, and then the Pope took it out to create a separate sect?"

Ye Yiyi became more and more curious about what kind of person this guy was who was both a king and a pope.

Setting aside the background issues, the hymn itself is quite good.

The cost is a bit high, but it can be used twice in a row, and both attacks can inject flames into the enemy's body, causing continuous burning.

In other words, a powerful damage-over-time hymn against enemies weak to fire.

"Hymns are still handsome."

Ye Yiyi sighed as he put away the hymn book, lowered his head and looked around, making sure that there was no spoils left, then continued on his way forward.

After walking along the dirt road beside the river for about two hours, the road under their feet finally disappeared, and a road that deviated from the river and led deep into the rainforest appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

He took out a long sword and cut off the half-man-high weeds that blocked his way, then climbed up a tree and looked into the distance.

Deep in the dense rainforest, a dilapidated dome tower is looming.

"Almost there."

That should be the remains of the outpost.

He jumped off the tree trunk and continued to walk with the dung beetle in front and him behind.

Along the way, apart from the mimic monster at the beginning, he did not encounter any other enemies, not even any animal friends.

But this is not a good sign.

This means that those animal friends were scared away by some more powerful existence.

He headed towards the ruins of the outpost deep in the jungle. After a while, the dung beetle returned to report to him.

"What?"

After listening to the dung beetle's description, he looked a little confused.

"Come on, explain to me, what is armor with wings but can't fly?"

Chapter 175 [Master of the Fire Crown Knight, Lupel]

I don’t know if there is something wrong with the dung beetle’s description or with Ye Yiyi’s understanding.

He just couldn't understand what it meant to have armor with wings but couldn't fly.

The dung beetle is also helpless about this.

After all, it is just a dung beetle. You can't expect it to complete non-job tasks other than digging dung as smoothly and perfectly as pushing a dung ball.

"Anyway, there are enemies in front of the outpost."

After reaching this conclusion, Ye Yiyi quickened his pace.

Soon, he stopped in the grass outside the outpost.

"Is this a sentry post?" He looked a little confused.

What appeared before him was a square fortress with thick stone walls.

The height of the outer wall is about five to six meters. Due to years of abandonment, it is covered with various green plants.

The tower with a conical dome is built on a corner of the outer wall.

"This place is somewhat similar to the Fire Crown Knights' base I saw when I first went to Garden Village, but the difference is that this place is much smaller."

Even so, a lot of people can be stationed here.

"So why did the Fire Crown Knights build a fortress deep in the rainforest that could withstand attacks from large wild beasts?"

Ye Yiyi thought for a moment, and suddenly a word popped up in his mind.

"Ancient ruins."

In other words, it is an outpost for exploring ancient ruins.

Apart from this reason, he really couldn't think of any reason to build a large fortress here.

"But unfortunately, an unintelligent creature was attracted here." He thought silently in his heart.

Unintelligent creatures roam the lands of the Border, searching for items and minerals with special powers.

"Thinking about it, the Knights of the Fire Crown must have made considerable progress in their exploration of the ancient ruins and discovered something remarkable, which then attracted the Unintelligent Creature."

Thinking of this, he suddenly understood.

"It's the Soul Summoning Bell!"

He made a judgment in his mind and then looked around at the stone wall.

"Anyway, let's find a way to get in and take a look. If my guess is correct, there should be an active atrium here."

He walked along the tall grass, circled the fortress outpost, and finally found a huge gap in the stone wall on the other side of the outpost.

The gap completely destroyed the integrity of the stone wall. The collapsed bricks and wood were piled outside the wall, forming a slope leading upwards to the gap.

And at the bottom of the slope, Ye Yiyi saw the armor in the dung beetle's mouth.

"Is this... a spirit?"

He frowned slightly, then took out a telescope and looked at one of them.

It was a humanoid figure wearing rusty and rotten Fire Crown Knight armor, its flesh part as ethereal as white mist.

They were holding different types of weapons and wandering aimlessly around the slope.

On the stone walls next to the gaps, Ye Yiyi also saw soldiers standing behind giant crossbows. They were not wearing armor and their bodies were completely made of illusory white mist.

"It's a spirit, or rather, a spirit that is about to dissipate."

Ye Yiyi came to a conclusion based on comparing it with the spirits he had seen in the past.

"But where are the wings you mentioned? Why can't I see them?" He looked at the dung beetle in confusion.

But the dung beetle said that it was also confused because it could not see the spirits. It could only see a group of empty armors walking, with wing-like flocs slowly waving behind them.

"Uh……"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.