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

"I almost forgot where the explosive crossbow bolts in the game came from. These people have long used natural explosives for warfare and mining."

As for the last material called shield-shaped grass, although Ye Yiyi did not find it, he found a lot of sword-shaped grass.

Sword-shaped grass is the ingredient for the recipe "Steamed Silver Swordfish", so this is not the first time he has obtained it.

Sword-shaped grass

Item Description: Silver sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges.

One of the materials used to craft props, and can also be used as an ingredient in recipes.

Can create special dishes that increase attack power.

The sword-shaped blade of grass has been regarded as a sacred symbol of the ancient holy sword since ancient times.

Therefore, various attack powers can be improved by eating them.

That is also the symbolic power bestowed upon blades of grass through legends and myths.

"In other words, the sword-shaped grass's ability to increase attack power is essentially a symbolic power bestowed by humans."

"So, the shield-shaped grass also possesses a similar symbolic power."

"I just don't know what kind of sacred symbol that shield is."

There is no shield-shaped grass in the Ten Thousand Stone Crystal Forest, but Ye Yiyi didn't care too much.

Anyway, he has the Star and Moon Exploration Technique. If he can't find it here, he can look for it somewhere else. There is no need to worry about the lack of materials.

As he went deeper, he got closer to the ruins in the northeast.

This place is quite far away from the mainland of the Fire Sparrow Flower Kingdom, and is closer to the territory of the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom marked on the map.

In fact, he had found the remains of a knight in the forest before, and it was a knight from the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom.

In Ye Yiyi's impression, the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom in the game does not have much presence. Instead, the various knight orders that travel along the border and accept employment from various forces are more famous.

Among them, the knights of the Golden Kite Knights were the most common knight enemies Ye Yiyi encountered.

This type of knight enemy is good at using all weapons including ranged weapons. When you are close, they can use a large sword to teach you a lesson. When you are far away, they can also use a longbow to shoot. They can be said to be capable of using both long and short range weapons.

In addition, they also master a variety of unique knight combat skills, as well as the Oath Hymn with buff and healing effects.

Precisely because of their extremely comprehensive moves and high combat intensity, the Kite Knights are also known as the Elite Monster Knights. In the early stages of the game, they shattered the confidence of countless new players.

Of course, the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom is a country composed of multiple knightly orders. In addition to the Gold Kite Knights, there are also a large number of different small knightly orders.

As for why I mentioned this, it was because Ye Yiyi discovered another knight's body.

"This guy with the Iris Knight Emblem seems to be a Butterfly Knight of the Butterfly Knights..."

Looking at the corpse of the knight sitting slumped beside a big tree, Ye Yiyi thought thoughtfully.

The knight's body had not yet completely decayed. The silver-white plate armor on his body was torn open on the right chest, and the chain mail inside was also torn, revealing the semi-crystallized flesh underneath.

Fortunately, the hexagonal emblem on his left chest was still there, so Ye Yiyi was able to recognize his identity based on the emblem.

"It looks like he died recently. Was he chased here by some wild beast?"

Ye Yiyi looked around but didn't see the knight's weapon.

"No weapons? Take off your helmet and let me see."

He bent down and took off the knight's helmet with three blue-purple feathers on the forehead.

As he took off his helmet, the knight's pale face, with eyes wide open, came into view.

"Such a tragic death..."

Ye Yiyi frowned slightly, pinched the knight's chin and lifted his face, looking carefully into his eyes.

The reason why the knight died with his eyes open was not because he had a deep hatred for his country.

Instead, his eyeballs bulged outward, stretching his eye sockets and turning into a cluster of light red crystals.

"If he's dead, then why did his eyes turn into crystal clusters?"

Ye Yiyi found it unbelievable. He had never encountered such a situation in the game, so he couldn't judge it based on his experience.

This place is very close to the ruins, only less than two miles away.

If he can die here, then he might be in great danger in the ruins as well.

Of course, the premise is that these knights have found the ruins.

"Maybe you'll run into Butterfly Knight's past apparition."

Ye Yiyi muttered, looking down at the helmet.

【Butterfly Knight Helmet】

Item Description: Helmet worn by knights who uphold the Butterfly Oath.

Armor crafted from heavy cast iron.

Therefore, it has a good weight and injury reduction rate.

The Butterfly Knights formed an alliance with the Iron Kite Knights.

Therefore, he was given the iris emblem and the three-feathered helmet.

"Just these two sentences?"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help scratching his head.

"It didn't give any useful information. Is it really because of the location?"

He thought about it and reached for his armor.

【Butterfly Knight Armor】（Damaged）

"walk slowly!"

Ye Yiyi rolled his eyes, took out the universal cauldron and disassembled it, getting a piece of silver cast iron and a piece of raw cast iron.

"There's even silver cast iron. That's quite a bit of money."

Ye Yiyi sighed, and felt around the body of the knight who had lost his armor, and finally found a square object wrapped in parchment.

I put my nose close to it and smelled it, and my nose was immediately filled with a rich floral fragrance.

"Could this be soap?"

He looked surprised.

"But I can't smell what kind of flower it is..."

He shook his head, without opening the outer parchment, but looked down at the light curtain.

【Dark Oath Grease】

Item Description: Solidified grease made from a mixture of black crystals.

One of the items that can be crafted.

Can be applied to weapons to add stronger dark attribute attack power for a short period of time.

One of the enchanted items used by those who uphold the Dark Oath.

They are said to be the sworn knights of the Dark Treasure Stork.

"Dark Treasure Stork?"

Ye Yiyi was stunned.

Judging from the format of the description, this Dark Treasure Stork, could it be that it is some kind of ancient elf like the Blazing Sky Falcon and the Spread-Winged Eagle?

"So why does this Butterfly Knight have dark attribute oil on his body? Did he buy it? Stolen it? Or robbed it?"

"Let's go take a look at the ruins first."

Seeing that the knight had no other useful props on him, Ye Yiyi thought for a while, stood up, mounted his horse and continued to rush towards the location of the ruins.

On the way, he looked around carefully and indeed found many broken tree trunks and crystal clusters.

Although no footprints were seen on the ground, they were clearly traces of the activities of a giant creature.

Soon, he stepped over a crystalline tree trunk standing in front of him, and his eyes saw the ruins on the open space through the misty nebula in front of him.

Then he saw a humanoid creature about two meters and five meters tall, wearing animal skins and holding a huge sword, walking out from the ruins of a brazier.

Ye Yiyi was stunned when he saw it.

"How could it be a Highlander?"

Chapter 505 Timothy and the Demon-Eater.

Highlanders, whose full name is Plateau Demihumans, are a subhuman race living in many plateau areas.

This sub-human race is characterized by extremely tall stature. Not only are their heights generally over two meters, but their strength far exceeds that of ordinary humans. Each of them is a strongman capable of lifting a tripod.

Converted to the terms in the game, adult Highlanders generally have a strength attribute of 30+.

The best among them can even train their strength to over 70!

As for why he said this, it was because Ye Yiyi had once defeated a Highland knight in the game.

And from him, he obtained a huge sword weapon called "Misty Highland Sword".

The requirement for using this extra-large sword weapon is exactly 70 points of strength.

"The Heavy Armored Highlander in the game is invincible throughout the game, and there is almost no stiffness except for the unbalanced execution caused by full toughness reduction."

Ye Yiyi bit her nails lightly, her eyes fixed on the Highlander who was looking around in the dilapidated ruins, thinking in her heart.

"Even though this Highlander isn't wearing armor, just looking at the massive 2.5-meter sword in his hand, you can tell how powerful he is."

"But why did the highlanders from the Kochiyuan Plateau cross most of the forest to come here?"

The nearest plateau was the Xiaochiyuan Plateau on the other side of the forest. Naturally, Ye Yiyi mistook the other party for a Xiaochiyuan Plateau native.

He moved his gaze thoughtfully, scanning the thick cloth tents and simple fences outside the ruins one by one, and his sight finally fell on the corpse of a knight that was cut in half.

Large amounts of brown blood were splattered on the tent beside him like paint, and the fishy smell of blood still reached Ye Yiyi's nose even from a distance.

Next to the knight, in the camp, there were more rotten limbs scattered around, and all kinds of flesh and blood organs were everywhere, it was simply unbearable to look at.

Seeing this scene, even Ye Yiyi couldn't help but frown.

"It's just as I thought. The knights have found this ruin and set up camp there."

"I just don't know who massacred this camp and killed all the knights there."

He did not think that it was done by the Highlander who was wandering around the camp, because the corpses had already rotted, attracting a large number of flies and scavengers, and it was obvious that they had been dead for some time.

Although the Highlander was a little dirty, there was no blood or murderous aura on his body. Instead, he was full of vigilance.

"Could it be that he is someone who happened to find himself here?"

Ye Yiyi thought about it and simply removed the concealment effect and walked out of the forest openly.

With his current strength attribute of 75, he can defeat the Highlander knight.

The Highlander in front of him wasn't even wearing armor, so he wasn't a threat at all.

"Click~"

The crisp sound of broken dead branches was like a deafening sound in the silent forest. Ye Yi's unconcealed movement immediately attracted the other party's attention.

I saw a black shadow suddenly leap into the air, fly over half of the ruins and fall from the sky, landing heavily on the ground with a loud bang, leaving cracks on the bluestone bricks under its feet.

The tall giant slowly stood up and stood on the ground like a hill.

He carried a thick and large sword on his shoulder and wore a long dark brown animal skin coat that covered his torso and thighs, but exposed his arms and calves that were like coiled steel bars.

Ye Yiyi stopped and looked up, and saw a pair of beautiful orange-red animal eyes glowing faintly in the darkness.

The gaze was full of wildness and vigilance, like a beast examining its prey.

"This is the Highlander."

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

With such strong muscles and a body like an iron tower, coupled with the super-large sword that is as tall as the body, just standing there is as unshakable as a mountain.

In comparison, the Divine Blood Knight, which was catalyzed by divine power, was far inferior to this God-given body in terms of oppression and strength.