Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 554 - 496: The Coffin Bearer_2

"The Sun Era? Oh, the era with the sun, right."

"Then you must have died a long time ago, surely it’s hard to get used to the current situation."

"And you?" Kane retorted.

"Me?" Jian An looked up at the sky, a nostalgic look appeared in his eyes.

"I died after the Broken Era, which means I probably died only a few hundred years ago, so I haven’t seen any glorious eras."

"When I was alive, I was a resident of the Red King’s territory, and now that I’m dead, I still reside within the Red King’s domain."

Hearing Jian An’s words, a look of joy appeared in Kane’s eyes as he eagerly asked, "Then do you know who the five princes are?"

"I know."

Jian An, dragging a wooden cart, answered slowly, "The five kings are the Eldest Prince the Red King, the Princess the Prince Qing, the Third Prince the White Monarch, the Fourth Prince the Black Monarch, and the Sixth Prince the Gray King."

"So the King of Platinum has more than five children?"

Hearing Kane’s words, Jian An looked at him strangely.

"He has been the King of Platinum for who knows how long, how could he have only five children? It’s just that these five children ultimately gained his power."

As he spoke, Jian An’s face showed a reminiscent expression again.

Kane noticed that once these dead people thought about memories of their past lives, they would easily fall into them.

"These were all told to me by my son." His voice carried a hint of sadness.

"Your son is?" Kane asked.

"My son?" Hearing Kane’s question, Jian An suddenly became excited.

He enthusiastically said, "When I was alive, my son was a member of the most important Knight Order under the Red King’s command."

"He was truly an elite knight, Steel Wings, do you know Steel Wings?"

"No, wait, how would you know about the Steel Wings? I must be confused. Anyway, this knight order is very impressive."

He chuckled, his face full of happiness, "Every time my son came back, he would tell me about the current broken world situation."

"He also said that the Red King could wave his hand and instantly create a castle."

"I said he was boasting, and he wasn’t happy about it then, hahaha." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

As he laughed, Jian An’s voice slowly turned somber.

"It’s a pity, though; he died at the hands of the enemy in the end."

Saying this, he dragged his wooden cart towards the Maple Forest on the hill.

Kane, seeing Jian An’s lack of interest in continuing the conversation, said nothing more and followed slowly up the hill.

Jian An dragged the wooden cart through the Maple Forest on the hill, then continued forward.

Not far ahead, they saw a barren area.

Jian An placed the wooden cart beside him and said to Kane, "This is a cemetery; it’s said that countless people are buried here, and you were dug out from here."

Kane looked at the wasteland before him, or rather, the cemetery; its area was vast, and one could see the tombstones had long collapsed and deteriorated, with hardly a single intact one.

Weeds grew wild around, and there were pits everywhere.

If it weren’t for some of the pits revealing half a stone coffin, Kane wouldn’t have thought it looked like a cemetery.

Then Kane watched Jian An dig open those pits with half-revealed stone coffins, scraping away the dirt and carving out a slope, exerting force to push the stone coffins up from below.

Kane lent a hand to lift the entire coffin.

Unable to resist asking, "What are you doing digging up these coffins and taking them to the village?"

"Reburrowing their bodies near the village. If it’s earth, they can easily crawl out when they revive, and some dead in the village can’t sleep without these coffins."

So that’s how it is, two birds with one stone.

However, the fact that they can’t sleep without a coffin is quite a quirk. After all, they’re dead; what’s the point of sleeping?

Kane watched and chatted idly with Jian An as he dug slowly.

Occasionally, he helped out, lifting the exhumed coffins.

Through their idle chat, Kane learned some subtle information.

For instance, the territories of the Black Monarch and the White Monarch are very close, seemingly arch-rivals, constantly warring against each other, never stopping.

Meaning, according to what Kreya learned from the rebels, the Black Monarch’s rival is the White Monarch.

Their location may be close to Longbei’s mountains.

And the Red King’s territory is the largest among all kings.

This world comprises many races, which, while the King of Platinum existed, suffered oppression.

After the King of Platinum’s death, the world shattered, and they rose up, fighting for their freedom and rights for their people.

So it’s safe to say the entire continent is engulfed in war, and it has spread for who knows how many years.

According to those dead who traveled and returned, it’s challenging to see living beings outside.

The war has caused significant losses among the continent’s life and races, drastically reducing in number.

Compared to intelligent life, the exposed skeletons are much more numerous.

Deadman’s Village’s remote location is precisely why it remains in a stable region.

At this point, Jian An seemed to have unearthed a remarkably exquisite coffin, his expression of excitement.

He directly discarded his shovel and quickly scraped the dirt with both hands.

Kane went over to look; the coffin was indeed more exquisite than the others.

There was a carving of a bird with wings spread on it.

Jian An cleared the dirt and directly opened the coffin lid. However, inside was only a skeleton, with rotting, tattered black fabric, and a longsword and shield, both already decayed.

At the head and foot positions, one could see gold and various precious ornaments; though some were dim, their precious value was still evident.

But Jian An wasn’t interested in those treasures, just carefully looking at the skeleton, then disappointedly shaking his head.

He sighed, closed the coffin lid again, and personally pushed the coffin up.

Declining Kane’s help.

Then placed the coffin on the wooden cart, which already had quite a few coffins stacked together.

"That’s enough for today, let’s go back."

Seeing Jian An again inexplicably in a somber state, Kane did not disturb him further and followed Jian An towards the Village of the Dead.

As they left the Maple Forest and headed down towards the village.

At this moment, they saw a few large bird creatures flying in the distant sky, reflecting metallic glints in the sunlight.

Seeing this, Jian An was ecstatic, throwing down the cart and running forcefully towards the village below.

Kane, observing this, swiftly gave chase.