One day in December.

Western part of the Oruña Empire.

A floating ship coming from the direction of the main continent slowly entered the territory of the empire at a slower speed.

Then he kept going inland at a modest pace.

Even occasionally, they will land in the vicinity of some cities and send people into the city to buy some daily necessities, replenish some supplies, and so on.

But the general direction of flight seems to be the center of the empire - the direction of the imperial capital.

Why did this floating boat from the outer regions go to the imperial capital?

On the semi-open deck of the floatboat, several people were talking.

Standing on the edge of the deck at the bow of the ship, a sturdy middle-aged man leaning on the railing, looked at the scenery on the ground below, and said to himself: "If there is no result in the investigation this time, when we return to the guild headquarters, what awaits us is probably a new cave in the forbidden land of the back mountain." ”

"What's wrong Wilmot, you're scared?"

The younger-looking man behind him said.

"Scared?"

Wilmot laughed to himself: "Of course I'm afraid, anyone who becomes a half-human and half-ghost purifier will be scared...... If I get to that field, I'd rather die!"

"This is not your style, Wilmot, don't you have the slightest confidence in finding your goal?" asked the younger man.

"I have enough faith, but the above only gives us three months, and after three months, we must bring back to the guild that boy named Conan and the mysteriously missing Illiath...... Mission time is too tight. ”

Wilmot said.

"No problem, as long as we find that kid and Illyath in this place, and go back in time, we'll be fine. ”

"Warren, don't be so optimistic, I always feel that things will not be as simple as we think. ”

"Wilmot, this time we brought a full hundred people, all of them are level 4 or above Demon Net Walkers, as long as they find the target, what else is there to worry about?" Warren said helplessly.

"Hee-hee-hee~"

There was a burst of laughter like silver bells behind him, and a mature woman with a proud upper circumference and a revealing lower body said: "Warren, I've been working with the captain for so many years, don't you know him, his intuition is sick again, hehe...... Our captain, the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they become, it's time to consider early retirement. ”

Hear the woman's teasing.

Wilmot shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Retire? If I could retire, I would have decided to quit ten years ago, but when the time comes for the big people to use me, what if I make more credit?

"Perhaps, even if we are old, we can't do it anymore, and we lose our use value, waiting for us, I'm afraid it's not retirement, but a cave in the forbidden land of the back mountain. ”

"Hehe, freedom and power, I made the most wrong choice in front of these two options back then. ”

At this moment, perhaps an outbreak was found, and Wilmot, an old man who has always been good at hiding, said words that had been buried in his heart for many years, but he was very rebellious.

If these words reach the ears of the guild leaders, what awaits Wilmot is probably an extremely miserable end.

Hearing this, Warren and the mature woman fell silent.

They also all understood how much the Purifier bombing incident that occurred in the forbidden place behind the guild headquarters more than a year ago had a great impact on him.

Because in the process of capturing the purifiers who fled all over the mountains, Wilmot actually caught his own brother - his own brother Columwina, whom he had been looking for for a long time after his accidental disappearance!

The two brothers joined the guild together and performed many tasks together, and the two took care of each other, and their relationship was very deep.

Later, Colenvina fell in love with a woman at the same time with a child of a guild leader, and the two had a fierce rivalry, when Wilmot persuaded his brother to give up and not compete with the son of the big man, but Colenvina just wouldn't listen.

After that, Colonvina was transferred to perform a dangerous mission, and then the world evaporated, and the woman also evaporated, I don't know where she went?

It wasn't until the purifiers in the Forbidden Land of the Back Mountain rioted en masse that Wilmot was shocked when he saw his brother again.

He quickly hid his brother Korenvina and learned everything from his mouth.

It turned out that Korenvina did not carry out any dangerous missions at all, but was directly controlled by people and put into the forbidden land in the back mountain.

As for the woman that Columwiner liked, she was defiled dozens of times by the high-level disciple in front of Corenvina, and then she was also thrown into the forbidden land of the back mountain, and both became purifiers.

And in the following ten years, the woman that Columvina liked, under the washing of the power of red, did not suffer for two years, and died in front of Corenvina, and Colenvina struggled for ten years in bitter hatred.

As for the high-ranking child of the guild who framed the two of them, he is still at large, and his status is getting higher and higher.

And at this point in the story, Corenvina was also about to die, and could not hold on any longer, and the last thing he said in the ear of his brother Wilmot was: "Brother...... Help me get revenge...... Help me get my revenge!"

Wilmot wept silently, hugging his dead brother and weeping bitterly.

This scene, teammate Warren and female player Murribesy were both present at the time and chose to keep it secret for the captain.

It's just this revenge......

Shook his head.

With the current status of that high-level disciple, the probability of successful revenge is almost zero.

And now, not to mention revenge, that is, in the face of the mandatory tasks issued by the guild leaders, if they can't complete it, what awaits them is 100% to be put into the forbidden land of the back mountain...... You must know that there is a great shortage of people in the forbidden land of the back mountain.

But after that blow, Wilmot, the former veteran and capable captain, was completely out of shape and often stupid and in a daze.

As for the mission, even if he knew that the culprit who caused the bombing of the forbidden land in the back mountain - the kid named Conan Cecil, and the guild member Illyas, who may have rebelled, had a high probability that they were in this Orunian Empire, but for completing the task, Wilmot not only lost motivation, but also completely lost confidence.

Even, Wilmot asked questions like this:

"If we don't go back to the guild headquarters, stay in this empire, develop our own power, and find a way to defeat the guild...... How's that?"

Warren was taken aback!

Shaking his head desperately, he said: "Wilmot, why did you come up with this idea? Are you crazy?! The above wants to punish us, just one thought, it can cut off our connection with the magic net, let us lose most of our power, we can't get rid of the guild!"

"That's better than being a tool puppet for a lifetime! I lost my power, but I got my freedom back!"

Wilmot clenched his fists and said, at this moment, he behaved like an angry young man, completely lacking his previous calmness and sophistication.

Of course, this also shows that Wilmot has completely lost confidence and hope in the guild, and his brother Columvina's hatred for the guild has been transmitted to him.

"Don't be like this, captain, don't be like this, there are more than 100 demon netwalkers on this ship, and most of them are not ours, if they hear your words, captain, you will be finished!" Warren said with an anxious expression.

Murribesy also hurriedly patted him on the chest and comforted him: "Wilmot, don't be impulsive, we are about to go to the imperial capital of this empire, let's first find the location of the Blue Hand Branch, then find Illiath, and finally let Illyas tell us, where is that kid...... In short, complete this task first, and then return to the guild headquarters to resume life, and then we will discuss the rest of the matter when we go back!"

But Wilmot shook his head, now he no longer wants to do anything for the guild.

He has been a tool and puppet for half his life, and now he just wants to live back to himself...... Even if it's a loss of power!

It's just that his plan, not to mention that the other people on the ship will stop it, even Warren and Murbesy around him will also try their best to stop it.

But fortunately, the floating boat under its feet arrived near the imperial capital of this empire.

There were more than 20 floating warships, which came closer from all directions.

And the huge tubular object in the bow of the ship was aimed at the floating boat, and through the loudspeaker, the message of "surrender immediately, or attack immediately" was transmitted.

"Captain, we're surrounded, do you want to fight back?" Warren asked nervously.

"No, we choose to surrender. Wilmot waved his hand.

"Surrender, Captain, we have more than 100 Demon Netwalkers on our ship, we can kill them!" Warren shouted.

"Boom~!"

Suddenly.

The hull of the ship shook violently, and the lower part of the floating boat was shattered by a single shell, killing and injuring dozens of people in an instant...... And this is just a warning shot.

"Hurry up and surrender. Wilmot reiterated again.

"Yes, yes, yes, surrender, we surrender! The captain told us to surrender!"

Warren shouted in a panic, and the sporadic resistance organized by the crew quickly turned into a cry of surrender.