It was an endless lake, and the surface of the lake was filled with a white mist. It was a strange body of water, surrounded by a smell of death.

The sky was dark, and a flock of birds suddenly flew not far away. In the middle of the lake there is a small island that is outcropping from the water with a dead tree on it.

On the dead tree was a crow with unusually black feathers, screaming through the mist on the water's surface.

At the end of the fog is a towering waterfall, and the water on the waterfall is extremely turbulent and fierce. On both sides of the waterfall were strange rocky cliffs, and the black crow flew towards a cliff with only a glimmer of sky.

As the flight continued, the narrow cliff gradually opened up, and suddenly a dazzling green light appeared.

I saw that the crow was holding Avina, who was only half of her body left, with her beak in her mouth, and several maggots wriggled in Avina's eye sockets.

"No!" I screamed and got out of bed, cold sweat on my forehead.

It turned out to be another nightmare, since I completed the last commission to cooperate with the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group and returned to Bauhinia Manor, I have always had nightmares about Avina.

It's not the first time I've seen a scene in a dream, but I'm still awakened every time.

It was already early in the morning, and it would be dawn in a few hours.

I put on my clothes and lit an oil lamp. I don't know why, but lately I've been feeling uneasy, always afraid that something will happen to Avina.

Since returning from our last mission, several of us have been given a rare vacation. There were no more missions and fights, and my body relaxed a lot.

During this time, I practiced my swordsmanship more diligently, and I wanted to get stronger so that I could protect those I love and those who love me.

Not only that, but I also learned about the dragon magic that Belgrave had passed down to me. The so-called dragon magic is to use the power of its own dragon soul to release the dragon's body and magic.

The power of the dragon soul can be increased through meditation, but this method is too slow. The fastest way is to slay the dragon, just like killing the sea dragon Noguas, and directly take the power of his dragon soul.

After merging with Belgrave's dragon soul, I also had a lot of knowledge in my mind, and knew many things that I didn't know before, but the dragon's soul barely appeared in my mind again, and I wanted to have a good conversation with him.

Insomnia, I picked up a book on the shelf and read it, which was a story about the undead.

There are many theories about the origin of the undead, and there is still no unified conclusion. But in the book I read called The Scourge of the Dead, it is mentioned that the first undead originated from a curse.

The undead were originally under the jurisdiction of the god of death Hasendis, but because of a curse, these undead creatures appeared in this world.

Before you know it, it's already getting dark. It's a new day, my vacation is over, and I have to go back to the mercenary group to start a new job.

After getting dressed, I took my gear and headed to the Demon Hunter Mercenary Regiment at Bauhinia Manor.

Coming to the long-lost mercenary group, everything is so familiar. Familiar faces, familiar voices, familiar friends.

"It's so early, Larrick. How's the holiday going?" "As soon as I entered the gate of the manor, I saw Frante, who greeted me

"Pretty well, how about you?" I asked

"I've been working on combat techniques all this time, so I'll have time to fight together. ”

"Okay, I'll have a good discussion when I have time. I replied to him

"Frank, add me to the competition. "Then Lofes walked towards us, the former famous leader of the Singardi pirates, who is now officially a member of our Demon Hunter Blade mercenary group.

"I heard that there is a new mysterious person in our mercenary group. Frant said

"What mysterious person, why haven't I heard of it?" I wondered

"You don't know that, since you last came back from the Orc Kingdom, a mysterious goblin came to our mercenary group, saying that it was here to help us. Lofes explained to me

It turns out that this mysterious goblin is called Piri, and what he calls helping us is to provide us with some rare items, but only if we have to exchange it for what it needs, and the goblins are really good at business.

Speaking of this Piri, Lofes still likes him, because this goblin cargo is indeed one of the best, and although it is expensive, it is worth a try.

"Why don't we take Larrick to see?" said Frank

In this way, I was led by the two of them to the goblin merchant Piri. As it happens, Avina is also there.

Avina happily picked out her favorite items among Piri's goods, but when she heard the ugly-looking goblin Piri talk about the price, Avina frowned.

Seeing us coming, Avina put down her things and greeted us.

"You're here too?"

"Is it just you who can come here?" said Lopis

"That's what you call Piri. "To alleviate the embarrassment, I immediately turned to the mysterious goblin merchant

When I saw the goods on display in the merchandise cabinet, I was really in awe of this unassuming goblin.

There are all sorts of strange things, even the headbands used by the elven druids. It's really the only one you can't think of, and there's nothing he can't do.

Avina had her eye on a necklace that the queen had worn, and it was so magical that it glowed white and she didn't know what material it was made of.

Since it's something that Avina likes, I'm going to buy it anyway. I don't know why, I've been worried about Avina since I came back from my last mission. My relationship with Avina has also become very delicate, not a couple, but we have stolen the forbidden fruit together. Suddenly far and near, if it is away.

"What? fifty gold dragon coins?" my mouth closed in surprise as I heard the goblin merchant Piri say the price.

You must know that five hundred gold dragon coins can buy the entire Bauhinia Manor, which is also too dark.

Just then, Kelvin ran over.

"It turns out that you are all here, and it just so happens that the head of the regiment has something to do with you, so I asked you to go to his office now. Kelvin said breathlessly

A few of us followed Kelvin to Captain Heyside's office, where Nataya was talking to Hesside.

Mayfair stood behind the regimental commander and listened intently to Nataya.

"You're here, I have something to tell you, come in. Heated said to a few of us

What happened next was something that none of us expected, because what Heatside told us was too shocking.