April 11, 5th year of the federal calendar

If it weren't for the quest's prompts, I probably wouldn't have ever delved into those dirty scrolls of prophecy. Peel back the camouflage on the surface of the scroll, and what the Seerers really want to keep lies underneath. I can't tell if the so-called soothsayers can really predict the future, but what he has passed down is something that all of us players desperately need.

As instructed, I found three circular stone slabs with a radius of more than one meter in the chamber, brushing away the dust on them, and their surfaces were engraved with incomparably intricate runes. According to the scrolls, these slabs are called fixed teleportation arrays. In other words, as long as you know how to activate these runes, you can freely travel between different locations where the teleportation array is set up.

In my opinion, the system on the player is inherently tied to runes, which means that even if they can't read runes, they should have the ability to activate runes.

With Dyya's permission, I placed the first stone tablet in the temple. After doing all this, I plan to leave the Underworld for a while. In my opinion, the Underworld is a great place to stay for players, but I can't solve the situation alone. Therefore, I promise the Roland people that they will soon come into this world with their companions.

Then I set out on my return journey again.

Commissioned by Dyes, I took a few runes with me before leaving, and closed the open entrance to the underworld to prevent any other humans or monsters from entering the underworld through that passage.

It was a great feeling to see the light of day again, and although I admit that the underworld was beautiful, the pale blue glow always gave me a feeling of cold loneliness, far less than the warmth and sunshine of the sun. Heading west from Shihu Lake, it took me a lot of time to get out of the Clear Spring Valley. Next, I only need to walk a little further north to see the scenery that I am familiar with.

It's worth mentioning that during this time, I used the materials I accumulated from hunting to create another piece of equipment, the pants component of the Black Realm Reaper set. It is described as follows.

"Black Domain Death - Fall: Defense Lv1, Speed Lv1, Skill: None. There is a saying in the ender country that if you are born as a prisoner of the Black Domain and die as a ghost of the Black Domain, as long as you become a prisoner of the Black Domain, you will never be able to leave, and even if you give birth to offspring, you can only continue to live as a prisoner again. After thousands of years of accumulation, countless vicious sinners and their descendants have spread throughout the Black Domain. Surviving here is never an easy task. An old prisoner warned Brass that sinners in the Black Realm did not like to kill, because death was a relief. Therefore, if you want to survive in the Black Realm, you only need to get used to two things, being beaten and escaping. ”

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Looking at the vast expanse of familiar wilderness, Duqi felt very relieved, but as he continued to move forward, the gray smoke rising in the distance made his nerves tense again. He was until, it was Eagle City's suburban watchtower carrying news of the enemy invasion.

Knowing that there was another watchtower nearby, Dozi hastened his way to that side.

"Are you...... Lord Duqi? ”

Du Qi didn't expect that the guards of the watchtower still knew him, but he was glad that he could avoid some tongues, so he asked the other party about the situation directly.

"It all started with the last expedition to exterminate the lizardmen. The operation had gone well, as our coalition with Chishui City had successfully breached five small camps of the lizardmen, and were preparing to uproot the lizardmen's lair. But during that time, we received new news that a large number of monsters were infesting the Xifeng Grassland, and they were marching in different directions in several teams, and two of them were heading in the direction where Flying Eagle City and Chishui City were located. After receiving the news, Lord Shengyan immediately decided to withdraw the army. ”

"How many monsters are there?"

"The Flying Eagle Force has made a rough count, and there are at least five hundred monsters attacking Flying Eagle City. Fortunately, these monsters do not have a unified leader, but are divided into four teams and act separately. During this time, we have repelled two teams of monsters. ”

"In other words, it was the third batch just now?"

"That's right!"

After getting a general understanding of the situation, Du Qi did not delay any longer. He borrowed a horse from the watchtower's garrison and hurried in the direction of the city. On the way, he saw a large group of monsters in the east, although he couldn't see the details clearly because of the distance, but he could vaguely judge that it was a mixed force composed of several monsters, compared to the single team of monsters he had seen in the past, it was full of deterrence.

There were at least a hundred monsters in that group, and Du Qi didn't dare to fight them alone. After approaching Eagle City from the south, he first found a player within contact range through the friend system and entered Eagle City through the south gate.

Hurrying to the east gate wall, those familiar faces calmed Du Qi's hanging heart a little. He did a rough calculation, there were more than eighty players on the city walls, and counting some people who were reluctant to participate in the battle, it was clear that the player group had not encountered any major problems during this time.

"I knew you were alive!" Qi Xin laughed and patted his friend's shoulder, "In this case, with one more reinforcement, our pressure will be much less." Our current situation is ......"

"I've already checked with the sentinels outside, but what about that group of monsters?"

Following Du Qi's gaze, among the soldiers and the group of players, he also saw a group of monsters stationed on the city wall with humans, numbering about thirteen or fourteen. These beasts are two meters tall, with slightly emaciated bodies covered in brown hair, similar in appearance to humans, but with a large bear head. The most interesting thing is that these beasts are not wearing armor, but are dressed in brocade clothes with dark purple as the main body. This kind of dress does not give people a strange feeling, but adds a bit of suave temperament to these strange beasts.

According to the information given by the illustrated book, Duqi until their name was "Jinzhen". The player was just that, and Du Qi even saw a soldier smiling and talking to Jinzhen, which made his heart suddenly full of doubts. What happened during the time of the absence?

"Ah...... You say they! That's a long story, huh...... To put it simply, you know that we players are also involved in the campaign against the Black Pines Forest. While attacking a small camp, one of our player teams happened to come across these brocades being besieged by a large group of lizardmen. Looking at their bodies, you should be able to guess that Jinzhen's physical fitness is quite ordinary, and he is not good at frontal combat, and the magic they are good at can't play much because of the disparity in numbers, so there were already casualties at that time. At that time, it was Yuemin who led the team, and he decided to save Jinzhen. And then...... And then they naturally joined us...... Hey...... I'll tell you a particularly funny thing, not only do these guys not like war, but they also love the gorgeous clothes made by humans. I'm sure it's because of this strange personality that they're being ostracized by the other monsters. ”

"Forehead......" Du Qi looked at Qi Xin speechlessly, "We...... Can you communicate with monsters? ”

"No...... If you look closely, they don't have mouths, they communicate with other living beings through their consciousness. So, we don't need to know their language. ”

"I see......"

"Duqi ......" At this time, Shengyan hurried over with a few people, "You have finally returned, and while you are wandering around, these monsters have turned the land outside the city into their toilets." ”

"My lord, I'm still learning about the situation from Qi Xin. And Lord Yi Qi and Mr. Sinta, long time no see...... Who is this? Doge looked at the big man in the white brocade robe. Unlike those thin brocades, he should be more than two meters five meters tall, and his muscles are exceptionally strong, coupled with a black axe behind his back, he looks full of courage.

"He's the leader of this Jinzhen, Huayi." Qi Xin introduced.

Hua Yi politely made a strange etiquette to Du Qi: "Mr. Du Qi, I have heard Lord Yuemin mention you many times, and I am glad to meet you." ”

The unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared in Du Qi's mind, it was Hua Yi's voice. The appearance of this big man once again subverted his impression of Du Qi, such a gentle voice, but with an extremely rough bear face, it was really a little weird. "Fortunately...... Fortunately! He knew that he must not be rude at this time, so he hurriedly smiled and returned the salute.

"Lord Shengyan, is there anything I can do? I don't think it's the time to chat either. ”

The speed of the mighty monster was not very fast, but it was also close to the east of the city at this time. Now, Duqi could see very clearly that in that team, in addition to the already familiar Dakani lizardmen, there were several new monsters appearing.

There is a monster that resembles a black horse, but its limbs, mane and tail are translucent, and its appearance is like a black flame swaying in the wind, mixed with some red flames shaped like maple leaves. Its name is "Hoof Flower".

The other monster resembles a human, but its body is more exaggerated than Hua Yi's, it should be more than three meters tall, and its back full of muscles is raised high, causing their snapping turtle-like head to extend slightly diagonally downward. The monster has a large tortoise shell on its back, which looks like an excellent means of defense. Its name is "The Crocodile King", and it has the largest number of them, except for the lizardmen.

The last monster was even larger, its body resembling a strong bull, but its skin looked like a cyan rock, its body was six meters long, and a pair of huge horns extending forward on its forehead made it look like a heavy siege vehicle. Its name is "Qing'er"