The night battle continued for some time, and dozens of fire wolves were all killed. Although in the eyes of the world, the fire wolf is a special magic beast with a small amount of magic attributes, which is extremely ferocious, but the people of the special dispatch team are not mortals, plus the elite guards sent by Kaman, although many guards were injured, but in the end, this fire wolf was wiped out.

The sky was already bright, the blue sun had already risen into the sky, the red sun was also leaping in the sky, and the wind and snow that had lasted for several days finally faded.

Chester was holding his lord's sword, panting heavily, the battle just now was extremely fierce, and he also chopped off a fire wolf's hind leg with his own hands. Xiao Mu, this guy, was busy unleashing the blessing spell on the injured guard. Green led several hunters from the Adventurer's Guild to inspect the corpses of the fire wolves one by one, while Setty and Kuigang sat on the side to rest.

"Chief, there's something wrong with this corpse!" Clay suddenly shouted as he looked through several fire wolf corpses. Hearing Clay's voice, Green hurried over and carefully looked at the corpse of the fire wolf in front of Clay, with a solemn expression, "Everyone, you all come and take a look." ”

Hearing that Green was also greeting everyone, Koster gathered around with the others. I saw that this was a common red fur fire wolf, slightly larger than the ordinary fire wolf, and one hind leg was directly cut off by someone's sharp weapon last night, leaving only a small amount of fur connected to each other. A large wound to the stomach was caused by the spear of the Kaman warrior, and the blood that flowed out had turned black, and the two green eyes had dimmed.

"Look closely at the wound on the hind leg," Green said, guiding the group through the body.

Kest looked at the wound on the fire wolf's hind leg, which had been cut by a knife-like weapon, with a little fur on the back attached to the hind limbs, and on the front of the fracture, the rolled fur was mixed with dried blood. Suddenly, a black streamer flickered on the wound.

"Hey, it's," Kerst said in surprise, rubbing his eyes.

"You read that right, keep looking," Green waved his hand at Kerst and motioned to continue.

I saw that at the severed leg of the hind leg, every once in a while, there would be a black streamer flashing. Green thought for a moment, took out the pocket knife from his boots, and cut open the fire wolf's belly, this time everyone saw more clearly, the black streamer started from the fire wolf's head every once in a while, gradually flashed, and ended at the tail.

Green didn't stop the movement in his hand, stabbed the back of the fire wolf's head with a knife, and then reached in, and for a long time, he pulled out a red crystal nucleus. The fire wolf's crystal nucleus is red, the size of a pebble, in line with the fire wolf's identity as a low-end magical beast. However, on this fiery red crystal nucleus, there was actually a black streamer flashing as well.

"It's the work of dark magic, this fire wolf has been artificially modified. Setie, the court magician from San Jose, who was the most knowledgeable about magic in the group, whispered an explanation when he saw this.

"Setie is right, this fire wolf has been darkened and its crystal nucleus has been contaminated, so it seems to have become more aggressive. Green took Sytie's words and continued, "And in terms of size, this fire wolf is bigger than the surrounding ones, and should be the leader of this fire wolf pack. Looks like. It's all man-made, and some people are picking on beasts to experiment with dark magic, and it seems to be quite effective. ”

"Chief Lord, what should we do?" Xiao Mu was anxious and couldn't help asking.

Green pondered for a moment, "In the current situation, we have to go deeper into the mountains to see if we can find more cases." ”

Green's proposal was unopposed, and everyone cleaned up the camp and set out on the journey again.

The Sunset Mountains are especially beautiful after the snowstorm, with snow-covered vegetation and a large area of snow, with occasional breezes blowing and snowflakes falling. Under the light of the blue sun, which is not particularly strong, it looks very beautiful. When the red sun rises into the sky from the summit of the Sunset Mountains, a large expanse of light shines through the mountains to the earth.

In the follow-up trip, everyone encountered the attacks of several other groups of fire wolves one after another. Despite being the most common beast in the Sunset Mountains, the frequent appearance of the Fire Wolves caught Grimm's attention. Moreover, without exception, among these fire wolves, there is a leader of the fire wolves who have been magically transformed by darkness, and their red crystal nuclei the size of stones are all flashing with black streamers.

On the third day after their first encounter with the Fire Wolf, the Special Dispatch Team was even attacked by a Berserk Bear. The Berserk Bear is a large beast in the Sunset Mountains, with no magical powers, but is relatively large in size, and generally lives omnivorous. When attacking animals, it exhibits berserk traits and greatly increases its strength and energy, hence the name Berserk Bear.

However, unlike the fire wolf, no matter how fierce the berserk bear is, it is also an ordinary beast. But this berserk bear that attacked the crowd actually spewed black light from the palm of the palm when he waved the bear's paw, and a corrosive hole immediately appeared in the body of the person who was touched.

Although under the combined attack of Kuigang and Green, Kuigang finally cut off the head of the berserk bear with a single sword, the dispatch team still paid the price of the tragic death of five guards. After dissecting the corpse of the berserk bear, he did not find the crystal nucleus in the brain, but found that the familiar dark streamer also appeared in the heart.

Seeing this black heart, the main members of the dispatch team were very serious. Xiao Mu was the first to be unable to hold back, "Can it be controlled without a crystal nucleus?

"Mu Gongzi, I'm afraid your guess is not wrong. The ability of this person who wields dark magic is constantly improving. Now that his magic can control non-magical beasts, it seems that racial restrictions are no longer a problem for spellcasters. Green analysis.

At this time, Sei also said, "My lord, if a large beast like a berserk bear can be controlled by dark magic, then what about people?"

Setie's words were so deafening that everyone present was speechless. "How is this possible, using dark magic to control people?" Xiao Mu stammered.

"Mu Gongzi, you don't know. Setie went on to explain.

It turns out that in the era of the Magic Empire, the power of dark magic was extremely powerful, and there was nothing that could not be done, only the unexpected. The Magic Empire once magically transformed a large number of convicted slaves and captured prisoners of war, all of them into thoughtless puppets with dark magic, and the dark magic gave them strange powers, and everyone became unafraid of pain, no feelings, and infinitely powerful.

In the final stages of the war, a large number of these magic golems were thrown into the battlefield, inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels and the multi-racial coalition.

After the establishment of the San Jose Empire, after inheriting the mantle of the Magic Empire, he thought that these things were too bloody and brutal, so he hid these records deeply. Specific records may have to be consulted at the San Jose Library.

After listening to Setie's explanation, everyone took a deep breath, and sure enough, the origin of dark magic was not simple. From this point of view, there may be a bigger secret behind this matter.

However, many members of the task force were divided on how to proceed with the operation. Kui Gang and Setie insisted on continuing the in-depth investigation and did not leave until they grasped the source. Green represents the Adventurer's Guild and wants to get the word back to the guild as soon as possible. And Xiao Mu didn't want to continue. Judging from the current situation, the dark magic incident should be confirmed to have nothing to do with the Principality of Kaman. Now a berserk bear has caused massive casualties to the Carman Guards, and God knows how many of these enchanted beasts will be behind them.

Xiao Mu's decision was supported by the Kaman Guard, after all, dark magic or something is far away from these ordinary guards, and protecting the safety of Mu Gongzi is the top priority, and Koster must be on Xiao Mu's side, but he is a little eager to continue the adventure.

Kster can also understand the contradiction of the current dispatch team, the representatives of San Jose and Desic must want to find more information related to dark magic, the hunters of the adventurer's guild only want to find out why, and the Principality of Kaman only wants to clear up their relationship.

As the organizer of this adventure, the chief hunter Green whispered a long discussion with Xiao Mu, Setie, and Kuigang. When Chester was a little impatient, everyone finally agreed. Based on the current supply situation of the team, Green gave the upper limit of the time for the investigation to be five more days.

And in order to deal with more dangers, the team must now be more vigilant, Clay was sent out with two hunters to explore the way in advance, and the Kaman Guard is responsible for continuing to protect the safety of Mu Gongzi, and if you encounter a high-level magic beast, try not to participate in the battle. Judging from the situation of this berserk bear, ordinary guards can't handle this level of battle. In addition, after packing the collected Fire Wolf Crystal Nucleus into the heart of the Berserk Bear, Green hurriedly wrote a text on parchment, and then sent three Carman Guards to immediately return from the original route and deliver the letter and evidence to the Carman Adventurers Branch.

Green is a veteran hunter who has been on the continent for many years of adventure, and has experienced a variety of events, large and small. In fact, as a secret mission of the Adventurers' Guild, monitoring dark magic events, Green has experienced many times, however, in the past ten years, this kind of time has happened more and more frequently. So this time into the mountain, Green felt a trace of anxiety, and he couldn't explain the anxiety himself.

After solving the small contradictions of the team, the team set off again, after a few battles, the mood in the team was no longer relaxed, the hunters on the periphery dutifully probed, and the guards all clenched their spears and stared at the surrounding environment. Green and Kui are still at the head of the line.

On the highest peak of the Sunset Mountains, there is a dark cave. There is a torch burning in the cave. On the ground, there is a dark red liquid, and a pentagram is drawn.

In the center of the pentagram, a naked man huddled there, beside the torch, a thin man hidden in a black robe, waving his hands and making various gestures, while muttering words.

With the incantation, streams of black light floated out from his palms, rolling in the air and entering the body of the man on the ground. With each flickering light, the pentagram on the ground also brightened and dimmed. Suddenly, the man on the ground let out a scream of "Ah!", turned over, opened his eyes, and a pair of blood-red pupils pierced the darkness.