Located on the northeastern edge of the Ember Forest, overlooking the Black Forest and opposite the Dawn Fortress of the Human Kingdom, the End of the Forest is a very important strategic stronghold in the Dejia border region.

And guarding this city of the dead is the famous "Black Tide".

The main body of the legion is composed of skeleton warriors, numbering more than 1,000, and is equipped with a group of necromancers who specialize in summoning, which can be said to be a typical "Skull Sea" legion, which is very suitable for large-scale attrition operations.

The legion leader of the "Black Tide", the "Bone Blade General", is a fourteenth-level undead pole, whose signature feature is a pair of extremely sharp bone arms, which can directly slash like a sword, almost indestructible.

Therefore, the military banner of "Black Tide" is also centered on a curved "black bone arm", surrounded by wavy patterns, which is unique and abnormal.

Speaking of this bone blade general, he is also a well-known figure in Dejia, known for his "absolute neutrality".

Whether it is the Holy Spirit Temple or the Necromancer Alliance, General Bone Blade has always adhered to an impartial, neutral and objective and impartial attitude, and has no inclination.

Moreover, since General Bone Blade took over the "Black Tide", this Dejia Southwest Town Army has never been swayed or touched by any force, and is only dedicated to carrying out its own border mission. Even though the Holy Spirit Temple has gathered forces to invade Erathia through the Ember Forest many times in the past hundred years, the "Black Tide" has never ignored the other party's instructions and calls, but just stuck to his duties and never stepped out of Dejia.

Therefore, under the table, the Holy Spirit Temple tried several times to transfer or remove the Bone Blade General, but all of them were stopped by the alliance. After all, even if it can't be used for oneself, it can effectively block the expansion of the Holy Spirit Temple's power. The alliance is also happy with stereotypes.

As for the alliance's many light and dark helps, the Bone Blade General still did not react at all, let alone show any tendency to turn to the alliance.

Over time, the Holy Spirit Temple also gave up its "substitution efforts". On the contrary, it restricts its own forces not to provoke the "black tide" lightly, and only regard it as Dejia's public weapon.

Of course, Moriarty's entry into the "end of the forest" was not intended to visit the "strong general". Or what kind of information can be obtained. Instead, I hope to find a suitable guide in this city of the dead.

In fact, as early as when Erathia was Sir Ensberg, Moriarty had heard of the prestige of the "Forest of Embers".

Since the time of the Ancient Elven Empire, this huge black forest with a radius of hundreds of kilometers has been a moat that runs through the south-central region of the continent.

Unlike other forests, the area of the "Forest of Ashes" is perennially filled with a gray mist mixed with a high concentration of negative energy, and from time to time terrible storms formed by the force of death erupt, leaving almost no normal life to survive in it. Only a tall coniferous plant called the "ghost tree" can tolerate such an environment, and in the process, it thrives and develops, and finally forms this large continuous "Ember Forest".

Speaking of which, during the reign of Griffin, the "Griffon's Heart". Erathia's national strength and military strength are unprecedentedly strong, and she has also thought of sending troops to attack Dejia to solve the "undead problem" that has plagued the whole country for a long time. However, not long after the elite human army had been drawn from the Fortress of Dawn, they had to stop in front of the endless Hesse. Because no matter how many elite scouts, rangers, and even the main brigade of the formation of King Griffin sent into the "Ember Forest", the enchantment is like a mud cow into the sea, and no one will come back alive.

It wasn't until the Templar powerhouses under the command of "Griffonheart" broke into Hesse together that they brought back the exact whereabouts of the missing troops. It turned out that all the advance soldiers had died in the poisonous mist of the "Ember Forest". Even those in the middle of the profession are not immune.

In a fit of rage, King Griffin decided to burn down the entire "Forest of Embers". But I didn't expect it. Not only are the towering "ghost trees" extremely difficult to ignite, and even if they do, they will only destroy a layer of bark. Under the nourishment of high concentration of negative energy, the injured "ghost wood" will quickly recover, and it also has stronger flame resistance.

At the same time, the march was delayed. The main army of Dejia also had the opportunity to calmly arrange, and more elite forces entered Hesse, waiting to ambush the main force of the human army.

Seeing this, the "Griffon's Heart" had no choice but to put down his face and announce the withdrawal of the army. And this is the only time in history that mankind has fought a war against Dejia. And so it came to an end.

Therefore, now it is not a trivial matter for Moriarty to enter this strange black forest to pursue and strangle the Queen of Lies, even if his strength has reached the extreme, but if the geography is unclear and the location is unknown, I am afraid that he is likely to be ambushed and counterattacked by "people with intentions". So, a good guide can provide him with a lot of useful help.

Unlike the "Fountain of Silence", which is completely open, the main body of the "End of the Forest" is a closed military fortress, and it is said that the Bone Blade Shogun and the "Black Tide" are stationed in the fortress all year round, and they do not leave a single step. Not far from the fortress is the main part of the town at the "end of the forest", with a large area of rough-looking houses that accept long-term visitors or travelers to the southwest.

Naturally, this part of the area was also nominally under the jurisdiction of the "Black Tide" legion. However, the Bone Blade General will not pay attention to these mundane things, so in fact, the town at the end of the forest is in a state of self-governance, and there are many forces to maintain the balance, and no one can dominate.

Walking into the bustling town, Moriarty suddenly had the illusion of coming to a human bazaar. The difference is that all that appears in front of him at this moment are vampires, skeletons, zombies, and even ghosts, or the occasional few necromancers who roam here, and there are absolutely no normal creatures. However, in a similar way to human market towns, these undead beings also play a variety of social roles and divisions, some setting up stalls, some shopping, some hawking, and some bargaining, almost like ordinary Erathia bazaar.

Without thinking about revealing his identity, Moriarty restrained his breath and continued to walk slowly in the city in a tight black robe.

Unlike the "Fountain of Silence", most of the currencies traded here do not involve "huge sums of money" such as gold pounds, but mainly "silver orders", which are small silver currencies. It can also be seen that in fact, there is still a lot of "inflation" in core cities such as the "Fountain of Silence". On the contrary, other "second- and third-tier areas" are more people-friendly and livable.

It took some time for Moriarty to slowly turn aside the places that could be reached inside and outside the "end of the forest", and carefully saw the "customs" of Dejia society before turning to the side again. Of course, he did not directly solicit the "idlers" who were to be hired on the streets, but went to one of the official offices of the Coalition here. But. Moriarty didn't want to reveal his identity or ask the local staff to cooperate with him, but simply because there were often some "undead mercenaries" with good skills and who had been preliminarily vetted by the alliance to choose from.

Naturally, the same hired people, Moriarty still believes in "brand goods".

Sure enough, after paying a certain fee, the staff of the alliance took Moriarty to a spacious semi-enclosed square, where more than a dozen undead professionals of different levels could be seen. And the work of the alliance is only over here, and which one will be hired by Moriarty after that. What kind of price must be paid is for the two parties to negotiate on their own, and it has nothing to do with the alliance.

"It's a pretty smart intermediary model, just manage the platform, don't care about anything else, you can save a lot of chores, it's really cost-effective."

Looking at the departing alliance staff, Moriarty couldn't help but praise secretly.

And at this time. When the undead professionals in the square saw the potential patrons appear, they all turned their eyes to them. Staring at this mysterious person who didn't show any of his body and appearance.

Of course, no one really cares what the other person looks like. Because as a life of the dead, too many desires and distractions have been removed, and the mind left behind is more pure and consistent than that of humans.

Turning around, Moriarty began to scrutinize the undead in front of him. As a demigod incarnation, you don't even have to be in direct contact. The approximate strength of all these non-extreme professionals can be seen in their minds.

However, when Moriarty's gaze slowly turned around the square, he suddenly stopped in front of a stone step.

On the top of the stairs sat a tall, muscular undead warrior in an old black armor. Half-bowed head, motionless, but only one arm remained.

And in its only remaining hand, it held a broken serrated heavy sword, lying across its lap, the blade covered with frost.

"Coffin Knight, Gauguin!"

Even if the appearance has changed drastically, even if the opponent's strength has regressed to only level ten, but just at a glance, Moriarty recognized that the half-crippled warrior who seemed to be Luo Tuo was the coffin knight Gauguin who had fought against Olympus alone in Sosk.

It's just because this high-level peak martial artist with extremely strong combat power and taciturn really left a deep impression on him.

However, it has only been half a year, and how the coffin knight, who was armed with a heavy sword and slashed iron like mud, could have fallen into such a situation as he is now, really puzzled Moriarty, and even had a lot of regrets. And the biggest possibility is that Gauguin was forced to retreat by himself, and he failed to recover the holy relic "Withered Robe", and he was unable to arrest Claudia to return to the case, and he also lost the high-level undead priest Helens, so he was severely punished after returning to the Holy Spirit Temple, so that he became what he is now.

"Stupid temple of the Holy Spirit." Looking at Gauguin, who was silent not far away, Moriarty couldn't help but sigh softly.

However, then he turned his gaze away and continued his own sifting.

"I'm going into the Black Forest in search of something, I need a guide who knows the place, and who wants to show me the way?"

After watching the circle, Moriarty directly announced his intention in public.

Soon, five or six undead came forward, offering to accept the hire, and all assured that they would be able to do their duties as guides well.

After a brief conversation, Moriarty chose two of them:

One is a mid-level skeleton swordsman who has been active in the Ember Forest all year round and is very familiar with this area; The other is a special undead class, the Soul Catcher, who has a special search ability that is useful for tracking down the Queen of Lies.

As for the "labor fee" quoted by the two undead, Moriarty did not bargain, and paid half of the deposit in advance unconventionally, fully showing the true character of the "big man", and also making the other undead who were not selected envious.

However, just when everyone thought that the selection was over and the other party was about to leave, Moriarty turned around again, walked to the coffin knight who was sitting on one side and never raised his head, and said bluntly: "I want to hire you." (To be continued......)