Loma, Xiluofei, Monis, the junction of the three countries, one of the top ten desperate realms of Olopa, Kuka Mountain.

The noise in the woods continued all morning.

"I guess it's the last one. Joika picked up the corpse of a snake and with her sword and threw it down the cliff.

"No, there are far more snakes, chickens, beasts than we thought, and the rest are just hiding. They think they're going to eat us in numbers, so they don't make these meaningless sacrifices. Cassius's protective ring of ice crystals, replied.

"Are you saying that there is an even more powerful beast behind these monsters commanding them?" asked Joyka.

"Animals that live in groups have leaders, and snakes, chickens, and beasts are no exception. ”

"Tsk! Sophia, are you messing with it over there?"

"Hmm!" Sophia replied at Joika's call, looked at the mountain of snakes, chickens, and beast corpses piled up at her feet, shook her head silently, and then withdrew the Valkyrie arm.

Although the power of the "stigma" has not yet been restored, with Sophia's current strength, it is easy to crush these demonic beasts. Not only her, but everyone's strength has also grown greatly. Recalling the last time I came to Kuka Mountain, eight people were almost wiped out by the snakes, chickens and beasts all over the mountains, and now there are only three of them, and they beat these snakes, chickens and beasts to the ground, which shows the great progress in strength. But how could Sophia not be happy, how could she be happy if she had great power, but used it to kill instead of save?

There is a limit to sentimentality. "Sophia, don't think so much, do what you think is right in your heart. ”

The girl stroked half of the handkerchief on her wrist, fantasizing that the owner of the other half would pat her on the shoulder if she was by her side, and then say the above words.

After adjusting her thoughts, Sophia, along with Joyka and Cassius, walked towards the col where the floatship was parked in her memory.

Sophia and the others were going to a Revenge camp on the edge of the Elven Forest. Originally, the traditional route from St. Pope's Island to the Avenger camp was to take a boat to the Kingdom of St. Auluff, and then cross the territory of the Kingdom of St. Auluff and the Kingdom of Pole by land to reach the destination. But now that St. Aulufe and Pole are in a state of hostility, the border is closed, the traditional route is no longer possible, and the detour will have to be delayed for a long time, however, the partners have another option: the empty route. Take a boat from Pope Island to the Republic of Monis, then go to the Kuka Mountains occupied by snakes, chickens, and beasts, and retrieve the "Gagarin" airship that was abandoned there by their friends last year, and fly directly from the air to the Revengen camp. Although this is also a big circle, it is expected to take two days less than the traditional route.

Here, first of all, I would like to briefly introduce the situation of the partners after the end of the Battle of the Holy City.

The Battle of the Holy City, which shook the three continents of Olopa, ended with the vampires retreating on their own initiative, all the werewolves were arrested, and the Holy Army won the final victory. No one who participated in that night's battle would have considered it a "victory", and if it weren't for the sun, the Holy City would have become history. Although the werewolf leader and the vampire prince died in that battle, the price paid by the Central Church was even greater, the Pope was killed in the battle, and the cardinal "Holy Fire" Herabeno was killed by werewolves, and another cardinal, Filizak, the commander of the Papal Guard, was shrouded in the black gas of death released by the vampire prince to liberate the power of the second bloodline, and survived with his strong strength as a cardinal, and was not killed by the black gas like others in the Pope's palace at that time, but he was also a waste from then on, and he could never go to the battlefield again.

The troops of the Holy City garrison and the Inquisition who participated in the war were completely wiped out, and the Knights Templar's "Bright Dignity" regiment and other local garrisons that reinforced the Holy City also suffered heavy losses, countless civilian casualties, and more than half of the buildings were destroyed. The bustling and sacred city of myths was reduced to a living hell overnight. However, the stricter ones are yet to come, and it is not the vampires or werewolves that pose the greatest threat to the central Church, but the evil Order of Truth, which the Pope exposed before his death, and who believed in the fallen angel Lucifer. No one knows how deeply the truth will penetrate the Central Church, and no one knows who is the Truth Society around them, so everyone in the Central Church is now in danger, and no one trusts anyone. This is still a secondary to the weakening of the strength of the Central Church, and the key is that the Central Church is now gradually losing its absolute authority in the past.

In this stormy world, partners and old friends who have been caught up in the war must also take their own actions.

Long before setting off for the Blood Mountains, Joyka, Cassius, and Dany accept a special commission from King Duris. The intelligence agents who the king had planted in the camp of the Restorationists received news that after the death of the old marshal, the inner demons lurking in the Restoration of the Central Church planned a series of seizures of power, and they found a fake Princess Sophia in an attempt to issue orders to the Restoration, and had been supported by some of the Restoration, but their actions were blocked by the Informed faction led by the old marshal's granddaughter Alice, and the two factions had their own supporters. Therefore, Duris asks Joeyka and them to send a message to Sophia to go to the Avenger camp to clean up the mess.

Logically speaking, Duris didn't need to help the Restorationists who were trying to overthrow his rule, but he didn't want the unstable elements in his kingdom that would cause instability, and once the Central Church completely controlled the Restoration's army, his kingdom would be in a predicament. Therefore, leaving the Afner camp as it was was in the best interests of his regime.

However, after the three of them arrived in the Blood Mountains, they were immediately drawn into the battle of the Holy City, and they did not have time to convey the news to Sophia, and only when the dust settled, did they remember it.

"Alice, you must not be fine. When she heard the news, Sophia was very anxious, she had just experienced the pain of losing her teacher, and immediately fell into the worry of her friend again, which made her a lot haggard.

In order to get Sophia back up, her old friends and Owen both suggested that she put aside other things and go to the Revenge camp first. Although Sophia was worried about the body of her teacher St. Angel being left in the coffin of the Pope's Palace, in order to reassure her, the three old friends of the seniors, Tismu, Spiruk, and Yundy, made a solemn promise to Sophia: they would definitely take back St. Angel's body. Moreover, investigating the lost elven artifact was also the original purpose of their visit to Holy Pope's Island.

In this way, the old friends and the younger ones parted ways. However, before leaving the ship from Holy Pope Island, the partners parted ways again. The first to leave was Dani, and although she wanted to continue the adventure with Sophia and the rest of her companions, she could not leave behind her badly injured and amnesiac teacher, so Dany chose to stay in St. Pope's Island and move William to a relatively hidden and safe place to take care of him.

Then that same evening, an unexpected guest visited them. The arrival of Melissa, the former "Bat Queen", and now the "Vampire Queen", surprised everyone. With more than half of the Vampires lost in the Battle of the Holy City, the friends couldn't think of a reason for the new Bloodline leader to leave her people behind and go deep into enemy territory again. Actually, Melissa said it for a simple reason, she just came to find someone: Ray.

In the battle of the Holy City, if it wasn't for Ray's timely action, the "Vampire Empress" might have had an early curtain call, so Melissa came to repay the favor owed to Ray, and secondly, to fulfill her wish for many years, so she told Ray everything she knew, that is, the dragon knight Garifin who was not recorded in history 200 years ago, and the fall of the Braden Kingdom.

"You say I'm the reincarnation of the dragon knight? I fell in love with the Golden Dragon Clan all my life, and then I was killed by you? Ray stood up, showing a look of great disbelief.

Melissa sighed lightly and said, "What I said is the truth. Remember the battle you had with me in the church? That's when I realized you were Califin. I understand that whatever I do will not be enough to atone for the sins I have inflicted on you and the Kingdom, if you are going to take revenge......"

"Why should I get revenge?" Ray interrupted with a wave of his hand, "I'm not some Calif. Besides, even if there is such a thing as reincarnation, my body and memories in this life have nothing to do with the man in your mouth. I just want to know about the ten years I lost, and ......"

Ray didn't go on with what he said, it was a special feeling about a woman in his subconscious.

"I don't know very well about the Golden Dragon Lady, but with the information I have, you and her ...... Well, what happened to Calivan and her should have happened in his last life as Califin......"

......

That night's conversation made Ray toss and turn for a night, and the next morning, he made a decision that surprised his friends.

"Brother, everyone. I can't go with you to the Avenger camp. Before leaving, Lei said apologetically, "I have to go to the Golden Dragon Sanctuary to visit the Golden Dragon Clan and uncover some mysteries about me." ”

"What?, Ray, are you crazy!" Cassius exclaimed, "Do you really listen to that vampire woman's nonsense?"

Joyka also felt very inappropriate, and persuaded: "Thunder, not to mention whether the reincarnation is real, the Golden Dragon Sanctuary is a forbidden place for humans, you know, those Golden Dragon Clans will kill any human who dares to approach." No matter what your connection to the Golden Dragon Clan was, you were joking with your own life. ”

"I'm sorry. Lei replied categorically, "This time I have to go." I know it's not fair to Alice to do that, and if you see her, please apologize to her on my behalf. ”

Knowing Lei's bull temper, everyone also understands that it is useless to persuade more. So Sophia said, "Why don't we go to the Golden Dragon Sanctuary first, and then go to the Avenger camp together after finishing the thunder." As soon as these words came out, Sophia immediately regretted in her heart, how could she say such stupid things?

"Alice's matter is also urgent. Owen said, "It's better to go like this, Lei and I will go to the Golden Dragon Sanctuary for a trip, and you will go to the Avenger camp first, and then you will come after Lei and I are done." ”

"Owen, you really don't need ......"

Owen interrupted Ray with a gesture: "Perhaps, this time you really need my help." And I have other things to do when I go to the Rocard Empire. ”

"That's, but......" Ray hesitated as he looked at Owen and then at Sophia.

In the battle of the Snowy Federation, Ray witnessed Owen lead the Silver Dragons to fight against Mephistopheles's monster legion, which shows that Owen has experience in dealing with dragons, maybe visiting the Golden Dragons, with Owen's help, it may really be twice the result with half the effort, but in this way, Sophia's side will lack two combat power, and the danger to her companions will probably increase.

"Owen ......" Sophia unconsciously played with the corners of her skirt. Her mood is also complicated, on the one hand, she doesn't want to be separated from Owen, but in front of Ray she is embarrassed to say it.

"Sophia. Owen tapped her on the shoulder, "I'm sure with your current abilities, there's nothing that can stump you, let alone Joyka and Cassius." I believe in you, why don't you believe in yourself?"

"I ...... Well. Sophia nodded confidently.

She seemed to understand Owen's intention to leave......

In this way, the partners embarked on two passenger ships to the Republic of Monis and to the Rocard Empire, respectively, and parted ways