Travel back in time to a village in the mountains of the western southern continent shortly after the battle between Artevans and Talia began.

The whole village was shrouded in a black fog,

The village had been uninhabited for a while, and just now, about forty figures suddenly appeared in the clearing in the center of the village.

These forty or so men were the forces of the Divine Heirs who had been transferred here by Kaina, as well as Gerst and Thorin.

When Gerst saw this scene that was extremely familiar to him, he couldn't help but smile, "I didn't expect it to be back again, it looks like a lot of things have happened here."

"Mr. Gerst, ...... here?" Sorine asked, looking at the mountain village shrouded in black fog with a puzzled expression.

"The mountains in the west are also my hometown, and it's a little ridiculous to think back to why I left them." Gerst responded to Thorin's words as he radiated his own perception to confirm that there was no one living in the village

After a moment, Gust retracted his senses, his face sank.

"Tell me, O lonely ghost wandering around here, what happened to you here?" Gerst stretched out his left hand, palm facing the ground, and whispered.

Immediately, a cyan magic array unfolded at Gust's feet, and a faint light emanated from Gust's body.

Not long after Gust unleashed the magic array, a thought came to Gust's mind, and it was the words from the lonely ghosts around him.

"About two months ago, a group of people with very strange eyes arrived, led by two very young-looking women, followed by ordinary soldiers. They went through all the villages with the soldiers, and in each village they declared that some demon wanted to rule the place, and let us obey them."

"We don't know who they really are, and they suddenly came here and said they wanted to rule over us, and of course some people didn't agree, but as soon as they objected, the woman with the dagger brutally killed them. After that, the group swept from village to village, and when they met those who resisted, they tortured them to death on the spot, and those who were willing to submit ignored them, and soon the whole mountain was ruled by them.'"

"However, we thought that as long as we obeyed, there would be no danger, but we were still naïve. One day we noticed a black mist coming from a distance, and at first we didn't know what it was, until we saw a villager come into contact with the black fog and their bodies quickly dissolved, and we knew that something was wrong. However, it was too late.'

"Now, there are no living people on this mountain, Mr. Gerst, you better get out of here, this is no longer a place for people to live."

Then the thoughts in Gerst's mind vanished.

After listening to the words from these lonely ghosts, Gerst shrugged helplessly.

(Seemingly, as I thought...... ）

Then, he looked at Sorine again and said with a serious expression, "Lady Sorin, we need to get out of here as soon as possible, or there may be danger."

"Okay." Thorin nodded, responded, then turned to the Heirs whom Talia had brought with him, "Guys, we have to get out of here."

"No, I can feel that there's an enemy around here." One of the Divine Heirs' troops suddenly spoke up and said that he was a young man who had been given high hopes by Taria, Shalevin.

Sullevin looked around vigilantly, and the power of the oracle on his body gradually emerged.

Shalevin was the captain of this Divine Heir Clan's troops, and seeing that Celeven was so vigilant, the other Divine Heirs also entered the battle mode, ready to respond to the enemy's attack at any time.

Seeing this, Gust once again radiated his senses, but still failed to sense anyone's presence.

"Guys, I don't think we should waste our time here, even if it's really like you said, there are enemies nearby, but the other party is in the shadows, and we can't do anything here." Gerst walked up to Sullevin and said to Sullevin in a calm tone, "So, my idea is that we get out of here first, and if we really encounter an enemy on the way, it's not impossible for us to fight again."

Charlevin glanced at Gerst with a subtle look, and lowered his head slightly as if thinking about something, but in the end, he still shook his head and said firmly, "In such a scene, the enemy must be the demons, and we will stay here to fight the demons."

Gerst sighed softly and returned to Thorin.

"Lady Thorin, let's leave, the people of the Divine Heir have decided to stay here and fight, although I don't agree with their approach, I don't want to persuade them, let them go." Gerst said to Sorin in a very serious tone.

Thorin nodded without hesitation, not caring if it would be dangerous for these Divine Heirs to stay here, and left with Gust.

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After Gerst and Thorin left the village, the Divine Heir forces remained on the alert, looking around and attacking as soon as an enemy appeared.

But everyone was vigilant for a long time, and nothing happened.

"Captain, do you really feel like there's an enemy?" One of the clansmen began to think that perhaps Salevan was too sensitive.

"No, when I first arrived here, I looked around with the eyes of heaven and saw a very strange figure, and I can guarantee that I am absolutely not mistaken." Sullevin replied firmly.

The other clansmen had no objection and turned their attention to the surroundings again.

However, none of them noticed that a faint, imperceptible white point of light crept up at their feet in the thick black mist, and began to draw circles around where they stood.

Behind a tree not far from the group of gods, Kaina leaned against the trunk, clasped her hands, and sneered.

In less than ten seconds, the white dot of light drew a circle on where the Divine Heirs were standing, and Kaina snapped her fingers immediately.

Immediately, an enchantment suddenly opened up where Shalevan and the others were standing, trapping them inside.

The sudden enchantment frightened the Divine Heirs who were trapped inside, and they began to condense spells to break through the barrier. But soon, they discovered that no matter how much they attacked, they couldn't cause even the slightest crack.

Kaina then stepped out from behind the tree, looked at the Divine Heirs trapped inside, and said, "You should have left with those two humans, but now, it's too late."

With that, Kaina clapped her hands, and a white light suddenly lit up in the barrier, bursting into bursts of lightning.

The Divine Heirs who were trapped in the enchantment were hit by this lightning and were instantly shattered, dying on the spot.

Moments later, the barrier was lifted, and the only one alive was Sullevin as the captain, and everyone else was dead.

Of the more than thirty Divine Heir Clan troops, there was only one left in an instant.

(End of chapter)