Fermus sat in his study and leisurely flipped through the scrolls, taking a sip of fragrant coffee.

The butler knocked on the door and saluted respectfully, saying, "Master, Forrest has returned, and he said that he had an urgent matter to see you." ”

"That's bad news. Fermus put down his coffee, muttered to himself, and said, "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open, and in came a tall, slender young man, who was half-kneeling and about to speak, but was stopped by Fermus waving his hand.

"Let me guess, is Saig City lost?"

"How do you know, master?" asked Forrest, puzzled.

"You have a word on your face, if Murphy Yad is defeated, you should be happy, and you will be anxious to see you, and the result will definitely be the opposite. Fermus said calmly.

"That's right, Saig City has fallen to Yard, no, it's in the hands of the Shadows, and now they have controlled most of the territory of the Borderlands, if they take the Lost City again, I'm afraid ......" Forrest didn't say any more, and the meaning of his words was naturally known to Fermus.

"It's me who overestimated Alubo, and underestimated Shadow and Yard, and it seems that my brother can't help but fight me. Forrest, how sure do you think they have the Lost City?" asked Fermus, frowning.

Forrest didn't hesitate to say, "Absolutely." ”

"Oh?" was a little surprised to hear that Forrest had such a high opinion of Shadow.

"The overall strength of the shadow is very strong, the morale is unprecedentedly high, there are many powerhouses above the fifth order, and the addition of Murphy Yard is even more powerful, especially the leader named Thunder, although I haven't seen him show his true strength, but it gives me the feeling that it is very dangerous, even more than facing Morphie Yard. "Forrest is better than the Shadows to the Lost City.

When Forrest mentioned Ray, he noticed that the corners of Fermus's eyes twitched, and his face was full of jealousy.

As a confidant of Fermus, Forrest also has extraordinary shrewdness, and there are very few people who can move Fermus, he knows that Ray is definitely not simple, but he will definitely not ask if he shouldn't ask.

"Master, the Lost City is like the mouth of the Shadow Bottle, if it is lost again, it will be even more difficult to suppress them, should we intervene?"

"Forrest, you really have extraordinary vision and wisdom, but you don't know the real predicament we are facing now, the two states in the northwest have been eyeing us, if we rashly move troops, they will definitely unite to divide the territory of the Murphy family, and then the loss will be more than just the lost city. Fermus praised Forrest for his foresight and spoke out about the pressure he was facing.

The Murphys had disputes with several nearby states when they were founded, and they were able to suppress them when Murphy I was in the past.

Over the years, the forces of all parties have behaved in a hurry, and even the prestige of the emperor of the principality cannot suppress the ambitions of the various giants.

As the pillars of the empire, the Murphy family was originally the backing to resist the eastward advance of the Kaman Empire, and if Fermus took the lead in waging war against the Shadows, the other federations would inevitably join in.

Once the two empires went to war, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"You go out first, Forrest, I have my own opinion. Fermus rubbed his forehead and waved Forrest away.

In the dark room, Fermus smiled mysteriously, "Alubo, you idiot, want to possess the heart of eternal motion, but you have lost Saige City and your own life, and you have nothing to gain. Ray, I'm waiting for you here, as long as you get the heart of eternal motion, all the price is worth it, hehehe. ”

Cross headed north with the remnants, and as Murphy Yard said, he didn't consider taking refuge in the Lost City. Because he was attached to his uncle, he was afraid that the armed forces in his hands would be swallowed up by others without taking revenge, and more importantly, he really didn't have the courage to fight with Lei Gan now.

He only believed in himself, and now he needed a credible ally in addition to silently strengthening his own power, and the Morgan family of the Kaman Empire might be a good choice.

The SEG troops, who had been unsupplied for the long journey, had abandoned all their mobile armaments, and the contingent of more than 10,000 men had been walking through the wilderness for several days.

"Young master, there is the Forest of Lorraine in front, although it saves a lot of time to cross this forest area to the Legrin Forbidden Zone, but this is said to be a forbidden area of life, and no one dares to set foot in it, should we change the way and detour?" a loyal subordinate licked his chapped lips and went up to persuade him.

It had been two days since there was no water source to be found, and everyone was thirsty and their throats were on fire, which was why Cross chose to go directly through the forest, in addition to saving time, there must be water in the forest with relatively low radiation to tide them over the current crisis.

"There's no way, we'll all be dying of thirst if we go around, tell everyone to follow, I won't be able to open the way in front of us, but there are more than 10,000 people with weapons who can't deal with any beasts. Cross patted his subordinate on the shoulder and reassured.

The deep black entrance of Lorain is like the mouth of a fierce beast, and people can't help but tremble at the sight, but as Cross said, they have no choice.

If the Shadow had sent a team of 1,000 men in pursuit, it would probably not take much effort to annihilate them all.

Cross was the first to enter the forest, and although it was a sunny day, it was as dark as night, and after walking a distance, he had to adapt to the environment before he could barely see the surrounding scenery.

The sound of rustling leaves is constantly sounding, and the beasts that lurk in the forest are always watching in the shadows.

Cross became alert, and a ferocious grinning white tiger jumped out and pounced on him with its teeth and claws. For the grinning white tiger with a strong sense of territory, there is no fear in his mind at all.

Cross appeared on the tiger's back as soon as he moved, and the heavy punch that had been stored for a long time easily shattered the white tiger's skull, and before its blood coagulated, he used a short knife to accurately cut the artery in his neck.

The gushing tiger blood was a little fishy, and he couldn't care about it so much, and he even took a few gulps before standing up and signaling the others to drink blood to quench their thirst.

For a huge team, a giant tiger is only a drop in the bucket, but there are many kinds of birds and beasts in the forest, which also gives them a glimmer of life.

By nightfall, the team had reached the middle of the forest, where a mountain range blocked the way, and the mutation of the mountain range had uncovered the remains of old buildings.

Before the catastrophe struck, it was a rich human settlement, and at that time it was just a small jungle.

"Young master, there is a cave under the mountain range and a water source has been found, and everyone is tired after walking for so long, so why don't we go inside and rest for the night. The subordinate named Jenny rushed to Kroos excitedly to pray.

"Great!You arrange for some people to get some firewood, and bring enough people to the neighborhood to hunt some prey, and with the water source, we can safely pass through this haunted forest area and reach Legrin!"

The cave was so large that it didn't take long for the group to reach the bottom area, but the sight of the light of the torches made people tremble, and the flat underground river shallows were densely packed with animal bones.

The sound of the flowing spring in the dark river made them overcome their fear, and the thirsty soldiers who were about to go crazy rushed to the river before he could speak, and before he could speak, he rushed to the river, and picked up the water, which was a fierce irrigation, and even many people jumped directly into the river, waving the water, shouting jubilantly.

Cross was the only one who looked around restlessly, and he always felt that there were eyes in the darkness that kept staring at him.

In a corner he ignored, a pair of blood-red eyes slowly closed, and his body turned into a black mist and disappeared in place.

At midnight, everyone was asleep, only he sat by the campfire in a daze, ignoring the faint black mist around him.

"I, I feel the hatred and anger in your heart, O fallen and lost man, if I trade my strength for your soul, would you?!" an old voice echoed in Cross's ears as if it had drifted from the Netherworld.

"Who are you?!" Cross looked around in fright but saw nothing, and he realized that no one had responded to the soldiers in his dreams when he was shouting.

"Don't worry, no third person knows what we say. The voice rang out again, and seemed to read through his inner thoughts. "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I can make you strong enough, but both you and they will have to obey me in the future. ”

Cross's heart beat violently, "Do you really have the ability to make me accomplish my revenge?"

"Of course, I don't care to deceive, that's your human habit, now, tell me your choice. ”

"Well, I'm willing to give my soul for revenge!" Kross decided without hesitation.

After a brief silence, the faint chant echoed, "Arcas, the heroic spirit sleeping in the Demon Domain, I am summoning you to return......"

As the chanting progressed, Cross noticed that the black aura around him was getting thicker, and a skull-faced black ball was hovering around the cave with its black tail.

"You, the pious sacrificer, say your name and complete the signing of the contract. ”

"Murphy Cross. ”

As soon as Cross finished speaking, the black ball of the skull slammed into his chest.

The darkness and endless darkness surrounded him, and the bottomless abyss at his feet pulled him down, and the balls of flesh bulged out on his body, and the pain of his torn body made him howl.

The bottom of the abyss glowed with red light, and Cross saw the boundless sea of blood, countless souls struggling, howling, and biting each other.

Cross fell into it and was immediately attacked by the revenant, no matter how much he resisted, large chunks of flesh were torn off his body.

Cannibalism and selfishness are the root of human beings. In a world where only absolute power can bring them to their knees, use your anger to ignite the flame of revenge. ”

The voice rang in Cross's ears again.

The whisper made Cross's desperate eyes light up.

"I can't die, I can't die, I can't die, I'm going to kill all my enemies! destroy everything!!" Cross shouted frantically, his dark blue eyes turning blood-red in the midst of extreme rage.

Boom~~!The pale blue flames swelled from his body, expanding endlessly to every corner of the space! The undead in the sea of blood turned into ashes like confetti thrown into the furnace.

I don't know how long it was, and Cross woke up to find himself lying defenseless by the fire.

He bounced up and examined his body, only his white skin was covered with crisscrossed black markings, which slowly faded under his gaze, along with those blood-red eyes.