The Black Swamp is much darker during the day than in other places, let alone at night, and no matter what kind of bird or animal you are, you will deliberately avoid contact with it during your activities.

The sinister poisonous fog and restless sand and dust have become synonymous with this place - there is hardly a complete path to pass through, and the only visible area is bare grass, bubbling swamps, and the disgusting stench of sourness and the smell of rotting corpses that have lasted for centuries, and there is no life to speak of.

The air was filled with a hazy green mist, and when the occasional wind blew, there were bursts of terrible strange sounds in the ears, like the howl of a dead soul, and like the neighing of a war horse, which was very strange.

A figure, a black-robed human, entered the forbidden land, his entire body covered with a wide robe, perfectly concealing him as if to merge with the darkness.

After a long time, in front of a black pool in the deepest part of the Black Swamp, the black-robed man stopped. He fumbled into his cuff a few times, took out a gray glass bottle, and threw it towards the blackpool.

The glass bottle spun around in the air a few times before it burst open with a "bang", and the gray gas overflowing from the bottle floated in the air for a while, and then suddenly transformed into a skeleton with green flames burning all over its body, and in the blink of an eye, it pierced the body of the black-robed man with its right hand.

"You, how are you!" The skeleton was soaked in green flames, it had no throat at all, but it let out a heart-rending roar.

"Even if you know my identity now, so what?" the black-robed man slowly raised his head, but instead stretched out his right hand, which was covered in spells, and choked the skull of the green flame monster.

"You, you!!" the spell slammed up the skeleton's head, instantly filling its entire body. The Green Flame Skeleton took a few steps back and fell back into the blackpool. Immediately afterwards, a dazzling green light appeared on the surface of the pool, and after the green light dimmed, a corpse gradually appeared in the center of the pool. The corpse was covered in black aquatic plants, and the large, round wound on its chest emitted a terrifying black gas. The gold armor it kept on its body turned to black rusty iron as if it had deteriorated shortly after it surfaced.

"Click... There was a mixture of metal and bone, and as the water level dropped, the corpse slowly stood up, and the pool disappeared with it, revealing a burial ground full of bones underneath.

"Whew..."The "corpse" that stood up tilted its head and exhaled deeply, its eyes and whites were black, as if it was infected and enchanted.

"Welcome back to Tansforg, So... Gauze... Gram... The black-robed man stood outside the bone pit, quietly watching the changes in the "corpse", not moving an inch.

"Are you?" "Corpse" moved his stiff neck, his voice hoarse but majestic, "Where is this... What about my soldiers..."

"I can't imagine that the former Northern Emperor would end up like this..."The black-robed man sneered, and took out half a square piece of dark green iron, the edge of which was covered with ice crystals, exuding a biting cold, and the front was engraved with lines, but because of its age and incompleteness, people couldn't distinguish the original appearance of the lines on it.

"I am the one who summoned you, bearing the Cerdian Seal!" the black-robed man held up the seal, and the power of the Dao emanated out, but before he could reach the person in front of him, it dissipated completely.

"Serdia's military seal!" Thorox suddenly went berserk and roared, "Who are you, how dare you deserve this military seal!"

"Boom!! mud mixed with rubble and splashed all over the ground.

"Hush. The black-robed man was forced to turn into crows and scatter.

"Ah——!!!h His almost mad roar resounded across the swampy sky in an instant.

"Revenge! Revenge!!"

"Whew!" a horse roared, and a black corpse horse jumped out of the pile of bones. The corpse horse's flesh had rotted and withered, its black armor, its eyes glowing red, and its feet on ice flames seemed to come from the gates of hell. Thorox jumped to his feet and jumped on his horse, and soon disappeared into the thick poisonous fog on his horse.

The surroundings became quiet again, and on the ground, flakes of ice crystals spread to the end of the poisonous mist, proving that the unthinkable had just happened.

Has the other half of his soul been shattered by the black spear... The crows regrouped into black-robed people, but I didn't expect this Thorox to inherit the strange power of Altinis, if the blow just now was hard, the situation might not be optimistic.

Or had he stayed here too long, his soul and body had been corrupted... Or maybe the energy of half a military seal is not enough... No way... The black-robed man played with the half of the military seal in his hand, as if he was unwilling. Obviously, this result is completely beyond his expectation and control.

"That's it—" The black-robed man put away his military seal and turned to leave the Black Swamp.

......

The mountains on both sides began to converge, and the road became narrower and narrower. Evan and the others had been walking in the secret forest for a whole day and a night with Kridolanf. He began to worry a little, if nothing else, the sword on his back seemed to be awakening, and the gap in rust was getting bigger and bigger, and I was afraid that after a while, it would be noticed by Leah and Kerridolanf.

However, the changes brought by the sword body are far more than that, although Evan has not continued the dream of "that woman" since that day, but every midnight, Evan will wake up from his sleep inexplicably, and his mood will become inexplicably anxious, he vaguely feels the inexplicable impulse in the depths of his heart, this feeling is very strange, and it makes him feel frightened. Of course, Evan also tried to muster up the courage to throw away the sword, but he was defeated by a different mood every time, was he unwilling? Or maybe it was the curiosity that was at work?

"Aven, Aven?" Leah's voice rang in his ear.

"Huh?" replied in a dull voice, he had been distracted again.

"Are you alright, didn't you sleep well at night?" Leah asked.

"Well, it's fine, I'm just a little tired. Evan patted his face lightly with both hands, trying to make himself more conscious.

"Is this?" Kritolanf, who was at the front, stopped.

On the road in front of him, there was a wooden sign with an icon like a spark drawn on it, and then a large red cross was made on the side.

"This is a human painting, is there anyone living in this area..."Evan walked closer, the level of this painting is really not flattering, even the little ghosts in Sun Town are better than this anonymous author.

The back of the wooden sign is no longer narrow, but a wide area of land, and the dirt on it contrasts sharply with the soil around the nearby vegetation, which looks like it has been artificially "tossed".

"Look!" exclaimed Leah, as she made a new discovery. I saw that the trees on the side of the road were carved with patterns, and there were several symbols in between, like a "tree painting prank" scribbled on a piece.

"Human?" A huge "figure" appeared on the tree, its limbs were extremely developed, and it looked like an ape... That's right, it's a giant ape! and it can talk!!

"The enlightened spirit beast, it seems that it has existed for a long time, just like the snow eagle. Kridolanff looked up and observed the great ape's every move, and let out a sigh of emotion, after all, talking beasts are rare even in the secret forest.

"This is mine! my precious test field!Humans, humans are not allowed to enter!" the great ape roared and jumped down from the tree, and with a "boom" shook the surrounding rocks away. It bared its teeth, revealing its massive molars, which were clearly visible with a thick layer of enamel, high crowns, and low cusps. Its head is relatively small, its body is half-arched, but it is more than 4 meters tall, and its left hand holds a sharpened black rock (presumably a paintbrush), flailing in the air.

"But we have to go through this road, and as you can see, there are mountains on both sides, and we can't climb it. Leah explained to the great ape that she wanted the great ape to be as reasonable as Aurora at some point.

"Weak humans. The great ape snorted and circled around Leah, "But Adam likes the smell of you. ”

Is this a beast, Evan almost laughed.

"Fireworks!Adam, I prefer to watch fireworks!You have to promise something!Adam will let you pass through here!" The giant ape slammed his hands on the ground as he commanded, like a child who would spill without sugar, leaving people speechless.