But she saw the troops behind the darkness, she saw the dragoons sitting on the throne, she saw the dragons perched on the dome.

Finally, she saw the unpredictable shadow behind the darkness.

Now that she knew where she was, Robert thought sadly, seeing that Lorana's face was bloodless.

Now she knows where she is and what fate awaits her.

What kind of story did they tell her in the dungeon beneath the temple after the darkness?

They may have told her about the equipment inside the execution chamber after the darkness, and she might even have heard the screams of others, Robert speculated.

Seeing her so helpless and frightened, he felt a throbbing pain in his heart.

She had listened to those screams all day and all night, and now, in a few hours, maybe a few minutes, she would join them.

Lorana's face turned pale, and she turned her head to look at Ella, as if she were the only fixed point in this constantly rotating universe.

Robert saw Lolana gritting her teeth, trying to control her emotions.

She would never let the woman in front of her see her fear, and she would never let anyone here see her fear.

Ella pointed.

Lolana looked in that direction.

"Robert ......"

She turned around and saw the half-elf, and when Lorana's gaze met him, Robert saw hope.

He felt her love for him envelop him, as charming as the breath of spring after a cold winter.

Because Robert finally realizes that his love for her is the only bond between two different bloodlines in his body.

He loved her with the unchanging love of his elven bloodline, and with the passionate, fierce love of his human blood.

But it was too late, and he was going to pay the price for this belated understanding, offering his body and soul.

With only one glance, he could only look at Lolana.

This glance must have passed on a thousand words in his heart to her, for he could see Ella's brown eyes still watching him unrelaxedly.

The same goes for another pair of eyes in the shadows. Robert was aware of these eyes watching him and forced himself not to reveal his inner thoughts.

He controlled himself with all his might, tensing the muscles in his face, his eyes looking into the distance, forcing himself not to show any expression.

Lolana is a stranger. He turned coldly, and as he did, he could see the flame of hope in Lorana's watery eyes extinguished.

As if the sun was obscured by dark clouds, Lorana's warm love suddenly turned into complete despair, making Robert feel the biting cold.

Robert gripped the hilt of his sword tightly to keep himself from trembling, and turned to face the darkness behind him—Taxis.

"Dark Majesty," Ella grabbed Lorana's arm and pulled her forward, "I offer you this gift—this gift that will bring us victory!" she was momentarily interrupted by thunderous cheers.

Ella looked up, signaling that everyone was quiet, and then she continued.

"I dedicate to you, the elven woman of Lorana, Serassa Wellington, the elven princess, and the leader of the damned Sorenian Knights.

It was she who brought the dragon slayer back to this world, and it was she who used the secret treasure of the dragon god in the Tower of the Dharma King.

It was she who instructed her brother and a silver dragon to infiltrate the city of Shengkexian. Due to Ereakas' incompetence, they managed to infiltrate the temple and discover our secrets. ”

Eriakas took a step forward, but Ella ignored his reaction - "I offer her to you, Your Majesty, and ask you to dispose of her with the punishment you think is most appropriate." ”

Ella shoved Lorana in front of her.

The elven woman staggered to the back seat of darkness, her blonde hair falling out into a shining wave.

In Robert's frenzied mind, there was the only light in the dark hall.

Ella, you're doing a great job. After darkness said silently, I will reward you.

We're going to escort that elf to my execution chamber, and then I'll give you my reward.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Ella bowed. "Before this is over, I hope you will be able to think about two things for me. She reached out and grabbed Robert strongly.

"First of all, I bring here this man who wants to serve you under your great command. ”

Ella placed a hand on Robert's shoulder, signaling that he should kneel.

Robert couldn't get the last image of Lolana out of his mind, and hesitated.

He could still resist the temptation of darkness. He can walk up to Lolana and the two of them face the end of everything together.

Then he came to his senses.

How did I become so selfish, he asked himself bitterly, I would even consider letting Lolana sacrifice just for my own mistakes?

No, I'm going to pay for it.

If I hadn't done anything good in my life, at least I saved her.

I will keep this in mind, and it will be the last candle in my hand when the darkness consumes me!

Ella's hands grew tighter and tighter, and even through the armor he felt a lot of pain.

The eyes under the helmet began to burn with rage. He slowly lowered his head, and Robert knelt down in front of the darkness.

"Your faithful servant, half-elf Robert," Ella regained her composure, but Robert could clearly feel her breathe a sigh of relief.

"After the tragic death of the previous commander, Bakaris, I appointed him commander of my unit. ”

Tell your new servant to come forward.

A voice rang in Robert's head.

Robert felt Ella and still didn't let go of the hand on his shoulder.

As he stood up, she pulled him closer and whispered in his ear.

"Remember, you're the servant behind the darkness now, Robert.

She must trust you completely, otherwise I will not be able to save you, and you will not be able to save that elven woman of yours. ”

"I haven't forgotten," Robert said with a blank face.

The half-elf shook off Ella's hand and walked to the edge of the platform, directly below the throne after darkness.

Raise your head and look at me, the voice said.

Robert took a breath and squeezed all the courage out of his body, he had never known he was so brave.

If I fail, Lorana will die. For the sake of love, I had to give up love. Robert looked up.

His gaze was fixed, firmly grasped by the black shadow, and there was no way to look away.

He didn't need to pretend to be scared at all, because every mortal would feel the same way when they looked behind the darkness.

Even when he felt like he was about to surrender to her, he found that deep down in his mind, he was still free.

Her power is not yet complete. She still had no way to force him against her will.

Although Taxis struggled not to reveal this weakness, Robert could still clearly understand how much effort she had to put into the world.

Her dark shadow flickered before his eyes, revealing all her disguises, proving that she had no control over the powers.

At first, she resembled the five-headed dragon of Sorenia's legend. Then the image changed again, and she became a priestess, with the beauty that men were willing to trade their lives for.

And then the form changed again. Now she is the Dark Warrior, a tall, strong, evil knight who holds countless deaths in her hands.

Even as these forms kept changing, the dark eyes remained the same.

Coldly looked at Robert, the eyes of the five-headed dragon, the eyes of the priestess, the eyes of the dark warrior.

Robert found himself trembling under the pressure. He couldn't stand it, he didn't have that power.

He involuntarily fell to his knees again, prostrate before the darkness, spitting on his own impotence.

There was an intermittent, painful sobbing sound behind him.

Calamon searched north in the hallway for Becleral's traces, ignoring the outstretched hands around him.

There was no trace of Berclery anywhere, not even a trace of him passing by.

He tried to ask the other prisoners if they had seen him, but most of them had been tortured and dehumanized, and there was no way to answer his questions.

In the end, his mood also became heavy, and he finally had to give up this idea.

He continued to walk deeper and deeper into the ground, not knowing what it would take to find the crazy guy.

His only clue was that there were no other forks in the road.

Berclere must have gone this way! If so, what about him now?

Calamon looked at every cell, watching every corner, barely noticing the goblin guard who was coming straight at him.

Angry that the man had dared to disturb him, Calamon slashed off his head with a sword, stepping over his corpse before it hit the ground.

He then breathed a sigh of relief and walked briskly down a staircase, nearly stepping on the corpse of another goblin.

His neck was broken with his bare hands. Clearly, Berclery had been here, and not so long ago. for the corpse was still warm.

As soon as Calamon was sure he was on the right track, he began to run.

To him, the prisoners in the surrounding prisons turned into shadows that flew back quickly, and the sound of them crying for freedom was only a blur.

Let them go, and I'll have a squad of soldiers, Calamon suddenly thought.

He was contemplating the idea of stopping here and opening these cells when suddenly a terrible scream came from somewhere in front of him.

Calamon didn't know what to do at the moment, he struggled fiercely inside - what was going on outside, why did it suddenly become so noisy?!

Under the temptation of Ella, Robert finally came to the front of the dark queen, but unfortunately it was completely different from his own imagination before - after the darkness as a god, the aura was strong enough that he could not lift his head.

Originally, he planned to face the evil attack with Lorana, but now there is only silence, maybe this is the retribution he will face.

Lolana didn't seem to be moved by her presence - because the half-elves were a member of the Dragoons.