"You're still here...... High Priest of the Drua Order, the Holy Stone you want is already in my hands, and I wonder how much you are willing to pay in exchange for it?"

When the black-robed man heard this, he replied in a disguised hoarse voice, "Give me the jewel...... Then you can leave alive with these two children......"

"Sure enough, there is no trace of sincerity...... I don't think that's how it should be, and you'll be willing to pay more!"

Atros, who was strolling around the High Priest, suddenly flashed behind him, the tip of the Galloping Sword reaching the back of the High Priest's heart, and he shouted to Shoy and Sieg, "Get out of here!!

"Don't you die! Our accounts haven't been settled yet!!" Shoey pulled Sieg, who was reluctant to leave, as he broke through the dark gate and left the Hunters' Guild. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and the High Priest drank Hel, who tried to attack Atros.

"Hull...... Rush to the ruins of Allen...... Isaac needs your help......"

Atros was surprised, and asked, "The ruins of Allen...... is far inland in Calradia, could a simple portal allow this little girl who knows a little about spells to travel around the world?"

"Mortal...... You won't understand......"

He also said to Hull, "Isaac is now facing off against Ricardo, who guards the Earth Elemental Gem...... He needs your help...... And the prehistoric monster has also been awakened......"

Hel finally nodded, as if aware of the seriousness of the matter, a mysterious rune appeared at her feet, and disappeared from the hall with her figure in a few seconds, and at the same moment, Atros found that the black-robed priest in front of him had dissipated into a black mist.

"Mortal...... Have you decided? Do you want to leave the Stone alive or die here......

"Hey, you know my name is Atros, can you stop calling me mortal? and you should also report your name~"

The figure of the High Priest retreated into the darkness, but his voice echoed throughout the room, and Atros took advantage of the time to speak to him and began to search for any movement in the vicinity with his keen hearing......

"I am the Chief Priest of the Drua Church, the right and left hand of the Dark God, the Dark Lich...... You can call me the King of Wizards......"

"The Witch King, is it? Okay...... I've got it!Show up!" Confirming where he wanted to be, Atros turned around and plunged his sword into the darkness, the tip of which pierced the Witch King's shoulder and dragged him out of the darkness.

The stabbed Witch King shuddered and stood upright like a marionette, seemingly unaffected by the wound, and condensed a cloud of black gas into a staff, blocking Atros' second sword, only to be kicked out with a heavy punch.

"Uh-huh! You've made two mistakes!First, you shouldn't have let Hel, the only one who can act as your bodyguard, leave, because you're just a wizard, how can you compare to me in combat!Second, there's no need to pretend to be a ghost...... I know that this witch king is just a puppet, and no matter how much I attack, I can't make it fall!

As Atros deduced, the Witch King in front of him lowered his arms like a machine, standing motionless, completely devoid of life, but a voice still came from under the veil of darkness: "You have noticed that the greatest private detective in Gronia is indeed not simple...... Hand over the Sacred Stone so that Drua will keep your old friend safe......"

"You say that Drua's killer can kill Kebrak and defeat the Free Knights at any time, right? The only one who can do this is none other than Sylon Freeman, though I don't really believe he would want Kai's life...... But your power does ...... It's really beyond my imagination~" Atros finally revealed the truth about his deal with Drua, even if he was far away from the dispute in Calradia and found a new life in Gronia, he could not forget the friendship he once had.

"Freeman is as high a standing as I am in Druya...... Naturally, he will not obey my commands...... But don't doubt it, we have a sword in our hands that can kill Kebrak at any time, and if we want him and the Free Knights to continue to survive in Calradia, hand over the Holy Stone......"

Atros smiled and walked back and forth, and the mysterious voice under the veil asked, "What are you laughing again...... Is my word funny?"

"You Druas...... I really don't understand you, that chick named Hull sent me a message on the condition that he give me supremacy, right?

"If you really have the heart, then I will arrange a position for you in the church...... But you and I are different, there is only a ...... of deals," the voice under the veil seemed impatient, and at the same time, Atros also got the answer he wanted, and closed his eyes and smiled.

"What are you laughing at...... What are you doing!That's!!"

Atros took out a bottle of colorless liquid from his trench coat, very similar to the one that Rolf used in the tomb of the Holy King that day, and the voice under the veil became panicked, as if Atros was holding some kind of weapon that could destroy him......

"Hmph, as a professional bounty hunter, I can deal with supernatural things at any time, I think the demon-slaying holy water from the Holy Cult is enough to wipe out this dummy, right?"

The holy water in the bottle instantly lit up, illuminating the dark environment, Atros struggled to smash the holy water bottle at the Witch King's feet, the glass bottle hit the ground and shattered, the holy water spilled all over the ground, the Witch King trembled again, the holy water at his feet burned and ignited its body in an instant, and the dazzling silver fire pierced the darkness that covered the hall......

"The holy water that has been blessed by the Church, once it comes into contact with evil things, will turn into a purifying fire to dispel evil......! I'll tell you! You want to kill Kebrek, it's not that easy, that guy won't bow down to evil. ”

The 'black lich' was wiped out in a scream, the darkness was completely dispelled by the purifying effect of the holy water, and all that was left of the standing figure was the black robe and the crown that fell to the ground, and the ebony puppet hidden under the black robe had turned to ashes.

Sunlight shone through the cracks in the roof into the halls of the Hunters' Guild, and as the doors of the Guild were kicked open, Shoey walked in with her gun raised, aiming her crosshair at Atros's forehead and asking, "Foolish General, you won?"

"Of course...... Uncle fought two untrustworthy profiteers today~"

While talking and laughing, Atros took out the golden gem badge from his bosom, returned it to Shoey, and instructed: "Today I have made them suffer a little for the time being, their goal is still to capture Chanda, you must return to Calradia as soon as possible to inform Aracis!"

Xiao Yi put away the hero badge, looked at the two holy stones set on it, and said excitedly: "Don't worry! We are going back soon! Thank you, Uncle Atros~"

"Didn't you call me stupid just now...... Okay, put it away, I can provide a clue, that is, the next sacred stone, the guardian of the earth is being seized by the Drua's people, and after returning to the mainland, I will immediately go to the Gern Roze Tree Sea in the southwest of the continent, and find the long-lost ruins of Eren in the primeval elven realm! This is the only clue at present!"

On that day, the Wings of Liberty hurriedly bid farewell to King Antao of Gronia and set sail from Port Royal in the evening to the continent of Calradia. While the well-supplied Goshawk was sailing in D'Abaran's territorial waters, jungle riots broke out in the territory of the Rhodoc Kingdom in the interior of Calradia, and King Griffos immediately ordered the people to form militia groups to resist the attack, and at the same time sent patrols from various towns to search for traces of monsters in various places.

On this day, a patrol from Viruga went too far and broke into Gernroze, in the southwest of Rhodoc territory, the most mysterious region of the continent that claims to have never been conquered by adventurers. Surrounded by a sea of ancient trees shrouded in black mist, it is rumored that even if you want to bypass it, adventurers will be caught in the way of an inaccessible abyssal canyon, the largest lake on the continent, Lake Gernroze, right in the heart of the area.

The patrol had clearly lost its way in the sea of trees, and the only last hope that could sustain them was a carrier pigeon, which the captain of the patrol threw into the sky. But even the bird could not escape its tragic fate, and it had barely flown eastward when it was shot down by a flying throwing gun, and at the same time there was a rumbling sound from the rear of the patrol accompanied by a strong ground tremor......

"What is this!!"

At the same time as the patrol leader showed a surprised look, a huge jungle troll was swaggering close from behind them, and in the blink of an eye, they were rampaging through the crowd, and the more than twenty people were scattered before they could fight back, most of them died under the troll's brute force, and the few surviving soldiers fled east while fighting back, but the troll's hard skin was immune to all crossbows and javelins, and in addition to the footsteps of the troll chasing behind them, it was the sound of horses' hooves coming from the east.

One of the surviving sergeants took off his helmet, discarded his burdens, and continued to run forward, but the sound of horses' hooves in the east was getting closer, and dozens of chained spears flew at the same time, and the fugitive soldiers behind them were all impaled by sharp blades, while the remaining guns pierced straight into the troll's body, forcing it to stop.

Amid the troll's roar, the surviving soldier ducked into the nearby bushes, his eyes peering through the cracks in the bushes to see what was happening outside. In the blink of an eye, his eyes widened, and what appeared in his field of vision were six mysterious knights wearing dark red cloaks and holding chains, their light armor and armored horses under their crotch were all dark red, and their eyes under the black claw helmets glowed as red as an eerie hell......

The trembling soldier looked at the troll on the other side, and found that the end of the knights' chains was connected to the lance that pierced the troll's body, only to see the knights scatter and surround the troll, the troll's terrifying brute force seemed to be completely suppressed on these knights, and the troll fell to the ground in the intense pain caused by the blade, and the knights rode their horses to the surrounding open space, and struggled to pull the chains in their hands, and the long-handled spear in the troll's body was retracted by the knights' terrible strange force, and the behemoth was torn into pieces in an instant.

After the terrifying knights had dealt with the trolls, the soldier ran out of the bushes, and in a panic, he ran past the knights in great fear, but the knights did not attack him, allowing him to run westward......

"Boom!!"

A powerful shockwave hit the running soldier from the side, instantly blasting it into a blood mist, and another dark red tall horse rushed out of the bushes, carrying Isaac on the back of the horse wearing a dark golden sheep's horn helmet, and his magic spear devil'svein, judging from the faint blood marks on his shoulder, his left shoulder seemed to be not lightly injured. When Isaac appeared, six knights rode up to him and bowed to him.

"Rubbish!As a Dreadknight!What you have to learn is not to show mercy!!Next time, you'd better not let me see you again and let you go!!!Otherwise, you'll ......"

He slammed the spear aside, and a bloodshot appeared on the cold cheeks of the so-called Dread Knights, warning them to act without mercy. The knights nodded in understanding, and Isaac lit his spear to the ground and looked out toward the jungle on the other side.

"Hel!!Are you sure where Eren's ruins are!?" Isaac shouted at the nearby bushes.

A rune appeared on the ground on the edge of the bushes, and in the center of the teleportation array, two heavily armored knights in dark gold armor armed with giant spikes appeared, and they rode up to Isaac and responded, "It's a pity...... Sir Bravo, ma'am, she was still dealing with hordes of mountain monsters in the ravine, and she knew you had been stabbed by that Eric...... That's why we're here to help you......"

"Uncle Ben doesn't need you incompetent adjudicators!

Although it was a warning, he reversed his word and directly attacked the two of them, the moment before the angry blow hit, the teleportation array opened again, and the two ruling knights were taken away in an instant, Isaac, who missed the gun, cursed a few words angrily, then turned his horse's head and led his Dread Knights to the north, this blood-stained land was occupied by some creatures that lived in the jungle, and the sound of Isaac's horse's hooves gradually disappeared in the sound of wild beasts gnawing on corpses...... (To be continued.) )