Twelve years ago, Hilcart made a high-profile trip to the Black Swamp area, slaughtering local human farmers and successfully attracting the attention of lizards and adventurers.

After that, Hilkat took the black dragon's cunning to the extreme, and under the secret push of Iroh, it caused a conflict between the adventurers and the lizardmen.

Don't underestimate the group of adventurers, although in many cases, the forces represented by adventurers at the national level are indeed somewhat insignificant, but in the dark history, adventurers have also played many important roles.

It can be said that sometimes adventurers are just victims of the game between big powers, and sometimes they can decide the fate of a country - this is the real reason why Iroh never dared to despise the entire group of adventurers.

At least until he masters half of the land in the Western Continent, he will not take it lightly.

In fact, the reason why the group of adventurers showed such terrible vitality and potential is inseparable from the conditions for its initial formation.

During the first time humans and orcs competed for supremacy in the Western Continent, as humans gradually gained the upper hand, some orcs were forced to surrender, some fled overseas, and some retreated to the northwest. It was a time of dawn of peace, when war was no longer the main theme of the continent, and the exploration of the land beneath our feet became the trend.

Under the guidance of this idea, the Adventurer's Guild came into being.

The Adventurer's Guild is the first neutral organization that covers all intelligent races in the Western Continent, and its establishment is supported by orcs, dwarves, elves and other races, while humans have unprecedented development potential due to their creativity, plasticity, and the advantage of being one of the best populations in the whole continent.

With the passage of time, the threat of orcs has completely disappeared, the Western Continent has entered a period of relative stability and peace, and the Adventurer's Guild has gradually become a continental force that cannot be ignored!

What Hillcart did was simply to act like he was being instructed by the lizardmen, kill as many humans as he could, and help the lizardmen - and soon, the incident caught people's attention.

More than one side was worried about what would happen to the lizardmen in the Black Swamp, and the adventurers were commissioned to investigate the matter for various reasons.

Of course, Hillcart doesn't need to care too much about Iroh in terms of self-security, in fact, the swamp is his home field, and it's a big deal to shrink for a while, anyway, Hillcat doesn't need to develop any territory, and has a lot more time than Natalie and Karamank.

Coupled with the already chaotic and intricate situation in the Black Swamp area, it can be said that the only time Hillcart has encountered a real crisis over the years has come from a Skywing Follower.

Yes, it is one of the ten followers under the throne of the Star Shadow Venerable, an elven female mage of the legendary realm. The Star Venerable was originally known for his enthusiasm for besieging and killing colored dragons, and this time Hillcat made such a big move, although it was not as good as Alfred, it was enough for him to send the Celestial Wings to investigate.

And that encounter almost killed Hillcut: the complex terrain of the swamp was almost nothing under the High Detection Magic, and Hillcut was not strong enough to stand up to a Legend.

What's even worse is that the female mage is also accompanied by a legendary human warrior!

Apparently she also thought about her own shortcomings in melee combat as a spellcaster, so the fighter she chose, even though he was only new to the legendary realm, was also a fairly reliable teammate.

Perhaps for Iroh, there is still a chance to escape when encountering such a situation. However, Hillcutt's strength was far inferior to that of Iroh, and there was absolutely no chance that he would have survived without an accident.

Provided that there are no surprises.

"A dragon with illusory wings?"

Iroh looked at Hillcutt's report solemnly, and a flash of alarm flashed in his heart.

In fact, only Hirkat's report came with a special image recorded by the magic crystal - Iroh understood that with Hilkat's character, if he hadn't encountered something extremely shocking, he would never have done such a "superfluous" thing!

The contact between him and Hilcart over the years is the least, unlike the situation of Karamank and Natalie, although Iroh has only had one direct contact with Calamunk, but the Weitz area Falkenridge also has the participation that almost everyone knows, so Ilo, who actually controls Falkenridge, indirectly contacts Karamank and gives him some strategic advice without any problem.

And the fact that Natalie's Iroh hadn't seen her in twelve years didn't mean that he really had no connection with her - in fact, the connection was made through the counterinsurgency officers, even if they themselves were unaware of it.

But Hillcut is completely different, firstly, Hillcart does not have any subordinates that Iroh can directly command, and secondly, the situation in the Black Swamp is more complicated than the other two, and the transmission of information is even more inconvenient.

The most important thing is that Hillcut's visit this time is to attract attention, and if you make contact with him rashly, you may be noticed by the adventurers, or even the Tianyi followers just mentioned!

Perhaps this consideration seems to others to be a bit too much, but it is precisely because of Iroh's caution that he has been able to get to where he is now.

After all...... The path he chose really can't tolerate any big mistakes.

Retracting his thoughts, Iroh once again turned his gaze to Hillcut's record.

He always had a feeling that this thing was ...... Probably more important than eliminating the hidden dangers of the lizardmen!

After calming down a little, Iroh released the image recorded by the crystal, and quietly watched what Hillcat had experienced a year earlier.

It was late at night.

In the dark swamp jungle, a gust of gloomy wind whistled in a low voice, blowing the branches of the surrounding trees like countless ghosts and shaking, making people feel chills all over the body.

Next to the bottomless dark waters, in a large clearing, a black figure stood silently at one end of the clearing, and behind this figure, a pure white ring loomed.

At the other end of the clearing, there is an elf girl with a noble and elegant atmosphere, and a human warrior with a rather arrogant expression.

Farther away, Hilcut, who had shrunk his body to one hundredth of his original size, hid in the grass in terror, his heart beating wildly, his body still trembling slightly.

He believed that both sides in the clearing knew they existed—but they were as insignificant as ants compared to each other.

What would normally be an insulting thought for him was now lingering in Hilcart's mind. There is no other reason, that is, those three people are too strong!

It was precisely because of this that Hillcat used the Transfiguration Technique for the first time that he usually disdained to use, and in a hurry, he broke through the original limit and directly shrunk his body to an astonishing extent.

However, this is just to give yourself some added security.

It's a bit ridiculous to say, but Hillcart, who has always prided himself on his huge size, has finally changed his mind this time. Actually, this is not difficult to understand, because when a dragon is faced with a threat far beyond his reach, the only way to comfort himself is to shrink his body to reduce his sense of existence.

In other words, Hillcart didn't matter anymore at the moment, he was just in charge of recording what was happening in the swamp and then trying to pass it on to Iroh.

It didn't matter what was going on, he just wanted someone to be able to share the fear in his heart at this moment.

"Looks like it's going to be an interesting night. The black figure spoke first, seemingly a man, but his whole body was shrouded in a wide cloak, and there was no sign of it.

What a place to fight.

Janice thought so, and did not speak, but quietly clenched her staff.

Although the identity of the other party is not clear, the guy who can appear in such a place at this time and also release a barrier at will, canceling out his own killer blow to Hilcart, should be treated with extreme caution no matter how you look at it.

"Who is Your Excellency, don't you know that we have come to exterminate the evil dragon that is causing chaos on the orders of the Venerable Star Shadow?"

The warrior Longman also grabbed his sword and shield, and his tone was arrogant but polite, "The colored dragon is destined to bring disaster to the world, if you are a member of the good camp, you should immediately assist us in completing the task." ”

Although it was only a few short sentences, it not only briefly explained the rationality of their actions, but also moved out the backer of the Star Shadow Venerable, and even faintly forced the other party - if you continue to obstruct it, you will end up with the name of an "evil camp", right?

It can be said that as long as they are not brainless fools, or strong enough to be afraid of them, they can't help but think about whether it is worth going against them when they hear Longman's words.

But...... The other remained silent.

"Be careful. ”

Janice frowned, took a few steps forward coldly, raised her staff and shouted at the black shadow, "I'll ask you one last time, who are you and what are you doing here?!"

"Hehe, Tianyi followers. In this world, there is indeed a little bit of proud capital, but ......"

In the pale moonlight, the black figure slowly raised its head, revealing a rainbow-like eye, and its tone carried a slight indescribable smile.

“？！”

For a moment, not only Longman and Janice gasped, but even Hirkat, who was hiding far away, and even Iro, who was watching the record, felt a tremor in his heart.

Legend has it that the Holy Judgment Venerable, the head of the Five Venerables, possesses a pure power of light that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Even a creature with a trace of evil thoughts in his heart can't look him in the eye for a long time, otherwise it will be surged up from the bottom of his heart by the divine fire of purifying sins, and then burned to the ground!

Many people don't believe in this, and even among the metal dragons, there are very few who believe in it - it's just a look, how can it be possible to kill?

Now, however, if people see the eyes of this dark shadow, they may be more convinced of the legend of the Venerable Divine Judgment......

Because, in that eye, they see the whole universe.

This is not some metaphor, an exaggerated figure of speech, but a real picture of the universe that unfolds in front of the four viewers!

In this world, except for the gods, no one has truly understood the meaning behind the word "universe". Because the meaning is too heavy and too terrible for ordinary people to easily grasp.

Therefore, when a creature without divine power touches the forbidden realm, the ensuing feeling of oppression is beyond words.