Duanmu Huai overlooked one thing, that is, while he was running around to increase his strength, the evil gods were also not idle. Even if the part of the corpse in front of me is removed from the swollen and disgusting parts of the body due to the blessing of the loving father, it can be clearly seen that it is an alien race, which shows that there must be a certain planet that has been poisoned by the dirt of corruption.

Well, it's not surprising that the galaxy is so big, and both sides are desperately trying to mine and upgrade their operations, but at the moment, the locust and the corrupt scale have their eyes on the same mine.

Without hesitation, Duanmu Huai turned on the black flame, sweeping away the ore and all the mutated creatures in the entire cave, and then he opened the contact.

"Echot!"

"Ah, uncle, here!"

"What is the current state of the fleet?"

"Uh......... At the moment, only the First Fleet can attack, and the rest are repaired........."

"Send a reconnaissance fleet to my side! Also, let Maria and Kukuru speed up the repairs! Remember, act in secrecy to avoid being discovered! ”

"Ah, it's ............!"

The only fortunate thing is that there is a "crystal wall" in this world, which is a strange "natural phenomenon" unique to the continent of Faeron, according to Faeron's setting, in the real world, the "main material plane", including many worlds that are separated from each other, a world may be just a planet, or it may be a complete information including planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and stars. And each world is sealed in a crystal wall similar to a bubble, and if you want to cross the crystal wall to reach other planes, you can only pass through the Phlogiston Sea.

It was precisely because of this that Duanmu Huai concluded that it was obvious that this should not be the presence of the Chaos Army in person, but more like a temptation and reconnaissance, after all, under the protection of the crystal wall, the Chaos Fleet could not enter. And this guy probably just got here somehow——— well, reminiscent of the plague in Neverwinter before, isn't it.........

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up.

Could it be that these guys are planning to use this method to weaken Faerun's crystal wall, and then directly descend on the army?

The more Duanmu Huai thought about it, the more he felt that this was very likely, but he didn't want his conjecture to be true, because it meant that outside of Faerun's crystal wall system, there was probably an entire Chaos fleet waiting to rush in and feast.

This is definitely not good news for the Inquisition, which has just finished fighting with the cosmic monster and has suffered a great loss of vitality.

Of course, there is good news......... It was the Corruption Dirt that came, not the treacherous trick, but it made Duanmu Huai breathe a sigh of relief, of course, it would be better if it was a tyrannical rage.

It's hard or something, and it's the most suitable for the appetite of the locust.

As for the sin of obsession......... Where is it good and where is cool, Duanmu Huai doesn't even want to take a second look.

Of course, as for whether this is a treacherous trick used to divert the tiger's attention and make trouble, Duanmu Huai will not consider it at all. He didn't bother to waste his brain cells on that group of neurological idiots who had a lot of fun, Duanmu Huai only believed what he saw in front of him, and then made a decision, and then just hit it!

Nothing else matters!

At the same time, within the Lost Lands, there are people who are operating for a similar goal.

"Woo..............."

The corrupt, stinking monster roared forward and threw himself headlong into the muddy ground, the elven ranger led by him frowned, looked at the monster corpse in front of him, and did not hide the anger in his heart.

"What kind of blasphemy would make such a heinous act?!"

Falling in front of the Elven Ranger was a wild sheep perched in the Lost Lands, but now it had completely lost its original form, and had become a rotten, stinking, and disgusting monster.

"Did it become some kind of undead?"

The mage next to him held the staff in his hand, and looked at the corpse with the same solemn face.

"Nope."

At the same time, a paladin with a sword and shield in his hand approached.

"Heim's holy power is useless to it, it's not an undead creature."

"Yes......... If it's not the undead, then what is it? ”

“…………………”

Faced with this question, no one answered for a while, and at this time, suddenly, a small figure quietly appeared beside them.

"Hey! Are you still stunned here? ”

"Little girl, where did you run again?"

Looking at the halfling wanderer in front of her, the paladin showed a dissatisfied expression, although she also helped herself and others a lot in normal times, but every time she fought, she would disappear without a trace, and it was called "patrolling around", but everyone knew the timid nature of the halfling......... I just hope she doesn't run too far.

"I've found something strange, most likely the culprit behind all this!"

"Oh?"

Hearing the words of the halfling wanderer, everyone suddenly refreshed their spirits, the reason why they came here is because recently, there have been many mutated beasts on the edge of the Supreme Forest, they seem to have been cursed by something, they have become unrecognizable, and even the land where they are located after death has been polluted, even the verdant trees have not been spared, so these people will take action and organize a team to go deep into the Lost Lands to try to investigate the truth.

But since entering the Lost Lands, the team has only seen countless mutated monsters, those beasts that originally lived in this area, all completely reversed and transformed by an evil force, turning into hideous, distorted, and not even like the existence of living creatures.

And now...............

"Take us to see it."

The paladin hurriedly froze, put away his sword, and looked at the halfling wanderer, who nodded, and then jumped and jumped and led them into the depths of the wilderness.

Led by the halfling, the adventurers made their way through the nearby woods to a nearby high ground, then lay on the ground and followed the halfling's direction.

"You see, there it is."

As he spoke, the halfling pointed to the front, and the group looked up, and then they saw an unimaginable scene.

Not far below the heights was a ruin, which looked like the remnants of a former temple, and on this site stood hundreds of kobolds, with rudimentary weapons in their hands, shouting excitedly. Standing in front of them was a kobold wizard with a feather on his head, shaking his arms and jumping and screaming.

"God, give, strength!"

"We, happy!"

"Happy!! Hiss!! ”

The kobolds, led by the wizard, also shouted loudly, and then saw the kobold wizard turn around, look at the ruined temple in front of him, and fall to his knees.

"God! Bestow, power!! ”

"Knock......... Boom......... Knock ..............."

Soon, a low footstep sounded, and the adventurers saw a tall figure emerge from the temple's ruins. It looked as tall as a giant, and was wearing dark green armor that looked heavy and sturdy, but the armor was very dirty, and not only that, but even the iron warrior's belly was high and bulging, as if it had been fated.

The entire armor was stained with corrupt flesh, and there were even quite a few flies flying around it, as if the warrior in front of him was a corrupt piece of flesh that could walk.

I saw that he walked to the group of kobolds like this, looking at them silently, and at this moment, the kobolds had begun to tremble under the gaze of this strange warrior, and instinctively lowered their heads and knelt on the ground.

Then, I saw that the strange green warrior suddenly raised his hand, and the next moment, with his movements, countless flies flew out of his body with a whistling voice, directly surrounding those kobolds completely. The flies ruthlessly ripped open the kobolds' skin and burrowed into their bodies. Soon, the kobolds began to scream loudly and fall to the ground, rolling desperately, as if they were enduring some unimaginable pain.

The purgatory-like scene alone had terrified the adventurers, but what happened next made them unable to believe their eyes.

The bodies of those short, thin kobolds began to swell gradually, and pieces of carrion floated from them like sponges, spreading, and blinking, and those small monsters that were originally extremely thin became fat pigs that seemed to be walking, but their bodies were still full of sores and blood, and those wounds were not healed, but were torn apart and pulled apart in the process of expansion, and the rotten flesh inside poured out like tattered cotton——— Then you can see a large area of maggots falling from it like a tidal wave.

"Woo—————!"

The mage covered his mouth and turned his head, the others were no better, they had never seen such a blasphemous, so horrific, so disgusting.

"What the hell is that guy, is he a devil from hell?"

"The devil can't stay on the main plane for long, but ..............."

As he spoke, the mage looked up again and looked down, but at that moment, they saw the green-armored warrior raise a square-looking black box in his hand, facing their direction.

"That's ..............."

"Bang!!"

Before the mage could figure out what was happening, there was a thud, and then her head burst open like an apple, and the headless corpse that had lost its head shook and fell backwards.

"We've been found, let's go!"

The adventurers didn't even have time to mourn their companions, the next moment they turned and ran——— now their only task was to leave the place and report everything they had seen, only in this way could the evil that swept the land be stopped once and for all!

"Knock Knock Knock ———"

Soon, however, they heard demonic footsteps coming from behind them.

"It's catching up!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw that the huge dark green figure had already turned over the hillside and rushed towards them. It's so fast that it's hard to react.

"Damn!!"

Soon, the other barbarian warrior seemed to be unable to bear to escape, he suddenly turned around and raised his two-handed sword, shouting the name of his patron saint, and rushed towards the green giant, but the next moment, with the thunderous explosion sounded again, the barbarian's body was directly beaten into a sieve, turned into a pile of meat and scattered on the ground, and the green giant stepped on his corpse and continued to move forward.

"Bang Bang !!"

The deafening sound made the adventurers' scalps tingle, and they almost ignored the Elven Ranger's warning.

"Into the forest! Into the Forest !! ”

Hearing the Elven Ranger's words, the remnants of the adventurers hurried into the forest——— and it was at the same time that the terrible sound stopped.

"Damn, what the hell is that?"

The other warrior cursed in a low voice, throwing aside the shield in his hand, the shield made of pure gold had been punched out of several holes, and now it looked like a rotten plank, useless.

"What he's holding in his hand is even more powerful than artillery!"

"Now is not the time to say that."

The paladin shook his head.

"We must get out of here, and no matter what, tell the queen what happened here, this wilderness has been shrouded in evil! We can't do anything about it alone! ”

"But how are we going to get away from that guy?"

The halfling whispered, and they all saw the speed of the monster, which was far more than they had imagined. If it weren't for the Elven Ranger's familiarity with the forest, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to escape each other's pursuit right now.

But it was also temporary, as they could hear the heavy footsteps beginning to draw closer——— mixed with a disgusting stench and humming.

"Only the soldiers were divided into two ways, one to attract his attention, and the other to take the opportunity to leave."

The paladin finally made his decision, and then looked at the elven ranger and the halfling.

"You go back and report, we're in charge of delaying that monster!"

"..............."

"We don't have an elf who is familiar with the forest, and we are not as good at hiding as a halfling, and if we go together, we will be caught up by him sooner or later! But now, we can lure him in the other direction, and you can leave! Come on! No time! ”

“……………………”

No one said much, and the halfling and the elven ranger looked at each other and nodded.

Then the paladin and the remaining warriors turned and ran towards the depths of the forest, while the elven ranger grabbed the halfling.

"Follow me! Don't talk! ”

Watching the elves and halflings disappear into the woods, the paladin breathed a sigh of relief, clenching his sword and kissing the emblem on it.

"May Loshanda shelter my courage until the last moment."

"Hah."

Watching the paladin's actions, the warrior next to him chuckled.

"If Loshanda really manifests, he should immediately send out a thunderbolt and kill this monster!"

"You don't understand."

The paladin shook his head and put away the emblem.

"It's faith."

"All I know is that when people die, there's nothing."

The warrior clenched the tomahawk in his hand and lowered his voice.

"But alas, it looks like we're going to die here."

“…………………”

The paladin did not speak, he clenched his sword and hid behind the rocks, while the warrior hid on the other side. They could hear footsteps getting closer, closer and closer. Then——— paladin jumped to his feet and raised his sword aloft.

"Luxanda, please give me a shining light and destroy the enemy!"

The dazzling light erupted from the sword with the paladin's roar, which even stopped the green warrior as the warrior ran out from behind, roaring and raising his tomahawk to slash down at the green-armoured warrior's mutated and ugly right claw.

"Puff —————!"

The blade slashed into the arm of the green-armored warrior, but it did not get the response it deserved, the arm looked extremely thick, and the wound cut by the warrior's fierce blow was only covered again by the tumbling flesh in a moment, and before he could react, he saw the green-armored warrior raise his left hand and wave it vigorously.

The whistling scythe turned into a whirlwind, blowing everything around him away, and the paladin was no exception, he only felt a powerful force rushing towards him, and then the next moment he flew upside down, breaking several tree trunks along the way before falling to the ground, but at this moment the paladin could not get up, he could feel that his bones had been broken, and even the armor on his body was shattered into pieces and pierced into his flesh.

And the last thing the paladin saw at this moment was the scene of the green giant striding towards him.

Wish......... They can leave in peace.

This was the last thing the paladin thought about before he lost consciousness.

(End of chapter)