The indifferent smile on Vladimir's face froze briefly, "Sorry, I didn't understand what you're saying."

Fiyette and Gaywin, who were still outside the house, were stunned, and the four sailors who were under Fiyette's orders were also vigilant, staring at Josh and Vladimir cautiously.

Previously, in addition to suspecting that the noblewoman on the second floor, who was less common than Vladimir, had killed the first mate, the remaining suspicion was Josh, who knew magic.

But those who can come to the Shadow Isle to venture are those who have some knowledge of magic, and Josh's magic is obviously different from the dark magic that imprisons the sailboat, and those with sharp eyes have already recognized that he is using runic magic.

Even the young lady who was next to him, as beautiful as a delicate doll, only had some magical aura on her body that was similar to black mist, which was actually the complete opposite.

Gawyn was a mere Demacian in their eyes, and although Vakur and Cholera had magical artifacts to keep them alive, they would not be able to perform such vicious and evil magic......

All things considered, either one of Jolera's subordinates is a dark wizard with a hidden identity, which is relatively unlikely.

Or, just from the perspective of temperament, Vladimir and the noble lady have a gloomy and evil feeling, especially at the critical moment when the night of the eclipse arrives early.

The pair of aristocratic men and women from Noxus, who had been hiding in the tavern and not going out until tonight, did not show up to talk, were they waiting for the critical juncture of the Night of the Eclipse of Souls?

Gawyn trusted Josh and hurriedly took the risk of passing closer to Josh's side and returning to Fayette and her men.

Josh stood side by side with Gwen, who had already enlarged his scissor weapon, and confronted Vladimir, who was a few steps away.

"Why, aren't you going to pull everyone into the water?" Josh was too lazy to maintain the superficial emptiness and grievance, and directly pulled down his face and said coldly.

Vladimir's strength is not weak, especially since he has mastered blood magic in a mortal body, which few humans have been able to do throughout the ages.

Even if it's just a fur, he can be regarded as having defeated a seriously injured Celestial Warrior, and his record is outstanding.

Josh was not afraid of Vladimir, he just wanted to leave this land by boat as soon as possible, so as to avoid many troubles in the future.

It's a pity that Vladimir is a little ignorant, and while coveting the treasure in the secret vault of the tavern, he is still thinking about the world runes?

The smile on Vladimir's face completely disappeared, "I intended to befriend you, but I didn't expect you to slander me so much."

"Less garlic." Josh scoffed, "I can easily unravel the dark sorcery of these ships, and if you're not interested in me, or my arcane artifacts, how about giving me a boat and letting me go?"

"Benefactor! You can't do that!" Gai Wen's face behind him turned anxious, "I, I can give you the ancient clock, and all the bounties of the Light and Shadow Sentinels are yours!" Get me out of here alive, please!"

When the money is gone, you can make it again, even if you are in debt, but there is only one life.

Especially if you die around the Shadow Isle, your soul will be consumed by the black mist, and you will become a member of the Eternal Damned, suffering endless torment.

There is no need to think too much about it at all, it is the best choice to break the fortune and avoid disasters and let the big guy save his life.

….

Fayette and the four sailors also had a sudden change in their faces.

The two new customers brought in by Gawyn were very good at magic at first glance, and could see through the essence of black witchcraft at a glance.

Compared with the two Noxian nobles, Josh and Gwen behaved in a glamorous manner, and dared to provoke head-on, and even expose Vladimir's vicious behavior.

By their side, you might even survive the night of the curse on which the demons attacked.

But if they are trapped with Vladimir and others, it is estimated that by tomorrow morning when the black fog recedes, they will not even have any bones left.

The overwhelming black fog could already feel its oppression, and many fog walkers drilled out of the sea along the spreading black fog aura in advance, and pounced on the flesh and blood of the living on the trestle with their teeth and claws.

Vladimir was still in a stalemate with Josh and Gwen, and one of the sailors had lost his patience and ran to the tavern in terror.

"Back to the tavern! The evil spirits are coming!"

"-Huh!"

Fiyette tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The sailor had barely run half the distance when he was grabbed by an undead who rushed out through the trestle and bit him fiercely, and the whole person screamed and fell into the shallow sea, and was instantly drowned by countless black mist undead who followed the trail, and there was no sound.

"Oh, that's stupid." Fayette couldn't help but curse.

It's clear that the Fog Walker is close in front of you, but you haven't attacked this side, don't you understand why?

In a hurry to return to the tavern at this time, wouldn't he take the initiative to send himself into the bloody mouth of the black mist?

Still too young......

Many thoughts flashed through Fiyette's mind.

Then, she immediately warned the three people around her, "Don't run around, we're safe here!"

If they hadn't started fighting......

Fayette prayed in her heart.

In the air, the strange roar of the Mistwalker became more and more incessant.

But they only rushed into the tavern, or ran farther with the black fog that stretched outward.

Strangely, the lights in the tavern were all turned off, and there was no sound of fighting.

Fiet replaced the hook in his left hand with the prosthetic sword he carried with him, and in his right hand he grasped the large-caliber firing pistol, and watched nervously with the few people next to him.

Josh glanced sideways at the billowing black mist that was already close in the distance, "How's it going?" What do you think?"

He raised his chin and motioned to Vladimir, "Add another Demacian and that ancient clock in the tavern, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Don't abandon us!" Fiet also shouted, "I've been running a tavern for so many years, and I have a bit of a background, so it shouldn't be a problem to buy our lives!"

"Yes, yes, we all have magic items, I can scrape them together!"

"I've got a magic pendant here! It's for my life, and it's worth a few hundred golden kraken!"

"I'm worth more!"

Seeing one of his companions engulfed in the black fog in an instant, the captain spoke again, and they hurriedly showed their hole cards and begged Josh to save their lives.

At this time, Vladimir, who had been silent for a long time, finally grinned and laughed loudly: "Ha-ha-ha-ha......

For a moment, he shook his head and looked at Josh with a contemptuous smile on his lips.

….

"Don't you think...... The little magic you master, or your dangerous arcane artifact, can you negotiate with me on an equal footing?"

As soon as he heard this, Josh didn't react, and Lunicia now laughed out loud in his head: [Hahaha...... There's a fool here, I don't say who...... Hahahaha! 】

Didn't Vladimir even feel the breath of the world's rune fragments?

Josh couldn't help but laugh a little and figured something out instead.

Vladimir had never seen the World Runes at all, and only believed that Josh had found a dangerous treasure from the vault of the Shadow Isles.

No, it's not just that......

Through the fluctuations of his magic, Josh felt an unsettling dark aura emerge from the Tavern, which was of the same origin as the corrupted spider monsters of the Shadow Isle.

Josh's previous speculation was not wrong, but he was deceived by Vladimir's remarks.

The noblewoman in the mouths of the crowd was none other than Elise, who called herself the Spider Empress and followed the Spider God, the Throat of Despicability.

"Leave your arcane items behind, and I may spare your lives." Vladimir is confident.

Immediately after, his bloodless pale right hand was propped up, and a scarlet-tinged magic orb made of blood condensed, exuding a dark aura of corruption and depravity.

"Is that really not going to be able to talk?" Josh couldn't help but laugh, "Looks like one of us here didn't figure it out."

"Oh?" Vladimir raised a slender eyebrow, and the contemptuous smile on his face gradually turned to disdain, "It's all my people here, don't you really think you can escape?"

He snapped his fingers, and the crowd that had been waiting in the room rushed out, each with a repeating musket from Birgewater.

The businesswoman Cholera and the repairman Vakur were holding the Hex Seiko pistol smuggled from Piltover, and their faces were unusually cold, and they did not look like the enemies who had quarreled before.

"You're all in the same group!" Fiyette screamed in exclamation, and immediately shifted the muzzle of the gun to the rear.

"I'm sorry." Vakur smiled with the same contempt as Vladimir, "I am a follower of the Great Blood Lord and a member of the Scarlet Order."

Cholera's words were shorter: "War Masons."

Now, there is no need for them to hide their identities.

The Crimson Order was founded by Vladimir with the Black Rose and is his own blood organization.

The War Stonemason, on the other hand, is the "spy" of Noxus, a resourceful scout, engineer, and warrior.

They were usually responsible for overseeing the construction of roads, bridges, and fortifications, and would construct the oppressive and stately arch of Noxtola in the areas conquered by the Empire.

But it was impossible for the Noxian Empire to expand its territory into the Isle of Shadows.

The reason why Cholera, who is a stonemason of war, may appear here may be due to the search for powerful weapons for the empire that can conquer enemy countries.

On the other hand, she is most likely affiliated with Black Rose, and this time she is here to assist Vladimir and Elise.

"Why did the black mist bypass them?"

"Look what's that?!"

….

I saw that in the shadow above the tavern, a hideous and terrifying, two or three meters large compound eye spider climbed to the top, exuding a palpitating aura on its body.

As soon as it appeared, the big spider quickly sneezed and formed a web, and the sticky spider silk as thick as an adult man's arm quickly spread through the dock as if it had life, and countless poisonous spiders crawled through it, building a deep spider silk barrier.

"Don't ink Vladimir, deal with them!"

The pitch-black spider restlessly curled up its stiff fluffy legs, uttering human language.

"Also, keep the mouth alive, the spider god only needs a living sacrifice."

"It can talk......

One of the sailors was already paralyzed by fright, unable to get up at all thanks to the support of his companions.

Vladimir on the other side frowned, "Watch the tone in which you speak to me, Lady Kithera."

However, in the next second, he still pointed the finger at Josh, the most powerful of the several.

But just as Vladimir was about to urge the blood magic to attack, he suddenly found that his body was completely frozen, unable to move at all.

I'm being controlled!

That was Vladimir's first thought, but when he saw Josh's hands and the emerald light rising from his body, a storm rolled in his heart.

No, it's not that I'm being controlled, my time is imprisoned!!

This guy can actually do time magic?!

Not only Vladimir, but more than a dozen Noxian warriors who were at his disposal, including Elise, were all delayed by Josh almost indefinitely, almost to a standstill.

Josh manipulated the transcendent and unruly world rune fragments in the cloth bag into his body, and his whole person was covered in a strong light intertwined with yellow and blue.

"I said it a long time ago...... You didn't even understand the situation."

He only raised his hand slightly, and the 11 Noxian warriors instantly turned into a mist of blood, drowning in the arcane energy that rose in an instant.

At the same time, Gwen left the white porcelain castle and Gaywin's bell in the house, and the large clock of Gaywen, which he had not had time to take out, along with Gawyn, Fiet and the three sailors, were lifted by Josh using magic power and placed on the most marginal dhow.

Incidentally, he also lifted the blood-magic chains that imprisoned Vladimir's ships, as well as Elise's silk cocoons around the docks.

"Gwen, protect them."

"No problem!"

Gwen flew to the ship with scissors, dropped her needle and thread, formed a barrier of holy mist, and beckoned the sailors to set sail and leave the place before the black fog was completely swept away.

The only thing left is the more difficult Vladimir and Elise.

(End of chapter)

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