Like the oil-soaked black sea splashing on the fallen rocks, the eerie wriggling black-green mist stretches in all directions, holding up the collapsed and scattered urban ruins suspended in the air.

The tide flooded the city, and the wreckage of the shipwreck floated for thousands of years, still in dilapidation and maintained the original shattered and broken debris, but incomplete patchwork and repair, emitting the stench of curse.

Walking along the cracked and dilapidated shores of marble, long soaked in black ash, the mysterious shadows follow the breath of the living, controlled by the black mist, and try to erode all life.

Since the operation was only to investigate Helia's information, and not to eliminate the Mistwalkers, Ahri did not carry the Sacred Stone weapon.

The new holy stone materials have just been sent to the Fu Qiong Workshop, and the weapons currently stored in the Bright Sentinel warehouse are all made from new holy stones made with the lime powder of the Forbidden Demon Tree.

Those weapons are designed for ordinary sentries who don't know magic, have little experience, and can't have direct access to the black mist, and their power is limited.

Therefore, along the way, Gwen, who was able to use the Holy Mist magic to directly purify the undead, occupied the first place in output, and she was happy to do so.

The closer the eroded magic gets to the area of the Shining Tower, the more bizarre it becomes.

"Go this way."

Josh beckoned Ahri and Gwen to go around the area where the underground energy seemed to be a volcanic eruption, and the three stopped on the edge of the bounce and looked down.

"What used to be a grand showroom for ancient treasures is now a huge cavern that can't be seen to the end."

Ahri's voice was low, with a hint of sadness about the past.

"Fukuko Island must have been beautiful in the past, right?" Gwen was also less active than the Mistwalker she had just killed, and said softly, "It's a pity I didn't get to see it. ”

"Yes, it's beautiful, but it'...... too"

Very cold, lifeless.

Ahri had a bitter smile on her face, and she didn't finish her words, but just meditated in her heart.

She doesn't know what her fate would have been without Josh.

Perhaps those who suffer from eternal torment, longing for the souls of the living in the mist of seesaws, also have their own ......

"People will only begin to cherish when they lose it, although Fuguang Island also has unavoidable shortcomings, but after thousands of years of vicissitudes, there is still no country that can compare with its former glory."

Ahri withdrew her gaze from the bottomless pit of glittering light and sighed.

But at this moment, a strange mist suddenly gathered in the safe area away from the three of them, revealing an emaciated ghost in a long robe, a hood, a slightly clumsy figure, and holding a scepter.

"You're right." The voice was low and old, and the accent did not belong to Fukumitsu Island, but had a strong Kamavia style.

Gwen waved her scissors and was about to rush forward to attack, but when she heard the voice of the male ghost, her whole person froze.

That guy obviously didn't use magic, and his aura was far from the level of the "Sunken", so why could it affect Gwen?

"Gwen!"

Josh immediately applied an arcane barrier to Gwen, and then followed Ahri's pace and rushed in front of the sluggish Gwen, taking a fighting stance, but did not attack directly.

This fog walker seems to be very different from the others.

Seeing clearly the dress of the Mistwalker who seemed to be still sane, Josh frowned and asked, "Are you from Kamavia?" ”

The wrath wielding the scepter didn't answer Josh's question directly, but said to himself, "Please don't be nervous, I don't mean anything. ”

"It's rare for a mistwalker cursed by ruin to be able to retain a glimmer of peace in the midst of pain."

Even if they are devoured, those who are determined can avoid the influence of the black fog on their own spirits and remain sane and sober.

However, most of these souls were strong in their lifetime, or they were distorted and obsessed.

Generally speaking, the lowest level of fog walkers can only obey the control of the black fog and the instinctive action of claiming life, and completely lose their own sanity.

The more advanced Fallers are the Shadow Isle Hunters, who follow the signs of life and travel through the black fog, possessing only some of their habits and sanity.

Only the existence of the highest-level predator spirit, also known as the "ghost lord" by most people, will completely retain the memories and instincts of the previous life.

For example, Hammerstone, Hekarim and the like are at this level.

But even so, under the influence of the Curse of Ruin, their minds will be distorted, and their memories as humans are slowly being consumed by the black mist.

Hammerstone has completely lost its humanity, while Hekarim is only concerned with pursuing his old obsessions, harvesting souls to strengthen his body, trampling on life, and causing bloody slaughter.

Therefore, a small fog walker is still sane, which really surprises Josh and Ahri.

Ahri gathered blue and white magic orbs in the palm of her right hand, and several demonic fox fires ignited around her, locking the souls in front of her under her control, slowly circling around the three of them.

This is the way Ahri has chosen the most suitable way to fight for himself after thousands of years of integrating Vasani's spiritual magic.

"You'd better tell us who you are and what you're looking for." Ahri warned, "Otherwise, I don't know if you're delaying the arrival of the army of the undead, and the Orb of Deception in my hand won't necessarily show mercy." ”

The ghost sighed, "It's been a long time since I had a name...... In the Isle of Shadows, we lost almost everything, and all of us turned into black fog. ”

At this moment, Gwen, who was being protected by Josh and Ahri, suddenly thought of something, and pushed them away and walked a few steps closer to the ghost.

"I remembered...... I remember who you are! ”

Gwen bit her lower lip lightly, her eyebrows tangle and her eyes staring at the ghost with a complicated look, "You're Foyego's advisor, court mage Nuño Nekrit!" ”

Necrit was surprised by the blue-haired girl in front of her, and her miserable white eyes without pupils looked at Gwen carefully, and she was amazed.

"You...... So familiar...... I seem to have seen you somewhere. Nekrit pondered.

"My name is Gwen, you know Isold, you should know me."

Gwen ...... Yes, Isolde did have a doll named Gwen, the first doll she meticulously sewed...... But how could you ......?"

Necrit's free left hand, which was as pale as the bark of a dead tree, reached out to Gwen.

A black mist swirled between his arms and fingers, as if realizing that his actions might be misleading, and before Josh and Ahri could scold him, Nekrit hurriedly retracted it.

Ahri interjected: "I guess that's not the right thing we're going to talk about now, right?" Counselor Nekrit? ”

Seeing her weigh and shake the magic orb in her hand a few times, Nekrit was silent for a moment and said, "You can call me Nekrit directly, I have been secretly observing you for a long time, Josh Russell, and Ahri."

"Runemages at war with Foyego, and the new leader of the Sentinels of Light...... However, it has been a thousand years since you landed in Helia. ”

Josh and Ahri glanced at each other, and could see the caution in each other's eyes.

Later, Josh asked, "You participated in the invasion of Fuguang Island in the first place, right?" You are one of the invaders. ”

"Being loyal to the royal family and obeying the king's orders is the most basic requirement as a courtier, and I have to do it."

"But as a counselor, your duty is to advise the king!" Josh's eyebrows furrowed, his face expressionless, "Foyego's wayward behavior has brought Camavia to its downfall, and you have failed in your duty. ”

Immediately afterward, Ahri said, "Besides, Foyego is not the only successor to the Silver Throne, Callista has returned, and instead of helping her control Foyego, you have allowed her to be tortured and interrogated by Hecarim's men!"

"Also, you also helped open the Holy Mist on Fuguang Island, right? My friend Gendakaya has investigated you, and it is the ancient artifact of Kamavia, the Mikael Cauldron that has been documented in the Halia books.

"But we couldn't find it in the shipwreck of Kamavia, or in the king's palace, you hid it, right?"

Nekrit opened his mouth, but could not utter a word of rebuttal.

Immediately, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Whether it's responsibility or fault, it's all just the past...... I've reflected on my own mistakes when I was a part of the Black Mist, but what's the use of that?

"The curse of ruin is a given, and Kamavia will eventually be run over by the wheels of history, leaving only the dregs."

Nekrit raised his face, "But no matter what, we now have a common goal, and that is to stop the Ruined King." ”

[Betrayers are always betrayers, and as long as there is a precedent, they will always go down this path...... Are you really going to trust this weird guy? 】

"I didn't say I trusted him." Josh replied, "You sense the breath of Tarosh?" ”

Tarosh is a Darkspawn who once used the breath of a faceling born from the water of life to break free from the shackles of the Darkspawn halberd and wreak havoc on Helia.

That day, it happened to be just in time for Josh and Ruiz to chase Hammerstone, and it happened that the Darkspawn picked up a leak and devoured Hammerstone's flesh and blood.

Luckily, with the help of Lunicia and Ryze, Josh reacted quickly and took advantage of Tarosh's remodeling to cut off his body from the weapon, causing him to return to the weapon.

Later, the Darkspawn was sealed in the Forbidden Sarcophagus, where the Vasani manipulated the golem to be buried somewhere.

But the great devastation swept away, and Ahri took over the leadership of the Sentinels of Light, trying to find the Dark Spawn, but to no avail.

The Darkspawn halberd seemed to have been hidden by someone, just like the Sword of Kings.

Or maybe as the ruins erupted, the earth cracked and the Darkspawn plunged deeper into the depths, but that wasn't very likely.

In short, returning to Helia, Runicia needs to take on the responsibility of sensing the Darkspawn's halberd, so as to prevent the Darkspawn from breaking through the seal and seeking revenge again.

[The magical aura here is so mixed and disordered, how can it be so simple? Lunicia didn't have a good breath, [I'm just reminding you, don't be stupid. 】

During the brief exchange between Josh and Lunicia, Gwen exhaled turbid air and shouted coquettishly:

"But how can we be convinced of what you have done for him? You could have stopped Hecarim from bewitching Foyego, but you didn't! ”

After gaining life, Gwen not only remembered the sporadic memories of her time as a Muppet doll, but also inherited some of the emotions of Isold's soul fragments.

Foyego had confided in Isurde, and Gwen knew a considerable part of it.

"That's not bad, it's really my problem." Nekrit had a helpless expression on his face, "But Foyego kills indiscriminately, but I realize that when Hecarim manipulated Foyego in the name of healing Isolde, it was too late, and ......"

He was silent for a long time.

"Callista is gone, and no one is going to stand up to the most powerful Knights in Kamavia, not even Ledroth, I just want to live.

"Besides, I thought that Foyego would repent after realizing that the water of life could not resurrect the dead, but I didn't expect you Helias to learn the news in advance and resist desperately."

Josh narrowed his eyes, unhappy: "Heh, you threw the pot clean, and we resisted the invasion, but became the fault party?" ”

"Sorry, I didn't mean that." "Foyego's actions brought about a curse of ruin that I had never expected," Nekritt said. ”

"Okay, okay, so many nonsense, what do you want?" Ahri interrupted Nekrit impatiently.

"As I said, we share the same goal, to defeat the Lord of Ruin, you know better than I the dangers of the curse of ruin, the Night of Soul Eclipse is spreading year by year, and sooner or later it will devour the world.

"If you doubt my sincerity......"

Nekrit paused for a moment, "The Holy Lord of Michael, which can give Qing Shui a healing effect, and the Michael's Crucible, which can lift most curses and have a certain impact on the spirits in the spiritual realm, I have temporarily stored them in a secret vault nearby.

"You can go and get it from me, but I don't think you will agree, for fear that this is my trap, then you can go and stop the Hammerstone ritual first, and then come to the docks to find me, and I will hand over those two ancient artifacts to you."

"The ritual of the hammerstone?" Josh thought of Hammerstone finding and recognizing him during the Night of Soul Eclipse a while ago, "What kind of conspiracy is he playing again?" ”

"Hammerstone once hunted me, but I dodged it." Nekrit said, "He is preparing for the ritual of awakening the Ruined King." ”

Hammerstone has always wanted to usurp the power of the Ruined King, and Josh is well aware of this, but he can't take the initiative to awaken Foyego, which will only make Hammerstone's wish come to naught.

Josh frowned suspiciously, "Are you sure he intends to awaken the Ruined King?" ”

"I know your concerns, Grandmaster Russell, at first I was bewildered by Hammerstone's attempt to awaken the Ruined King, but he did."

"You can make your way through the Twisted Jungle to a vault on the outskirts of Hammerstone, which has been converted into a fortress dedicated to imprisoning lost souls for their amusement. ”

After that, seeing that the three of them had no doubts, Nekrit performed a Kamavia's court nobility, and then his body turned into a black mist and blended into the surrounding environment.

Gwen was still staring in the direction of Necrit's disappearance, "Josh, Ahri, should we trust him?" ”

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Yesterday's post-book, how lazy truncated (*) at the beginning of the month, no one even voted for the monthly pass (つД')

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