Murphy announced the end of the second chapter of the main quest, but this does not mean that after Ugson's death, all things related to the Black Plague will die instantly.

In fact, according to information from Nash's Bloodclaw Clan, there are still a large number of gnolls roaming the filthy swamp.

Their purpose is to escape the defenders and survive the increasingly sinister filthy swamp, but because the swamp has eaten too many lives in the recent past, its ecology has not stabilized but has stimulated the growth of carnivorous plants.

As a direct consequence, with the exception of the Avalons, everyone else entering the swamp will encounter the same dangerous conditions as the gnolls.

Although the players also have the blessing of the god Avalon, it is difficult to stop the rout of so many gnolls even if they scatter all the current players, so at the suggestion of the staff, Kudell and Maxim have a strategic discussion.

They finally unanimously decided not to pursue the fleeing gnolls in the Filthy Swamp, but instead put them in the Barren Mountain area, where they could be annihilated by linking up with the defenders of Fort Courage, and sending new recruits to train their hands.

But before that, Murphy has to complete the recovery of the Shadow Valley first.

The matter ultimately fell to Chief Nash, after all, when he was also a jackal and had a desperate letter from Ugson in his hand, it was the most appropriate choice for Nash to persuade him to surrender.

At this time, the virtuous wolf Hogg, who was still in the Plains of Creation, also agreed to this decision, and it saw very clearly that after the establishment of the Gnoll Kingdom in the future, the location of the Bloodclaw Clan must be a "diplomatic powerhouse", and Nash must make a sufficient contribution to the cause of Transncia if he wants to sit on the throne of the chief in that key position.

This is a pretty good opportunity for Nash.

Rather than forcing the short gnolll to accept the task, Murphy gave him two days to think about how the Maginot Line would take time to match the forces of Fort Courage, and that the tunnels that had been occupied should now be put to good use.

Under such a premise, the Shadow Intelligence Bureau acted again.

Commander Adele personally led the team back to the vicinity of the Valley of the Shadows to reconnoiter the rest of the operation, and the vampires of the water flew through the filthy swamp in the night, and then settled in the Baffont Canyon to rest, and from here they took the tunnel to approach their destination, arriving at the "village of New Mejewa" before dawn.

Adele's vampire intelligence officers come from a variety of sources, not only members of the original Blood Vulture Clan, but also half-elves recruited from the Valley of the Shadows and shadow elves recruited from the exiles of Mejewa, the local Lower Nine such as the Blood Rat Gang have now become an important component of the Shadow Bureau, and several forest elves who have been "pulled" up in the attack and defense of the Maginot Line.

All of the above is quite normal.

Most exaggeratedly, Adele also has a group of goatman spellcasters who have followed Julia and Finley Sr. to take refuge, as well as some gnoloid assassins currently deployed by Hogg's side.

A black plague has been defeated, and all the forces in Transncia have been damaged, but the plate of the Phantom Bureau is getting bigger and bigger.

Although it was still plagued by a shortage of manpower, at least the places where the eyeliner should have been arranged were already guarded, and even the day after the battle, Lady Dorothy, the boss of the Blood Rat Gang, one of Adele's right-hand men, took a group of people to the Genoa Peninsula by airship.

This seems to have the framework and execution power of a large intelligence organization, although it is still a small organization compared to the Thorn Clan and the Thieves Guild, but Adele's operational ability can already be seen.

Her low profile beside Murphy doesn't mean she's not strong, she just enjoys the feeling of being hidden in the shadow of her master.

However, Adele has been a little restless these days.

On the one hand, because there are so many things during this time that she hasn't had a good rest for a long time, and on the other hand, because Velantor has been staying on the side of the Creation Plains, Spider Niang must be doing something related to the shadow elves.

Although Adele didn't know much about the inside story of that incident, she felt that she might be affected, after all, no matter how much she resisted, a quarter of the shadow elf blood in her body could not be stripped away.

They moved quickly through the tunnel, silently communicating with only gestures, and after the Translancians had evacuated the tunnel, there was news that it was occupied by the goat people cultists of the Bafeng Underground Palace, so Adele had been cautious since entering the tunnel, but Rao was so, and after walking for almost twenty minutes, she still fell for it.

It was as if she had accidentally stepped into an area shrouded in mist, and on the second passing of the same fork in the road, Adele immediately stopped.

She looked around with a frown, gripped the hot melt sword at her waist, it was supposed to be an area-of-effect spell used to confuse perception, much like a trick the goatmen cultists would do.

"Be on your guard."

She gave a command to the crowd behind her, and all of them drew their weapons.

Sister E did not order the division of troops, but prepared to observe the situation in the same place, if the opponent was a goatman cultist, then the next thing they would do was probably to pull these vampires into a dream to execute.

It was the realm of the Nightmare Tyrant, where the cultists' combat prowess would be boosted to exaggerated proportions.

However, Adele did not wait for the call of the dream, and there was no superfluous movement around her, and after a minute, a vampire assassin behind her whispered:

"Why don't I go and find the way? If I don't get back in three minutes, you call for backup. ”

"Okay."

Adele nodded without hesitation, and the vampire behind him immediately stepped forward to enter the lost area to explore, but as soon as he crossed Sister E's shoulder, the hot sword in Adele's hand pierced his heart without hesitation.

This sudden attack made the eyes of the person in front of him widen in surprise, and the light in his eyes seemed to accuse Sister E of indiscriminate killing, but after he fell to the ground, Adele looked back at the people behind her expressionlessly, and she put on a surprise start.

"Director! What are you doing? Managing director! Are you crazy? ”

"The director is controlled by the cultists, quickly control her!"

There was a cacophony of voices in the crowd, but the next moment more people drew their knives and stabbed the screaming creatures, and it was only a few seconds before the space fell silent again.

"Why?"

The vampire, impaled by Adele, struggled on the ground, saying:

"How did you see through it?"

"Finding your way with human life is not our style, and the Shadow Intelligence Agency's order and prohibition is not something you can imagine."

Sister E squatted down and took out a bottle of alchemy potion used to extract a confession, and was about to pour it into the pretender in front of her, when the latter's expression changed from shock to appreciation, and then turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated.

The slain behind him also dissipated in the same way, and the assassins who followed Adele fell to the ground one by one, and the next second there was a sound of applause from the dark tunnel ahead, and under the vigilant gaze of Sister E, a tall man with a sword strolled out of it.

With an appreciative smile on his face in half of the spider mask, and rhythmic slapping in his black leather gloves, he seemed very pleased with Adele's performance.

"Worthy of being Truman's daughter! You've inherited your father's astonishing instinct for danger, and you've lived up to his aggressive genes, and of course, I'm not impressed by what your mother left behind. After all, I've never liked that self-righteous idiot.

If it weren't for Mona's appearance, Truman would not have fallen into such a miserable ending.

I haven't introduced myself yet, which is rude. ”

He made a standard and elegant Shadow Elf greeting gift, and said to Adele who reported to his family:

"My name is Sarivo, Sarivo Shadowblade, the current chief samurai of the Mejva family, I was your father's most loyal follower and his best disciple, Adele, you can call me 'uncle'."

"Maybe it's better to call you 'enemy'?"

Adele replied coldly.

Her fingers holding the hilt of the sword silently went around her back and crushed a hedron, the guy in front of her did not show the slightest breath, but from his posture, it could be seen that this was not an enemy that Adele could deal with.

"Don't bother, you can't send any news from this Shadow of Hydra enchantment, girl."

Sarifo didn't care about Adele's small movements at all, he really just seemed to come to catch up, and he said in a nostalgic tone:

"That's what your father taught me.

You may know that your father was once the best gladiator king in the Eternal Rift, but Truman was not a reckless man who could only wield a knife and a gun, and his talent for shadow spells even amazed the matriarch of House Debria, and the Shadow of Hydra enchantment was his most common method.

Trapping enemies in such a fictional labyrinth that closes the senses, forcing them to kill each other with pressure tactics without even using weapons.

You should be able to learn this easily, after all, he has saved the best things for you, look at your eyes, they are exactly like him, except for this ray of blood that stains the pupils that should be bright.

Your choice to become a vampire is an incredible decision. ”

"It probably has nothing to do with you, Your Excellency."

Adele took a deep breath and prepared for battle.

But the second she retreated into the shadows, the Shadow Blade, which was standing there in a very relaxed posture, suddenly drew its sword, and slashed the slender straight-edged combat knife in front of her in the direction of Adele's surprise attack in a gesture of an unpredictable prophet, cutting through the shadow with precision like a line, and finally letting the blade hover between Adele's eyes.

It comes into contact with the skin without causing any harm.

The knife's use of power and perception made Adele ashamed, and she realized that she could never be the opponent of the guy in front of her, and in front of such a person, it was a luxury to die together.

"Sweaty, girl."

Sarifo chuckled.

He withdrew his blade as if he were playing with a child, and rubbed the simple but elegant weapon in his hand, not paying any attention to Adele's movements, and said:

"Your father was so strong. It's a pity that he's dead, for the sake of a woman who doesn't know how to live or die and a bunch of fools who only drag others down, even if he kills five golden people before he dies, it still seems worthless to me.

Truman's fate taught me the most important lesson.

People must not have weakness, otherwise no matter how strong the strength is, it will only become a laughing stock in the eyes of others.

This lesson is given to you for free, now, grab it. ”

With a twist of his wrist, he pinched the blade and handed the straight-edged knife to Adele, saying:

"This is your father's relic, its name is 'Dark Shadow Fang', the spoils of a voyage I made with your father into the Dark Realms, and you are the most qualified person to inherit it.

Don't be afraid, Adele.

I'm not here to hurt you today, I'm just going to meet with you, hand over this thing, and leave.

But I guess you already know what I'm here for. ”

"You're going to give me a chance, too?"

Adele said in a dumb voice:

"For my father's sake, pull me into your organization? I've probably guessed who you are, you were the one who assassinated Murphy's master before, right? ”

"Master?"

The title made Surif frown, and he said:

"As much as I'm unhappy with your father's final decision, I feel that you should learn something from his death, and your stupid mother should also teach you something, and Mona's only good thing is that she never calls another person 'master'."

"You've been talking about my father, and it seems that you really adore him, and if he's still alive, if he's giving you a chance to call him his master."

Adele sneered and said:

"Would you say no?"

"Heh, sharp teeth."

Sarifu shook his head, no longer arguing with Adele, but threw it away, causing the Dark Shadow Fang War Knife to slide through the air and nail it in front of Adele.

As he turned and stepped into the shadows, he said:

"You still don't know why your father died, don't you really think that your mother was able to escape from Mejwa City? It was your father who agreed to a death duel in front of the distinguished guests in exchange for their survival.

He single-handedly fought against the nine Goldens and killed five of them.

If it weren't for that fatal mistake, I even think Truman could have accomplished a miracle that no one had done before

You don't know what kind of strong man your father is, Adele, and if you have the chance, you may be able to go to Mejwa City, you should go there. ”

Watching Sarifo walk into the shadows, Adele asked one last question:

"So, are you one of those nine? Shadow Blade! ”

The question made Sarifo's footsteps pause for a moment, and he was silent for a second, and then whispered:

"Didn't I say that? Truman made a fatal mistake I survived, he died, your life today is my return to him, Adele, stay away from Murphy, this is the advice from the elders.

You don't understand what your 'master' is doing, and you don't understand what kind of enemy he is facing.

Likewise, I don't want to visit you someday in the future. ”

The footsteps completely disappeared at this moment, and the enchantment of the shadow of the hydra quietly dissipated.

In the silence, Adele held the elven-style war knife inserted in front of him, perhaps it really came from the blood left by his father on this blade, so that Adele felt a sense of blood connection with it, this weapon that once belonged to the gladiator king of the Eternal Rift, may indeed have some incredible power.

In the darkness, Adele sighed.

I picked up a life, but not because of my own skills, but because of my own blood.

Frankly, this is a bit of a shock.

——

A few minutes later, in the airship of Sarifug, he had just finished a visit when he had just taken out his tea set when he received bad news from his followers.

"What do you mean 'our faction is gone'?"

The Dusk Chief, nicknamed "Slave Owner", asked word by word:

"Explain clearly, what's going on!"

"It's Murphy, my lord."

A frail male voice responds from the other end of the vehicle's communication apparatus:

"The terrifying weapon that killed the Lord of the Hunt has been used by him for the second time, targeting the base where our faction is located, which has been turned into a scorched earth and everything we have collected has been destroyed.

Only three people survived, along with me, your disciple Penny and your adjutant Lord Nassar, but Penny was badly wounded."

"I see."

The news was enough to break the defenses of all the leaders that made Sarifu crush the teacup in his hand, but his tone remained calm, and he said in a dumb voice:

"Send Penny to the scholar and let him cure my students, at all costs!"

"The scholar himself has been here, and he said that Penny's body has been purified by the creation energy and cannot be recovered, but he can extract Penny's consciousness and make it into a secret puppet, but the special equipment required is only available at the Artisan University in Port Chardo."

The boy on the opposite side cried and made Sarifu scold:

"Don't cry! Don't be as soft as the other shadow elf males, Bertie, bring Penny to join me in Genoa, I'll heal my disciples, and you must shoulder your responsibilities as a man.

I know you have some kind of affection for her, and now is the time for you to show it, as for Murphy.

I'll deal with it myself, you're no match for him yet. ”

After hanging up the communication, Shadow Blade sat down in his chair, he looked down at his fingers, thinking of the warning to Adele just now, and the outstanding Shadow Elf Warrior suddenly felt a sense of fate intertwined.

He warned Adele as an elder, and Murphy gave him such a big job when he turned his head. Although the two things are not consistent and are not out of the love of children, but think about it from another angle.

Hmm, he's really a domineering man.

He felt like a clown, and in the end, was it himself who couldn't see the balance of power between the two sides?

"Laugh if you want, Mistress, there aren't many opportunities to see me so embarrassed."

With her head down, Sarev whispered, causing the plump shadow elf woman who was restrained in the passenger seat to shake her body, revealing a low-brow expression.

But she was really smiling.

ridiculed this shameless man who chose to betray and bury his family in his heart.

Alas, the previous chief of the Mejewa family betrayed himself for the sake of a slave, and this one is even more insane, uniting with the world-destroying cultists to destroy the entire Mejewa family in one fell swoop, and still preaching a terrifying idea that will subvert the rules of the entire race.

As a result, he has fallen into the sad situation he is in now, and he may really have to review his vision of finding a man.

"Doodoo"

The communicator of the small spaceship sounded again, and Salivo, who was in a bad mood, took the communicator and asked:

"Who?"

"Me, you sound like you're in a bad mood?"

"Well, Lord Monk, please forgive me for my faux pas, I just"

"Understand, after years of hard work in vain, anyone will break the defense, and other factions will fully support your reconstruction, but slave master, there is something you need to do now."

"Tell me, I don't have anything to do right now anyway, maybe I should thank Lord Murphy for helping me lighten my load."

"It's funny, keep up this good mood, we can't do it without a good attitude, okay, that's the end of the greetings, I need you to go to the Genoa Peninsula and find Gelman Biting King.

It is in a situation where it needs the help of its friends.

And you know, we don't miss a single send-off. ”

(End of chapter)