Hearing Nicholas say this, Locke suddenly had some doubts that the Obsidian Corps that Nicholas was in was one of the troops that Master Runo had promised to lend him.

When the time comes, these troops will follow them to the three western islands, and it may indeed take a few years to more than ten years.

Knowing this factor again, Locke did not regret accompanying Nicholas to the Davel area.

After leaving the Belém border, the two men no longer took the float boat, but instead used their own means of flight, flying southwest to the Davel region.

Fortunately, both of them are third-level heavenly knights, and they have been able to get sufficient guarantees in terms of fighting energy endurance, although the Davel area is far away, after spending a week with the two of them, they finally arrived.

This is the south-central region of the wizarding world, with the 100,000 mountains of the Erie Knight Alliance to the north, the vast plains of the Belen Empire to the east, and the landform of the Davel region is a relatively rare hilly area.

Along the way, you can see undulating hills and low slopes everywhere, regardless of whether the actual controller of the Darvel region is a black mage or not, such a terrain is not suitable for low-level human civilians to grow crops.

The wool comes out of the sheep, and the special terrain leads to the scarcity of humans at the bottom, which will inevitably lead to a low number of first-level knights and magicians at the upper level, and Locke doesn't seem to have any special rare minerals in this place, and it can't attract other first-level and above powerhouses.

Barrenness, was Locke's first impression of this place.

There are many cities and human settlements in the Davel region, but under the leadership of Nicholas, the two did not stop in these small and medium-sized cities, but flew towards the hinterland of the Davel region.

Hardtown, also known as the Dark City, was the destination of Locke and Nicholas' trip.

The Dark City was built in the middle of a mountain and surrounded by a dense taiga, and Locke wondered how such a city had been built in the first place.

Even with the power of magic, it may not be easy to build such a magnificent city comparable to Princeton.

The ground is brown soil, which is the unique 'red soil' of the Davel region, because of its unique alkalinity and heavy metals, it has become the second major problem restricting food production and thus limiting population reproduction in the Davel area in addition to topographical features.

The Dark City is clearly divided into an inner city and an outer city, and the outer city is a place where creatures of the first level and below gather, flying through the sky, Locke has already felt the aftermath of more than a dozen battles.

"The Dark City does not prohibit fighting, as long as you are strong enough, you can snatch the position of the Lord of the Dark City. Nicholas jokingly explained to Locke.

"Who is the lord of the Dark City now?" Locke asked curiously.

"Shadow of Death - Medkaiser, a demigod dark magician. Nicholas said in a low voice, "But many people say that he is not the actual controller of the Dark City, just a puppet who has been pushed in front of the stage, and the real control of the Dark City should be those dark mages above level 4 who are hidden behind." ”

When it comes to a strong person above the fourth level, whether he is a black mage or some other strong person, it is not something that Locke and Nicholas can discuss casually now.

With a look of clarity on their faces, Locke and Nicholas had not continued to talk about this topic to the point.

After flying to the inner city of the Dark City, Locke and Nicholas fell from the clouds on their own without being reminded.

The Dark City doesn't restrict the trivial conditions of flying, but neither of them wants to cause trouble here, so it's better to keep a low profile.

Locke and Nicholas's low-key behavior proved to be very practical, and shortly after the two landed, a hair-raising psychic force probe was sent from the center of the Dark City.

This psychic power detection is a range detection and is not targeted, but Locke still has a terrifying feeling that his secrets have been spied on.

"Is this the Shadow of Death, the demigod-level black magician doing?" Locke's back was not known to have been replaced by layers of sweat, this level of coercion, he had only felt one or two in Shi Bo Qiaos before.

"It's not quite like it, it should be other demigod-level powerhouses in the Dark City. Nicholas frowned and shook his head.

He had been to the Dark City several times before, and had seen the power of the city lord Death Shadow Medcaesar a few times, but it was very different from the aura of this spiritual power detection.

The Dark City is indeed deeper than Locke imagined.

Guarding in front of the inner city gate are two black three-headed dogs, with a terrifying physique of five meters, and the terrifying coercion of super-level demonic beasts.

The minimum threshold to enter the inner city is the second-level creature level, and the two three-headed dogs of hell are there to intercept the ants who are not capable of themselves.

sniffed at Nicholas, and the two three-headed hellhounds were immediately released, but when they arrived at Locke, it took a long time until Nicholas coughed annoyingly, and the two three-headed hellhounds whimpered and wagged their tails to send Locke in.

"The reason why I was able to come in so quickly is because I have been here a few times before, and the animals remember my smell, but you are different, because you are new, so it takes a little more time to test. Nicholas said.

"What to detect?" Locke said curiously, he didn't think that two super-level demonic beasts would be able to detect his own details by circling around him a few times and asking about the smell.

"Check if you are a demon hunter, the black mage has some despair attribute aura, and when someone kills them, there will be a trace of despair attribute aura transferred to the killer. Nicholas explained.

Locke had never seen a black mage since he was promoted to the first level, let alone had a despair attribute aura contaminated, as for the black mage apprentice killed in the knight squire stage, it was the old yellow calendar from decades ago, even if there was a trace of aura contamination, there was not much left to neutralize it now.

The Heavenly Knight is definitely an upper-level creature in the Dark City, since the two of them came in, except for a few unscrupulous glances from powerhouses of the same level, most of the second-level creatures still have a certain degree of jealousy against them, but among these jealousies, there is even a bit of greedy peeping.

Some of these second- and third-level creatures came to the Dark City to complete the transaction like Locke, and some of them were black magicians with strong roots!

The chaotic nature of the Dark City makes the strong people living here quite arrogant and lawless, and they are the strong people who dare to peep at the third level when they are second-level, which makes Locke stunned a lot.