through the dark road

In the vast swamp in front of us, there are no traces of urban ruins.

Mo Bei guessed that Lilith turned the earth into a swamp and made the entire city sink underground.

Seafast kept recalling, and based on the general direction of the coastline, he calculated the location of Covus. After spending most of the day, he finally said in a more certain tone:

"The giant tower at the core of the city should be at this location. If the city sinks completely, and we dig down from here, we may be able to directly find the top of the tower. With the height of the tower, it can save a lot of effort."

Mo Bei looked at the bubbling mire. There was an oil film floating on the surface of the filthy black water, reflecting the colorful colors.

This ten-thousand-year-old pool has swallowed up countless living beings. The poisonous miasma it has formed cannot be dispersed, and the smell is extremely bad. Just thinking about getting into it makes me feel very resistant.

He could have ordered Banshee or Seafast to get into this stinking quagmire, but he gave up the idea. He was not the kind of unscrupulous boss who would leave all the dirty work to his subordinates.

Seeing him descending slowly, Seafast was completely submerged in the quagmire in a blink of an eye. He opened his mouth in shock. He didn't expect him to be so direct.

In fact, Mo Bei's main consideration was that he had an invisible force field formed by his equipment, which could isolate the sludge. It was precisely because of this that he did not choose to follow the thunder and use violent means to get as deep into the mire as possible in an instant. , in that case, the huge impact will definitely cause the invisible force field to collapse, and it will be completely soaked.

After sneaking in, he found that it was not all soft mud, but also a large amount of rotten wood, skeletal remains, and entangled roots. He had to separate them all before he could go deeper.

The further you go down, the denser and more viscous the mud becomes, and there are more debris, but there is not even a stone, let alone anything resembling a building.

After struggling to drill down for more than two hundred feet, it became quite difficult.

He must mobilize his extraordinary power to resist the strong pressure coming from all directions. As long as he relaxes, the barrier outside his body will collapse immediately. Give him a high-pressure marinade, and he can't imagine how delicious it will be. . .

This was a depth of more than 600 meters, but there was still no discovery. He suspected that Seafast was looking in the wrong place.

Helpless, he could only go back the way he came and rushed out of the quagmire.

"Is it possible that this swamp is just a cover-up, and Lilith actually used space distortion to hide the city of Covus?"

He asked Seafast, remembering his search for Tristram.

Hayfast was silent for a moment and shook his head:

"The possibility is not impossible, but... it is not very reasonable. Because according to her condition at the time, there was no reason and no need to do so."

Mo Bei thought about it and felt that this was reasonable.

Lilith slaughtered almost all the angels and demons in Sanctuary, so there was no need to cover up. .

The only power that can check her is Inaris, right?

But even so, she doesn't need to do anything extra.

"Which one is stronger, her or Inaris?" Mo Bei asked again.

"In all the previous battles on the battlefield, Inarius has never been able to take advantage of Lilith. There is no doubt that Lilith is slightly superior in terms of strategy and combat power."

As an old subordinate of Inarius, Hayfast looked a little unnatural, but he still spoke truthfully.

Mo Bei secretly pouted.

Isn’t this called taking advantage?

Even if you can't beat him, you can still be kidnapped and run away. This is a huge advantage, okay? .

Words such as "weakly vulnerable to counterattack" and "hard to eat soft food" could not help but appear in his mind. Looking at Inarius's banishment of Lilith, he found it a bit intriguing. Could it be that he was exhausted after the massacre?

Hayfast saw what he was thinking and said:

"I understand your doubts, and this is why I think it is unreasonable. Lilith seems to have been exiled voluntarily. I can imagine how frustrated she felt after venting her anger, and she was too lazy to try to destroy what we had built together. This city will simply sink into the ground, with no possibility of ever seeing the light of day again.”

"Then it probably sank too deep. It would be difficult to explore that depth without some preparation."

Mo Bei clicked his tongue, feeling that even if he touched the location of Covus, it would be completely filled with mud. In that kind of environment, it would be very difficult to explore a huge city.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but lose interest.

In the end, he still planned to go back to Westmarch and discuss it with his friends. One person was short-term and everyone talked too much. Maybe he would come up with an idea while chatting.

And we have to summarize what everyone knows during this period. Although Xionglang has announced that it will withdraw from the power struggle, it is obvious that the stalemate still exists, and the internal friction is likely to be more serious than before. It is better to end it early.

In the evening, several people gathered at Kane's temporary residence in Westmarch. Ned and Alvin arrived last. They smelled of alcohol and powder, and they felt a little embarrassed. Kane said hello, then shrank behind the door with a dry smile, and each found something to use as a bench to sit down on.

The two had been having too much fun before, and then fell into a deep sleep. No one noticed any movement in the teleportation scroll tube, and they arrived belatedly.

Mo Bei glanced at them playfully, just thinking that the two were fishing, and didn't say anything. Anyway, there were no hard targets to complete, so he just thought it was a holiday, so it didn't matter.

However, he still asked:

"How's your inquiring going?"

Ned touched the back of his neck and said with a smile:

"It should be... almost done."

Mo Bei was slightly surprised:

"Almost...what does it mean?"

"Everyone who can ask outside should have an understanding of it, that's what it means."

"Really? Let's hear it!"

"Um...where to start?"

"Let's talk about it first... what people here in the Western Region think of Queen Tila."

Ned organized his language and said:

"In general, the evaluation is pretty good. She is a very remarkable woman, and she does have excellent leadership skills. If it were not for her excellent personal abilities, her fate would not be much better than Timmy's .”

"Timmy? Which Timmy?" Mo Bei asked confused.

Everyone was speechless.

Why would you ask someone else for the name you gave yourself? . .

Mo Bei met everyone's gaze and reacted:

"Oh...you mean Hakan II...So, this Queen of Tira was also introduced as a puppet at the beginning?"

"Yes, at that time, the rule of Gastian III was extremely chaotic. There were more and more rebels, but they did not have an advantage in quantity or quality, and they basically fought on their own. At that time, Antoine, The current Queen of Tira, who had just turned 16 years old and had the legal right of inheritance, was pushed to the throne by several former subordinates of Korsk, the son of Lakis. They took advantage of the wolf clan's legal status in the western border to bring most of the rebels to the throne. After gathering together, it took several years to get Gastian to escape from the western border and seek refuge in Port King.

During this process, Antoine also grew up rapidly. While learning to mobilize military formations, she was mediating with a group of proud soldiers and generals. She soon showed her outstanding military talents. The rebel army fought under her suggestion. After several good battles, the royal city of Westmarch was successfully recovered.

But at that time, she was really walking on thin ice. Everyone in the rebel army had their own thoughts, but the same thing was that they all regarded her as a banner. They only supported her to become famous. It would be okay if she was unknown. Once she performed outstandingly, Talent, there are bound to be people who want to get rid of her before she really grows up, or completely control her.

At the beginning, the methods were quite mild, and they basically instigated the younger generation to pursue her. However, after discovering that she and all parties were just playing along, they gradually lost their patience and began to exert pressure overtly and covertly. . . . "(End of chapter)