LOL: The dark goddess covets me!

Chapter 101 Conspiracy?Collaboration with Mist Walkers
Like the oil-soaked black water splashing on the fallen rocks, the creepy black-green mist stretches in all directions, holding up the ruins of the collapsed and scattered cities and suspending them in the air.

The tide flooded the city, and the wreckage of the shipwreck has been floating for thousands of years. It is still dilapidated and maintains the original appearance of being broken into residues, but not completely patched together, exuding a cursed stench.

Walking along the cracked and dilapidated marble bank that has long been soaked in black ash, the mysterious shadow follows the breath of the living, controlled by the black mist, and barks its teeth and claws in an attempt to erode all vitality.

Since this operation was only to investigate Hylia's information, and not to eliminate the Mist Walker, Ahri did not carry the holy stone weapon.

The new holy stone material has just been sent to Fortune Workshop, and the weapons currently stored in the Bright Sentinel warehouse are all made of new holy stones that have been blended with the magic tree fossilized lime powder.

Those weapons are specially provided for ordinary sentinels who don't know magic, have little experience, and can't directly contact the black mist, and their power is limited.

Therefore, along the way, Gwen, who was able to directly purify the undead with haze magic, ranked first in output when dealing with the Mist Walker's attack, and she was happy to do so.

The closer the eroded magic is to the area of ​​the Shimmer Tower, the more bizarre and blurred it will appear.

"Go this way."

Josh beckoned Ahri and Gwen to go around the area where the underground energy seemed to be erupting like a volcano, and the three of them stopped on the edge of the shattering and looked down.

"This used to be a magnificent showroom for displaying ancient treasures, but now there is only this huge pothole that can't be seen to the bottom."

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

"The old Blessed Island must have been beautiful, right?" Gwen lost all her enthusiasm for killing the Mist Walker just now, and said softly, "It's a pity I didn't get to see it."

"Yeah, it's beautiful, but also..."

Very cold and lifeless.

There was a bit of a bitter smile on Ari's face, he didn't finish the sentence, but just recited silently in his heart.

Without Josh, she doesn’t know what her fate will be.

Perhaps those who suffer eternal torment and long for the soul of the living in the mists of strangeness have themselves...

"People only start to cherish it when they lose it. Although Fuguang Island also has unavoidable shortcomings, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, no country can match its former glory."

Ari looked away from the bottomless pit where the dim light was shining, and sighed softly.

But at this moment, a strange mist suddenly gathered in the safe area far away from the three of them, and a thin ghost figure wearing a robe, a hood, a slightly stooped figure, and holding a scepter appeared.

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

Gwen swung the scissors and was about to rush forward to attack, but when he heard the voice of the male ghost, he froze immediately.

That guy obviously didn't cast magic, and his aura was far from reaching the level of a "perisher". How could it affect Gwen?
"Gwen!"

Josh immediately cast an arcane barrier on Gwen, and then followed Ahri's pace and rushed to the sluggish Gwen, posing a fighting stance, but did not make a direct move.

This Mist Walker seemed quite different from the others.

Seeing the costume of the Mist Walker, who seemed to be still sane, Josh frowned and asked, "Are you from Kamavian?"

The ghost holding the scepter did not directly answer Josh's question, but said to himself: "Please don't be nervous, I have no malicious intentions."

"A mist walker cursed by dilapidation, it is really rare that the soul can retain a trace of peace in the pain."

Even if they are swallowed, those with strong will can avoid the influence of the black mist on their own spirits and keep their sanity and sobriety.

However, most of these souls were strong before they were alive, or they were people with twisted minds and amazing obsessions.

Generally speaking, the lowest level of mist walkers can only follow the control of the black mist and the instinct to seek life, completely losing their sense of self.

The more advanced perishers are the hunters of the Shadow Isles, who will follow the signs of life through the black mist, and only possess some of the habits and sanity of their previous lives.

Only the highest level of predatory spirits, also called "ghost lords" by most people, can completely retain the memories and instincts of their lives.

For example, Thresh and Hecarim are at this level.

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

Thresh completely lost his humanity, while Hecarim only cared about pursuing his obsessions in life, harvesting souls to strengthen his body, trampling on life recklessly, causing bloody massacres.

Therefore, Josh and Ahri were surprised that a little mist walker was still sane.

A blue and white magic orb gathered in the palm of Ari's right hand, and several clusters of strange fox fires ignited around her. Under her control, they locked on the dead soul in front of them, and slowly circled around the three of them.

This is the fighting method that Ari has mastered Vasani's spiritual magic for thousands of years, and chose the one that suits him best.

"You'd better reveal your identity and find our purpose quickly." Ari warned, "Otherwise, I don't know if you are delaying the arrival of the undead army, and the deceitful orb in my hand may not be merciful noodle."

The ghost sighed, "It's been a long time since I had a name... In the Shadow Isles, we lost almost everything, and everyone turned into black mist."

At this moment, Gwen, who was guarded by Josh and Ari, suddenly thought of something, and pushed them away to take a few steps closer to the ghost.

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

Gwen bit her lower lip lightly, raised her eyebrows tangledly, and stared at the ghost with complicated eyes, "You are the counselor of Viego, court mage Nunio Nekrit!"

Nekrit was surprised by the blue-haired girl in front of him, and looked at Gwen carefully with his pale eyes without pupils, and was surprised.

"You... so familiar... I seem to have seen you somewhere." Nekrit was lost in thought.

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

"Gwen...yes, Isolde does have a doll named Gwen, the first doll she has carefully sewn...but, how could you..."

Nekrit stretched out his pale free left hand, which was as close to the skeleton as the dead bark of the skin, and reached out to Gwen from the air.

Black mist lingered between his arms and fingers, as if he realized that his behavior might be misleading. Before Josh and Ahri could scold him, Nekrit quickly retracted it.

Ari interjected: "I think, this shouldn't be the topic we're going to talk about now, right? Counselor Nekrit?"

Seeing her weighing and shaking 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 watching you for a long time, Josh Russell, and Ari .

"The rune mage who fought against Viego, and the new leader of the Sentinel of Light... However, you haven't landed in Hylia for a thousand years."

Josh and Ari looked at each other, and could see the caution in each other's eyes.

Later, Josh asked: "You participated in the invasion of Blessed Island, right? You are a member of the invaders."

"Loyalty to the royal family and obedience to the king's orders are the most basic requirements of a courtier, and I have to do so."

"But as a counsellor, your responsibility is to advise the king!" Josh's brows were furrowed, expressionless, "Voyego's willful actions caused Kamavia to fall, and you have failed in your duty."

Immediately afterwards, Ahri also said: "Besides, Fyego is not the only successor to the Shimmering Silver Throne. When Kalista returned, instead of helping her control Fyego, you allowed her to be ruled by Hecarim." Under torture interrogation!

"Also, you helped to open the holy haze on Blessed Island, right? My friend Zendakaya has investigated you. It is the ancient artifact of Kamavia, Mikhail's crucible, which was recorded in Hylia's classics.

"But we couldn't find it in Kamavia's sunken ship and the king's imperial chariot. Did you hide it?"

Nekrit opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a rebuttal.

Immediately, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Whether it's responsibility or fault, all of this is just a passing cloud... I reflected on my faults when I became a part of the black mist, but what's the use of it?
"The curse of ruin has become an established fact, and Kamavia will eventually be run over by the wheels of the long river of history, leaving only residue."

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

【A traitor will always be a traitor. As long as there is a precedent, they will always go down this road... Are you really going to trust this weird guy? 】

"I didn't say I trusted him." Josh replied, "Have you sensed Tarosh's breath?"

Tarosh is the darkin who used the life breath of the faceless spirit born from the water of life to break free from the shackles of the darkin halberd and make a big fuss in Hylia.

It happened that Josh and Ryze were chasing Thresh that day, and the Darkborn happened to pick up on him and devoured Thresh's flesh and blood.

Fortunately, with the assistance of Lunicia and Ryze, Josh reacted quickly, taking advantage of the gap between Tarosh's reshaping of his body and directly cutting off the connection between his body and the weapon, allowing him to return to the weapon.

Later, the darkin was sealed in a demonic sarcophagus, and the Vasani people manipulated golem puppets and buried them somewhere.

But when the ruins swept across, Ari took over the leadership of the Bright Sentinel, trying to find the Darkborn, but to no avail.

The dark-born halberd seemed to be hidden by someone, just like the king's sword.

Or as the ruins erupted, the earth cracked, and the Darkborn Halberd sank deeper into the ground, but this possibility was not great.

In short, Lunicia needs to assume the responsibility of perceiving the dark halberd when returning to Hylia, so as to prevent the dark ancestry from breaking through the seal and seeking revenge.

[The magical atmosphere here is so chaotic, how could it be so simple? ] Lunisia said unhappily, 【I just remind you, don't be stupid. 】

During the brief exchange between Josh and Lunisia, Gwen exhaled foul air and shouted softly:
"But what you have done for him, how can we convince you? You can obviously stop Hecarim from bewitching Viego, but you didn't do it!"

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

Gwen knew quite a bit of what Fyego had confided to Isolde.

"It's not bad to say that, this is indeed my problem." Nekrit showed a helpless expression on his face, "But Vyego killed indiscriminately, but I realized that Hecarim used the method of healing Isold It's too late by the time the name controls Fiego, besides..."

He was silent for a long time.

"Kalista has left, no one will stand alone against Kamavia's most powerful knight leader, even Ledros, I just want to live.

"Besides, I thought that Vyego would repent after realizing that the water of life could not revive the dead. I didn't expect you Hailiya people to know the news in advance and resist desperately."

Josh narrowed his eyes, feeling displeased: "Heh, you took the blame completely. We resisted the invasion, but became the wrong party?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that," Nekrit said. "Voyego's actions brought about the curse of ruin, which I didn't expect."

"Okay, okay, so much talk, what do you want?" Ahri interrupted Nekrit impatiently.

"As I said just now, we have a common goal, to defeat the King of Ruin, and you are more aware of the dangers of the Ruin's Curse than I am. Soul Eater Night is spreading year by year, and sooner or later it will swallow the world.

"If you doubt my sincerity..."

Naikriter paused for a moment, "Holy Lord Michael, who can give clear water a healing effect, and Michael's Crucible, which can relieve most curses and has a certain influence on spirits in the spiritual realm, I have temporarily stored them. A hidden vault nearby.

"You can take it with me, but I think you will definitely not agree, worrying that this is my trap, then you can stop Thresh's ceremony first, and then come to the pier to find me, I will take those two ancient artifacts Leave it to you."

"Thresh's ritual?" Josh recalled that Thresh had found and recognized him on the night of the soul eclipse, "What kind of conspiracy is he playing?"

"Thresh once hunted me, but I eluded me," said Nekrit. "He is preparing the ritual to awaken the Ruined King."

Thresh 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 wake up Viego, which will only make Thresh's wish come to naught.

Josh frowned suspiciously, "Are you sure he intends to wake up the Ruined King?"

"I know your concerns, Master Russell. At first I was puzzled by Thresh's attempt to awaken the Ruined King, but he did."

Nekrit pointed in the direction of the ancient forest area outside Helia City, "You can go through the Twisted Forest to a secret storehouse on the outskirts, where Thresh has transformed it into a fortress, specially used to imprison lost souls for torture. , for his entertainment."

After all, seeing that the three of them had no doubts, Nekrit performed a Kamavia court aristocratic salute, and then his figure turned into a black mist, blending into the surrounding environment.

Gwen was still staring at the direction where Nekrit disappeared, "Josh, Ari, should we trust him?"

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　Yesterday’s follow-up order was lazy and truncated (*) at the beginning of the month, no one even voted for the monthly ticket (つД`)
　　
　
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