On the road beside the deep valley.

Mar exhausted all his strength to block Barnaby Nightwind's attack, and a mouthful of blood spurted from his throat, hanging on the corner of his mouth that revealed a slight smile.

The sound of hooves came from the end of the road, and Ellis, the Grand Master of the Knights, was riding towards their position.

Upon hearing the sound, Barnaby looked up, his resentment vanishing from his eyes, which ultimately transformed into a cold stare as he once again stabbed at Mar.

Barely managing to deflect the spear with his ill-fitting longsword, Mar's condition plummeted. Even the nimble longsword couldn't showcase his strength. He finally reached the edge of the road, holding the black bag that Barnaby and Ellis both coveted, and leaned against a rock at the edge of the deep valley.

Hundreds of Pegasus riders flew down from the deep valley, forming a large group that surrounded the road from both sides. The clanging of metal echoed throughout the mountains before finally stopping in front of him.

Rennes should get away from here...

Hmph, those two magicians should have climbed up the cliff with their stuff by now.

That problematic guy should also quietly go into hiding...

A thought flashed through his mind, and Ellis Moore rode up to him, stopping Barnaby from attacking: "Orc, where are your teammates?"

Mar gripped the bag tightly and held it up in front of him: "Isn't this your target?"

“Heh.” Ellis Moore spurred his horse, slowly moving from one side to the other, and glanced at Barnaby beside him with an extremely dangerous look: “You want to save them? So… they’ll escape from the area Barnaby is guarding?”

Upon hearing this, Barnaby suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

“Leave from that cliff, go through the forest behind it, and then head to Upper Dallas… Do you really think I’d let them go?” Ellis sneered.

Mar, head bowed, suddenly loosened his grip on the bag, grabbing Ellis's laughter and catching his open mouth in mid-air: "I heard that the Moore family betrayed their friends in order to become the third largest family in the Gordon Das Empire, and... they even became executioners?"

The weak voice made Ellis Moore grip her sword hilt tightly, her breathing beneath her mask becoming heavier, and her breath coming out visibly hot: "You're asking for death!"

Mar didn't care and continued to sneer, "There was a rumor in Gordon's Port that the Moore family was able to succeed because someone used a girl for power, and... on the day they were about to get married."

As he spoke, Mal raised his head, the resolute expression that had etched itself onto his broken face now gone: "That person's name seems to be... Ellis Moore?"

Ta-da!

Ellis Moore's horse suddenly swung its front legs, its horseshoes crushing a stone and slowly carving a line on the ground.

In an instant, the surrounding knights took several steps back in unison, making way for a large space.

At this moment, Mar's gaze shifted slightly to Ellis Moore's horse. In just a few moments, a sense of unease rose from the bottom of his heart. Only now did he realize something extremely crucial: the other party's horse was unusually quiet, unlike a normal horse.

Moreover, the other horse seemed to be moving in a similar direction to Ellis Moore, their gazes seemingly in perfect unison.

It was as if wherever Ellis Moore looked, the horse looked in the same direction.

He had only ever seen this happen to one person: an orc who had reached the Immersion level and had simultaneously immersed both his mount and himself in it...

The judgment was wrong...

Mar's heart skipped a beat, but this was the best-case scenario. Even if the Rost siblings didn't escape, it would be good if Renn and the others could...

In the instant his breathing eased, Ellis Moore's icy voice suddenly rang out: "The bag in his hand is fake. All Pegasus Knights, listen up! Search all possible exits through the mountains. Notify the outer defense forces to seal off all exits. Send squads into the mountains to search."

Barnaby!

"Yes!" Barnaby hurriedly knelt down on the spot.

"Search fifty miles back from your assigned area. The Vanguard Knights will assist you. If they escape again, there's no point in going back!"

"yes!"

Barnaby jumped up, grabbed his Pegasus, and charged off immediately.

Mar's heart was in his throat. In his last struggle, the bag in his hand fell to the ground, and several stones rolled out of it.

As the stone rolled out, Ellis Moore urged his horse forward: "If the thing were really on you, you would at least have a chance to live. Now, for such an unknown possibility... is it worth risking your lives?"

Mar did not answer; the regenerative power of his orc bloodline compelled him to pick up his longsword again. He would not surrender easily.

"Soak..."

Just as the hymns from the sea of ​​thoughts were about to rise, a question suddenly came from behind a nearby rock: "How about we give it a try together?"

Why?

Mar, who was about to be immersed, was startled.

Lin Feng stepped out of the stone and, to everyone's surprise, tossed a round stone slab to Ma Er: "Try it?"

This is...

"This is what they found. Judging from the situation, it should be an early experimental product that can make you decay once on your own," Lin Feng explained casually.

decay?!

Mar was stunned for a moment, while Ellis Moore's eyes lit up with surprise. Autonomous decay was enough to turn his soldiers into unstoppable monsters on the battlefield, giving him an advantage that could crush the entire battle.

No wonder Andes was in such a hurry, sending the entire Pegasus Knights here.

"By the way, I know where the complete inscription is..." Lin Feng pointed to the messenger who had rushed out earlier, his intentions clear.

"adjutant!"

"yes!"

"Everyone, stand by!"

This is the person he's been looking for!

Ellis Moore's aura shifted, a hint of arrogance emanating from him as he turned his horse, casting swathes of crimson light resembling ashes around him before retreating several meters away.

Unlike a forced immersion, Ellis Moore's transformation ignited the canvas she used in the real world to conceal her true self, releasing her hidden, dark self from the other world.

"Immersion - Divinely Given Followers"

A centaur-like eroded being, but whose abdomen stretched forward like a worm, with five arms and six legs, wielding four longswords engraved with black runes, and a last arm extending from his lower back, holding a shield.

Mar couldn't help but retreat to Lin Feng's side, clutching the inscribed stone tablet in his hand, completely losing confidence: "Do we really want to try?"

"What are you afraid of? You're prepared to die anyway, why not give it a try?" Lin Feng said with a smile in his eyes. "Besides, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

"ah?"

“Since you’re going to use yourself as bait, you’ll definitely try to escape to an obvious place. Are there any other places in this mountain range besides this road?” Lin Feng pointed to the inscription: “Let’s try to communicate with them. They can’t wait any longer.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ellis Moore's longsword pierced through, its sharp edge striking Lin Feng's raised arm.

Creak!

The Ominous Horns cracked as they were pierced, and then the incoming sword blade shattered both Ominous Horns, leaving a dent in the arm guard.

Lin Feng exerted force in his hands, his swollen arms supporting the Ominous Gauntlets, facing the other three longswords thrusting towards him. He grabbed Ma Er beside him and retreated to the other side.