"The ruins of the Shadow Kingdom?"

Louis looked at the little swan sitting on his bed: "Did you know anything about the Shadow Kingdom in your previous life?"

Olivia's white little feet were shaking, and she was holding a piece of beef jerky that she got from somewhere in her mouth, biting it slowly.

Her cheeks puffed up slightly, like a little hamster chewing a nut.

"Until, I fainted there."

"Um?"

Louis frowned: "Then don't go to this event."

"What? Are you worried about me?"

Olivia smiled and said, "If you're worried, just say it!"

She raised an eyebrow, trying to see the embarrassed expression on Huoguo's face.

Then she saw Louis' extremely serious expression: "Yes."

"ah?"

"I mean, I'm worried about you getting hurt."

The little swan was stunned for a moment.

Gradually, a blush appeared on her face.

"No, it's nothing! I just fainted suddenly, but I woke up soon after."

Louis stared at her intently.

The two made eye contact.

Soon, the little swan lowered his head and said, "I will be obedient when the time comes."

"Are you sure?!"

"You don't believe me?!" the little swan's voice became louder.

"It's not that I don't trust you, I'm just worried that you're thinking too simply."

The little swan murmured:

"I know you're worried about me!"

Louis reached out and ruffled her hair: "Beatrice, you left me here, I will never let you get hurt."

"If Sister Wang doesn't tell me, you'll just ignore me?"

"Oh, I can't really watch you get hurt!"

"Hehe, you answered quickly."

Louis' eyes were a little serious.

There were some things he didn't tell Little Swan.

In fact, he encountered a black swan last night.

…

Let’s go back to late last night.

Louis was about to fall asleep when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

When he looked up, he saw the screen window in the room was blown up by the wind.

The silver moonlight poured onto the white gauze curtains, illuminating the person sitting on the window.

"Can you please give me a heads up before you come?"

Louis said helplessly.

"I will come over anyway whether you say hello or not."

"If you scare someone, they will die. Give me some face and ask someone to pass on a message next time."

"...Okay, next time for sure."

Louis looked at the Black Swan suspiciously.

He always felt that after the black swan was cut open, the inside would also be black.

"So what happened this time?"

Black Swan nodded and said, "I heard that you guys are going to participate in the Titled Adventurer preliminaries. There's something wrong with that place, so I'm going to come over to remind you."

"What's the problem?"

"This is the list from the Rockhi Empire, take a look."

Louis shook his head: "No need to give it to me, I don't know anyone from the Rockhi Empire."

"Okay, let me tell you, you might meet a fellow villager."

"Fellow countryman?"

"To be precise, they are my fellow countrymen from Huo Country. Are you interested now?"

Louis frowned.

Are they fellow villagers from my hometown? This is really a rare thing.

Huoguo's hometown is in a valley on the border of the Enser Empire.

Because they have lived in the mountains for a long time and transportation is blocked, it can be said that most of the people there are trapped in that small village for their entire lives.

Later, the village was razed to the ground by the demons summoned by the Church of the Abyss, and it is still filled with a terrible miasma.

There is almost no grass growing in the surrounding area.

To put it bluntly, it is now a desolate place.

There are still fellow villagers alive in another country?

Black Swan says:

"Something's not right. Logically, there shouldn't be any living people there."

"The Abyss Church is not a charity. They chose this place to use the mountains and rivers as the framework of the sacrificial array and turn the entire town into a part of the ritual."

Louis frowned: "What's the purpose? Pus of the Abyss? Or do you simply want to open the gate to the Abyss?"

Black Swan gave Louis a strange look: "Is it related to you and me to some extent?"

Louis raised his head suddenly:

"Big sin?"

Black Swan nodded: "To be precise, the fact that the abyss pus can be absorbed by us and used to amplify the power of the great sin already explains a lot."

Louis' expression became serious:

"You mean, my fellow villager might have a problem?"

Black Swan said calmly, "The power of the Abyss is considered the most dangerous in the entire outer world."

"It's different from the outer realms in other areas."

"The Abyss Consciousness of the Abyss is unprecedentedly active. It has its own ideas and can mobilize the power of the creatures in the world."

"So compared to any other outer realm area, the Abyss is particularly aggressive."

"The Abyss Church is the lackey of the Four Gods, but what has supported their development to this point is the Abyss Pus bestowed by the Abyss Consciousness."

"I had a friendly conversation with a witch at the witch tea party, and she used her extraordinary prophetic abilities to help me figure it out."

(Prophecy Witch Evelyn: 6)

"It is certain that the purpose of the Abyss Church back then was to create a man-made host for the great sin."

"Judging from the fact that they quickly disappeared without a trace, it is possible that the host has been controlled by the Abyss Church."

Louis took the list and asked, "Who is the person you suspect?"

Olivia pointed at a young man with dark circles under his eyes, who looked extremely listless.

"He looks like a very lazy person."

Louis said.

Black Swan said: "His name is Chloe. It is said that after the sacrificial ceremony began, the entire village was found burning in fire."

"He fled the scene in panic and wandered around in several countries over the past few years. Finally, with his excellent talent as a wanderer, he joined the Roxy Empire assassination force."

"What the hell?" Louis was stunned.

Under peacetime circumstances, countries generally do not directly label their troops with the prefix "assassination".

While order still exists, such behavior is tantamount to a provocation.

It is very likely that the situation will directly lead to a terrible situation where each side will assassinate each other's senior executives and geniuses.

It’s not the Legend of the Eyes in the Five Village Fight.

Carrying out the assassination openly is the most brainless behavior.

——At least you have to give her a skin! He looked at the information of this Chloe.

According to the information, Chloe settled directly in the Roxy Empire after joining the assassination unit.

Most of the time, he never returned to the Unther Empire.

Only last year, I took a leave from the assassination unit and returned to Enser to check on the situation in my hometown.

But the area in my hometown has long become a dead place.

After staying there for a short time, he returned to the Roxy Empire after paying homage to his family.

Louis tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingertips.

Arrogant Emperor.

The angry troll lord.

Lazy black swan.

Greedy Imperial Prince.

The glorious pope of gluttony.

Now the entire Star Continent is only lacking the two cardinal sins of jealousy and lust.

It would be interesting if that "fellow villager" named Chloe was really the mortal sin of the Church of the Abyss.

"He was one of the first explorers to enter the Shadow Temple? Is it a coincidence? Or..."

Louis didn't finish.

Black Swan says:

"It just so happens that the preliminary round of the Adventurer's Guild is related to rescuing these people. Please pay attention to this person then."

"If he is guilty of a serious crime, then we need to contact the Rockhi Empire next."

Louis glanced at her and said, "Can't you do this yourself? You are a legend after all, so it would be more convenient for you than for me, right?"

But the Black Swan shook his head.

"I can't go. The Shadow Temple has an effect on me."

"Can you tell me?"

"It has something to do with my curse. The curse I carried back then was related to the goddess Shar. Going there is like walking into a trap."

"Okay, I'll help you pay attention to this matter."

…

Louis came back to his senses.

Looking at the little swan that was pinching his pants with her toes, he said with disdain:

"Let go of these freshly washed pants."

"Hmph, my feet are clean."

"Who would know? You wouldn't tell me you have athlete's foot!"

The little swan looked at him with gritted teeth, as if he was going to bite him if they disagreed.

"Okay, okay, I know you didn't."

The little swan put his hands on his hips and said:

"If you dare to say I do, I will put my sweaty feet on your face!"

Louis imagined the scene and shuddered subconsciously.

He has no hobby of controlling himself.

However, if it were a little swan stepping on people with its feet, some people might think it was a welfare.

People cannot understand each other.

…

the next day.

Louis looked at the animal bag and money bag sent by the city governor and a happy expression appeared on his face.

Unfortunately, his smile was hidden in his armor and no one could see it.

Louis said, "I'll take the things with me. Sorry for the trouble."

The city governor smiled and said:

"No, no, it's us who are asking you to help clean up the city."

The city governor nodded: "We will push this matter forward with all our strength."

Louis didn't say much.

It's useless to say it.

Let time prove everything.

…

[Location: Border of the Rockhe Empire]

With a flash of light, a large number of people appeared in a square.

Louis got off the carriage and looked around.

Good job.

It is truly worthy of the unique style of the Star Continent.

Tunisia’s transnational teleportation array was built in the Steel City, surrounded by walls hundreds of meters high and soldiers on guard.

Enser's transnational teleportation array was built in the Cave City, and walking on the ground was just like climbing Tianmen Mountain.

The Rockxi Empire...built the teleportation array directly at the bottom of the lake.

The surrounding area is surrounded by a barrier to prevent the entry of lake water.

Obviously, if someone tries to force their way in here, Roxy's side will directly remove the barrier depending on the severity of the matter.

At that time, the lake water, which is hundreds of meters deep, will rush down in an instant and can directly drown most people.

As long as the enemy's main force is eliminated, no matter how strong the remaining individuals are, they have corresponding countermeasures.

Louis has learned a lot.

A lot of people were teleported here this time.

Perhaps because they didn't want to go through a lengthy approval process, the Rockhi Empire basically gathered a group of people for the transfer within two days.

Louis and his group happened to be stuck on the last day of the statistics, and were teleported here directly with a large group of people.

He glanced at the people around him.

Among the people teleported here this time, many clearly had the characteristics of adventurers.

Obviously, these are mostly people who came to participate in the preliminaries.

There were probably between one hundred and one hundred and twenty adventurers who were teleported in the same batch as Louis and his group.

It was the first time that he felt that there were so many high-level adventurers in the Enther Empire.

There were so many people in just 2 days.

I can’t imagine how many people there would be if several countries came together.

I’m afraid there must be thousands of people?

This kind of combat effectiveness is comparable to that of a royal guard regiment of 100 men!

What? You said a hundred people are too few?

No, no, no, it’s already a lot.

In front of a real organized army, adventurers have only a slight advantage in numbers, but are completely incomparable to the main battle groups of the top powers.

But...it is still an amazing force.

At least Louis needs to grow for a while before he has a chance to kill so many adventurers.

All right.

This analogy is not quite correct.

Louis is not a murderer.

He looked at the city built on the bottom of the lake with some regret.

Everyone in the Moonlight Cat Group was in a hurry.

After not staying in this city at the bottom of the lake for long, they were directly transferred to the location of the examination hall.

…

"There are still two days left, and the Spring Hunt and the preliminaries will be held simultaneously."

The heavy armor stepped on this somewhat desolate land: "Let's disperse first and gather together at night, is that okay?"

Louis looked at everyone and said, "It's better to split into two teams so that we can look after each other."

Everyone nodded.

So the members of the Moonlit Cat Group dispersed directly.

The woman is managed by Lumi and plans to take a walk around the area.

The men were managed by Louis, after all, the three brothers William and Chris were more like subordinates and were unwilling to lead the team.

So the group dispersed.

On the way, William said:

"Your Highness, please don't go too far away during this operation. There are too many adventurers here."

Louis shook his head:

"I'm just afraid that even if I want to hide, others may not be willing to do so."

William frowned.

But Louis didn't say it.

He glanced at the three Chris brothers and roughly understood what was going on.

Louis looked at the ground beneath his feet.

Standing on this land, he felt the blood in his body boiling.

Inside the armor, light blue stripes gradually appeared on the surface of his skin.

The Sin Dragon Armament was activated silently.

"What a terrible curse..."

Louis lowered his head.

In his perception, the whole world seemed to be swallowed by darkness.

The suffocating smell of curse permeated every corner where his eyes went.

Along with the cursed aura came the shadow power of the shadow plane.

"The legendary goddess of the night?"

Louis sighed.

He knew a little about this goddess.

It can be said that the Goddess of Darkness in her heyday was no weaker than any god under the Supreme God.

Her kingdom of God is rooted in the Shadow Plane, and even once controlled most of the power of the Shadow Plane.

Unfortunately, the fight between her and Lady Silvermoon never ended.

Over the long years, her strength has basically been up and down...

At the end, he just fell.

Let me tell you something outrageous -

Shadow Demon Network.

This involves a natural phenomenon that the Star Mages cannot avoid: the [Magic Web].

Generally speaking, people believe that the magic network is the true form of the goddess of magic.

The magic network itself is the sum of natural energy and movement.

This is why mages usually consider themselves to be the group of people who can change the world the most.

Because magic is actually a way for mages to understand and transform the world.

After gaining a corresponding understanding of the laws of natural energy and movement, the "spell model" was created as a tool to transform the world.

The effect displayed by the tool is the so-called spell.

But the magic network did not exist naturally in the beginning, and magic was even less so.

The earliest magic came from the goddess of the moon and the goddess of darkness.

Later, at a certain period, the natural laws of the entire world changed, and the orderly energy and movement became the prototype of the magic network.

However, this is more like a change in the world itself rather than the influence of the power of the two goddesses.

But Shar is worthy of being one of the earliest goddesses.

Over the long years, she continued to study the Weave, spreading her own power to some remote corners of the world for experimentation.

After an unknown amount of time, she understood how the magic network worked, and with the help of her omnipresent shadow power, she was able to spread this magic network-like pattern to most areas of the world.

This was the prototype of the Shadow Demon Network.

It involves a lot of content about the ancient wars between gods.

Including the Dark Night Goddess who wants to absorb the power of the magic network to restore her peak state.

Including using the negative energy of the Shadow Net to interfere with or even destroy the believers of the Silver Moon Goddess.

Including gathering a large number of evil people and making them the source of one's own faith.

And although Shadow Weave is not as comprehensive as Magic Weave, its enhancements to necromancy, enchantment, and illusion spells are even better than Magic Weave.

The weakened area of ​​the magic network will not affect the magic of the user of the Shadow Demon Network.

Even in dead magic areas or frenzy magic areas, you can proceed as usual.

However, no one expected that Shar would die for unknown reasons during those long years.

To this day people still haven't figured out what exactly happened.

This matter is also an unsolved mystery among the gods.

Even though Shar has seen her sunset several times, her strength is still there. Anyone who can target her must at least have powerful divine powers.

To be frank, excluding a few troublemakers like the Serpentine, Shar is the source of most of the negative energy in this world.

If He had not been so powerful and terrifying, the Kingdom of Shadows would not have been born.

"Underfoot?"

Louis lowered his head and looked at the ground.

He hadn't figured it out before.

Why did the four major nations find it so difficult to deal with the arrangements of the former Church of Dark Night when they came together?

But when he stood on this land, he realized it.

Beneath this land, there is an extremely vast and profound power covering deep underground.

He tried to use the shadow jumping technique of Shadow Hand Style.

He was originally standing on the ground, but he felt as if his body had turned 180 degrees in an instant.

The sky became the ground, and the ground became the sky.

When he came to his senses, he saw a magnificent city, blocked by a huge barrier.

In the very center of the barrier, one can vaguely see the ruins of a temple.

"The upside-down shadow world?"

Louis couldn't help but think of the Shadowless Underworld.

However, although it is also part of the Shadow Plane, its specific rules are very different from those of the Shadow Plane.

"who!"

With a roar, a warrior suddenly rushed to Louis' side and looked at him vigilantly: "Enser people, leave quickly, the arrangement of the Shadow Temple is not yet complete."

Louis glanced at him, activated the Shadow Hand Style's shadow jump again, and returned to the ground in an instant.

The soldier did not stop him, but just observed his actions quietly. When he saw his figure disappear, he turned and left.

"I feel like it's a little hard to suppress..."

Louis whispered.

He felt as if he had become a giant funnel.

As long as you stand on this land, you will continue to absorb the negative energy around you into your body.

Fortunately, these negative energies were directly integrated into the Sin Dragon Armor and became its nourishment.

Otherwise, he really needs to thank for all the negative energy that represents the source of the curse.

Diary of a Flop: 　　[Confession of Sins]

Just a few days after my fever subsided, I caught a cold again. It turns out that the weather in Haikou is as changeable as my girlfriend's temper.

I'm still busy during the Spring Festival and it's really difficult to write.

I have to go back to my other home in the next city tomorrow and will have to continue to delay work.

I will type in the car first, try to write more and adjust my status as soon as possible

(End of this chapter)