The flames burned and burned out, and the already dilapidated houses completely collapsed, and on the avenue in front of them, only one after another charred corpses could be seen, in addition to goblins and other monsters, there were also the corpses of many adventurers, but no matter what happened to them in life, these lives have now become a pile of meaningless pitch-black char.

"Is this necessary, Lord Verona?"

Looking at this scene in front of him, the man in black armor standing next to him frowned and looked at the already charred land in front of him. Then he turned and looked disapprehensively at a figure standing beside him wrapped in a pitch-black robe. Sensing his gaze, the black-robed man let out a cold, hoarse laugh.

"What's the matter, Chloe. It's just a joke, and if these lowly guys dare to block our way, they will naturally have to pay the price. Needless to say, the inferior monsters, the filthy and lowly mercenaries who don't know whether to live or die need to be taught a good lesson so that they can understand how unwise it is to offend my lord's divine might. ”

"But we're just entering the Lost City, and there's a good chance you're going to cause us unnecessary trouble."

Hearing the black-robed man's words, Chloe retorted with obvious dissatisfaction, and in the face of his rebuttal, the black-robed man named Verona put on a disdainful attitude and waved his hand.

"Don't worry, haven't we already probed before? There is nothing here that can stop my lord's advance, even the spider demons entrenched in the inner city are just low-level monsters in the lower realm. These fellows may be able to wipe out the adventurers who trespass out of greed, but they can't stop us from moving towards our sacred and noble goals. The oracle of our Lord has guided us here. If we can obtain the Heavenly Scepter, then we will be able to restore the glory of our Lord again. At that time, the high gods will fall to the earth, and the one in this world will also fall into the final judgment of the burning flames! ”

As he spoke, the black robe raised his right hand and pointed forward.

"Now, the only thing we have to do is move forward, move forward. Go ahead! ”

“…………”

Hearing Verona's answer, Chloe shook her head, and then put his helmet back on, masking his disgruntled expression. Although he was very unhappy with this damn guy and thought he was a god-wrenching idiot, the other party's status in the church was far above his own, and neither strength nor power could be compared to him as a small knight, and this time he came to the Lost City to search for the Sky Scepter. It is also one of their important missions. A qiē is all about pleasing their great and sacred beings, and Chloe has little say in such an important task.

But.........

Chloe narrowed her eyes and looked around again. If he remembers correctly. When I was investigating at the foot of the mountain, I got information that a nobleman had hired an adventurer party to enter the Lost City, although in terms of time. The other party should have arrived in the Lost City at about the same time as himself, but he didn't see them at all. Isn't it true that the other party is not following the same path as them? In this case, it may be a little troublesome.

Face the scene in front of you. The Black Knight groaned slightly, but soon he decided to put such inconsequential matters to the back of his mind, for in his opinion, a nobleman could not be a matter at all, and those adventurers were only minor characters, and it was impossible for them to be hindered at all - no, or until then, those who did not know the height of the sky would be killed by the hidden monsters even if they did not have to do it themselves.

Thinking of this, Chloe stopped caring about the boring fellows, he put on his helmet again, and then made a gesture in silence, and soon, with his movements, a wave of knights poured out from behind him, all wearing heavy black armor, black robes outside, and carrying a huge two-handed sword behind him. The knights strode forward toward the depths of the Lost City.

"Wait a minute."

And at that moment, Verona spoke, and then he turned his head and squinted his eyes into the distance on the other side of the Lost City, and at the command of Verona, Chloe frowned, but he hurriedly stopped his soldiers, and then turned his head to look in the direction of Verona--almost at the same time, out of the corner of his eye, caught a harpy falling downward. It looked like a small black dot in the sky, inconspicuous in the sky, but it was so clear in Chloe's eyes that he clearly watched the black dot fly up into the sky and then fall down. Seeing this scene, Chloe couldn't help frowning, he was a knight who had been in a hundred battles, so he naturally understood what it meant. The harpy could not have fallen without warning, it was obvious that it should have been attacked, so the message presented to it was already obvious.

"There are still people in this lost city."

Verona said coldly, his voice was almost like a cold wind echoing in the tomb, which even made Chloe shudder, and hurriedly bowed her head and replied.

"When we investigated below, we heard that a nobleman hired an adventure party to enter the Lost City before us, and I didn't see them here just now, so I guess those who exterminated the Harpy should be these guys."

Hearing Chloe's report, Verona didn't say much, he was silent for a moment before giving the order.

"Send a team to find them and kill them all."

"Your Excellency?"

Hearing this order, Chloe couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Is this necessary? There are a lot of monsters in the Lost City, and we don't know where those guys are, so such a scattered manpower without a head or tail will only suffer losses in vain. ”

In the face of Chloe's answer, Verona did not say much, on the contrary. He stretched out his right hand and muttered a few words to himself. Immediately afterwards, I saw the black robe wrapped around Verona's body suddenly turn up and stretch. It expanded, swirling to form a dark door, followed by a strange chirp, and a monster with a sulfurous smell and an ugly and strange appearance, like a humanoid bat, flew out of the door, its two hind legs grasping the ground, and a pair of scarlet eyes staring at Verona in front of it. The triangular pointed mouth is cleft all the way to the chin, revealing the sharp and ugly teeth inside. The black robe said something to it in a strange language. I saw that the demon bat turned around and spread its wings and flew into the sky.

And it was only at this time that Verona turned his head and stared at the black knight beside him again.

"The Infernal Bat will find them, follow it, and kill those guys. There is no room for sloppiness and negligence in our Lord's task. ”

"Yes, sir."

In the face of Verona's order, this time Chloe could only nod his head in response, and then he quickly made a few movements. Soon a dozen black knights were seen breaking away from the group and rushing in the direction of the Purgatory Demon Bat. And until this time. Verona withdrew his gaze in satisfaction, and then he snorted coldly and continued to walk forward.

"This damn bastard..............."

Looking at Verona's back, Chloe glared at him unhappily. Then he lowered his head and continued to move on. Although it is very unpleasant for this guy, for them, the task at hand is obviously more important. There is no room for mistakes. As for the adventurers......... I'm afraid he won't need to worry about it soon.

Chloe has no doubt about this.

And at the same time. The members of the Fairy and the Chest were completely unaware of the danger looming towards them, and everyone was now going according to their original plan. Continue your journey into the depths of the Lost City.

According to Jenn's original hiring of them, he only asked these men to escort him to the Firmament Square in the heart of the Lost City, where one of the most glorious Sun Temples was built. If there was a place where the fragments of the Gate of Death's Shadow could have been sealed, then that temple was naturally the most noteworthy place. Take 10,000 steps back, even if there are no fragments in the temple, there must be hidden clues.

The Temple of the Sun is located in the outer city, which is one of the reasons why Captain Steve agreed to accept Jenn's employment, after all, although the monsters in the outer city are powerful, they are not invulnerable. If Jenn had said he was going to the inner city in the first place, then no matter how much money he paid, Steve probably wouldn't have taken the commission. After all, the mercenaries who have been to the Lost City know that the inner and outer cities are simply two worlds, and no matter how strong the monsters in the outer cities are, there is no chance of escape, but no one has ever escaped from the inner city, and this alone is enough to discourage most adventurers - they are indeed eager to adventure and exploration, but taking the initiative to send them to death is another matter.

After the Harpy was eliminated, everyone didn't encounter much of an obstacle, perhaps because there were no other monsters in the vicinity of the Harpy's territory. They moved forward smoothly, but the pillar of fire that rose to the sky just now still made many people a little worried, and they talked in a low voice, while looking into the distance from time to time. Obviously, they also felt that something didn't seem quite right.

"Tillis."

Steve was obviously aware of this, so he quickened his pace, and when he reached a fork in the road, he immediately stopped, and then beckoned Tilith to guide them in the direction - except for Jenn, this group of mercenaries was not very familiar with the terrain of the Lost City, but now they have relied on Tilis's guidance and guidance, otherwise, how would they know where the ghost sun temple is?

Hearing Steve's call, Tilis hurried forward, and as before, the girl first held the stick and muttered a few words of prayer, and then let go of her hands.

But to everyone's surprise, this time the stick did not fall down after a pause as before, on the contrary, the moment Tilis let go, it fell to the ground with a "snap", pointing straight ahead, and it looked like an ordinary stick that had fallen due to loss of balance.

But it was this scene that made everyone stunned, but it was Tilis who reacted first, she looked at the wooden stick that fell to the ground, and her face instantly turned pale. The next moment, I saw Tillise grab the stick on the ground, turn around and shout.

"Run, there's something chasing us behind us!!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, all the adventurers were taken aback, and Aina hurriedly jumped to the ruins of a nearby house and looked in the direction behind them, and then the next moment the face of the half-elf ranger girl also changed.

"Something is flying from the sky, it's not a harpy!!"

"Let's go!"

Hearing Aina's report, Steve no longer hesitated, and soon, everyone ran forward quickly under the leadership of Tilis, although they didn't know what was chasing them behind, but judging from Tillis's expression, it was obviously not an easy thing to deal with. Therefore the people did not speak any more, but hurried forward.

The sticks point not to a pathway, but to a dilapidated tavern-like building. At this moment, everyone didn't care so much, and hurriedly rushed into the dilapidated building. The adventurers, all of whom were experienced, soon saw a few burly warriors blocking the entrance, while Aina and the two thieves were armed with bows and crossbows, aiming at the sky through the gaps and windows next to guò. The others also held their breath, nervously listening to the movement outside.

Only Jenn still looked at ease, but at this moment there was also a little doubt in his eyes, in fact, he had already felt the other party's existence long before Aina reported. But what puzzled Jenn was that if he was not mistaken, the aura should have come from the Purgatory Demon Bat in the lower realm. This monster is no stranger to Jenn, and on the battlefields of the lower realms, the Infernal Bat is the most common class of scouts. But to Jenn's surprise, he originally thought it was Tinidel's person, but according to Tinidel's characteristics, she shouldn't have summoned the Purgatory Demon Bat on the main plane. After all, the ghost griffin of the undead legion is better in this kind of place.

Could it be that besides them and Tinidel, there is a third party that has come to the Lost City?

Just as Jenn was thinking, the sound of flapping wings gradually emerged from the sky not far above them. (To be continued......)