The establishment of diplomatic relations with Icesaw Valley was not a condition that Xu Nan came up with on a whim, but the result of discussions with the Gray Tower Administrator and other members of the city hall.

Although Xu Nan and Sanger are opponents in terms of appearance, it does not mean that these two cities will also be opposed.

First of all, the Ice Saw Valley is strong enough, and what Xu Nan wants is not to dominate the underground world, but to gain a foothold here first.

It is necessary to look for a strong ally.

Secondly, Xu Nan is also supported by big forces behind him, so he is not worried that he will suffer in the cooperation with Icesaw Valley.

Even if he is the first beautiful man in Swire, in front of the two tiger skin flags of Stephen Sand and Paradise Lost, it is estimated that he has to weigh his own weight.

Third, the distance between the two cities is just right.

The Anonymous City is in the north, near the surface.

The Icesaw Valley is in the south, near the center of the earth, in the dark places south of the Maelstrom.

At least in terms of territorial disputes, there are no conflicts between the two sides.

That's enough distance for proper trade.

As for the concept, it's even more fine.

Perhaps, there are some city-states that have conflicts such as religious practices.

But according to the information in Xu Nan's hands, Icesaw Valley and Anonymous City are surprisingly similar in this regard - under the guarantee of absolute order, most people are equal.

This is also an important reason why the Lich Sanger has been able to stand for so many years, but instead make the Icesaw Valley Fortress bigger and bigger.

At least for now, Sanger is a good place to form an alliance.

Besides, everyone is a handsome guy, wouldn't it be beautiful to join forces?

It's just that there is no such thing as an alliance, and you can't be in too much of a hurry.

The two sides must first establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing.

At this point, someone needs to be matched.

This person is naturally Dillan, who has been starved by Xu Nan for several days.

Xu Nan is not worried that Deerren will hold a grudge, in fact, as long as he plays the role of matchmaking.

The process of really convincing Sanger will be done by him himself.

He believes that a heroic figure like Sanger, even if his little lover suffers a little grievance, will focus on the overall situation.

At that moment, the two of them slapped and began to swear in the name of the primeval god.

In this dark place, the three primeval gods who have been sleeping still provide some shelter for their people.

Xu Nan and Dillen chose the god of contract among the primeval gods.

The two drew up a pact and then swore an oath to the sleeping god of the contract.

They chose the strictest of absolute compliance contracts.

After a while, the contract turned into powder, and it was integrated into the back of Xu Nan's and Dillan's necks respectively.

This means that the contract is in effect.

If anyone violates the contract, then the god of the contract will punish him.

Don't look at the fact that the God of Contracts is still sleeping in the center of the earth, the power of the primeval god is not something that ordinary people can imagine.

If it weren't for some special reasons, the people who now dominate the Heavenly Divine Kingdom would not have been able to take the turn of Ferlando, Giggs and the like.

The primeval gods are the most orthodox inheritors of the heavenly realm!

Unfortunately, along with their slumber, their people in the dark regions were also bewitched by various evil gods, demons, and demons, and gradually degenerated.

The once peaceful and orderly underground world has become what it is now.

……

"Okay, now you can tell me what happened to you after you left Icesaw Valley?"

Xu Nan's gossip fire had already burned brightly.

Dillan cleared his throat and said with a cautious expression:

"I've never experienced anything so weird in my life."

"My lord, you may think that it is very unreasonable for me to appear alone in the dragon army, but in fact, when I left Icesaw Valley, I had a team of twelve people by my side!"

"Among them, the leader of the guards, Hook, is an instructor of Lord Sanger's Third Knights, and his rank is 20!"

"But ......"

"In the end, I was the only one who survived."

His voice choked.

The story starts a few months ago.

……

A few months ago, the Scouts of Icesaw Valley noticed something unusual in the area of the Bridge to the Abyss.

A large number of demons gathered near the Bridge of the Abyss, but in the rare absence of a siege.

You know, because of the abyssal rift, Icesaw Valley faces attacks from an abyssal world all year round.

These demons usually attack the impregnable fortress of Icesaw Valley without brains.

According to Dillon, Icesaw Valley officials pay a large amount of gold to high-risk professional corpse keepers every year to clean up the corpses of these demons - demons are very fire-resistant, and it is obviously not advisable to burn them in one fire; And if the demon corpses are scattered all over the place, one is not beautiful, affecting the appearance of the Ice Saw Valley, and the other is afraid of causing a plague.

Therefore, the residents of Icesaw Valley can be said to be accustomed to demonic attacks.

But this time was different.

The demons are gathering, not preparing to attack.

This caught the attention of the city hall, and officials frantically sent scouts to investigate what happened.

For a race like a demon, it is obviously impossible for a large-scale deployment of troops to hide from humans.

Soon, the Icesaw Valley side found out that all of this was done behind the back of the demon lord Inoya!

It seems that he is trying to organize a real offensive!

To be honest, when the Icesaw Valley side learned the news, it felt a bit absurd.

The abyssal rift near Icesaw Valley is too small to accommodate some demons with poor strength to smuggle over, and if Inoya wants to do something to Icesaw Valley, unless he himself can come over, it will be a fantasy.

So, they didn't pay attention to it.

But soon, things got complicated.

Because, in the ash mound in the north of Icesaw Valley, there is also a strange movement of rioters!

That's the territory of the Black Dragons!

The officials of Icesaw Valley began to get nervous, and the Drow scouts frantically inquired for news, and finally learned that the black dragons actually wanted to attack Icesaw Valley as well!

The news frightened Maca, the Vice-Chancellor of Icesaw Valley.

He knocked on the door of the lab and invited the lich Sanger out.

After learning about the situation, Sanger quickly made a series of appointments.

Icesaw Valley is officially in operational mode.

It seems that this is just a war with unknown motives - this kind of war is not unusual, and human beings and other creatures have an inherently cruel nature to kill each other; In the underworld, this kind of thing is even more commonplace.

But before the war, a news that was not easily noticed caught Sanger's attention.

Some scouts claim to have observed traces of humanoid activity north of the Grey Mound, the territory of the Black Dragons!

It's pretty weird!

You must know that the area north of the Ash Mound is a forbidden place that even the Black Dragon Clan does not dare to set foot in easily!

Not to mention going in and moving, even approaching is very dangerous.

The scouts analyzed the traces and found that there were no small number of people entering the acidic swamp north of the ash mound.

It seems to be a group of outlaw adventurers.

If that's all there is, Sanger wouldn't have cared too much.

It was only soon that this news came out from the Icesaw Valley:

Some people claim to have seen a mist-shrouded village near the ash mound.

Just as he got closer, the village vanished.

There are many old people and children in the village, but there are no adults.

When Sanger learned of this, he summoned Dillan and asked him to take his guards to investigate the village.

This is because this is not the first time that a village has appeared in the Underworld.

Don't talk about Sanger, even a child will tell you that it's the legendary -

Eternal Village!

……

"Eternal Village near the Ash Mound?"

"The acidic swamps north of the ash mound show traces of humanoid activity."

"The Black Dragons, who were supposed to be mortal enemies, joined forces with the Demon Legion to attack Icesaw Valley......"

One piece of information flashed through Xu Nan's mind.

It seems that this information is unrelated, but Xu Nan, who has experienced so many events, knows very well that behind this, there must be a thread that connects them like a string of pearls-

If not, it's two lines.

What he was more concerned about was that in Dillan's mouth, Sanger obviously knew a little bit about the affairs of Eternal Life Village, so he asked Dillan to secretly investigate; The problem was that Sanger didn't tell Dillan any more information, only that he carefully investigated the traces of the humanoids.

That's a bit intriguing.

Especially judging from the relationship between Dillan and Sanger, it is almost impossible for Sanger to hide from Dillan.

And from the point of view of Dillan's narrative.

Because of the gaze of the god of the primeval contract, Dillan must not be able to lie, he can only hide it at best.

He told Xu Nan that Sanger didn't tell him more information about Eternal Life Village, so this sentence must be true.

But it's also possible that Sanger had told Dillan more about the Eternal Village through someone else – in which case his words weren't a breach of his oath.

Therefore, Xu Nan was always skeptical of Dillan's words.

He also needs to find out from other sources.

“…… So I set off, led by Mr. Hook. ”

"It didn't take us long to get to the vicinity of the Ash Mound."

"At that time, the Black Dragons had already completed most of their migrations, and all the Black Dragons had gone to the Abyss Bridge......"

Dillan continued.

According to him, when they arrived at the Grey Mound, the territory of the Black Dragon Clan was empty, with only a fading sulfur aura.

Without much hindrance, the group successfully crossed the deserted dragon territory.

However, when they arrived north of the ash mound, things took a turn for the worse.

One of the people in the team disappeared into thin air!

Just as everyone focused on the dangers that might occur around them, one of the guards disappeared without a sound!

Soon, they found the body of the guard!

The corpse's neck was wrung off, there were bite marks on the neck, and the blood was sucked dry all over the body!

This time it immediately caused a panic in the escort team!

You know, they didn't go into the wicked acid swamp at that time.

They shouldn't have encountered such a strange and terrifying thing.

Some discordant reputation arose within the convoy.

They're here to investigate, not to explore!

Originally, according to Dillon's plan, they would camp near the ash mound and investigate the traces at the edge of the swamp.

By the way, try your luck and see if you can find the so-called Eternal Life Village......

But things are different.

Even Dearlan can clearly feel that the land of Ash Mound has become different!

And since the first person disappeared.

Hook claimed that he sensed what seemed to be an evil gaze, staring at his back viciously!

This feeling was also shared by several high-ranking members of the escort team.

Dyerlan is not a man who likes to die.

He didn't say a word, and directly ordered everyone to go home!

Even if there is no trace of the Eternal Life Village, even if there is no gain, the lives of the remaining people must be saved!

Pity.

This decision seems a little late.

On the way back.

One by one, the guards vanished.

What's even weirder is that-

Their corpses will appear strangely on the way for the rest of the people to flee for their lives!

The dark ash mound seems to hide a demon who is about to choose people to devour, he is playing with everyone's hearts!

Someone heard a hideous laugh.

Someone began to run away.

Captain Hook carried Dyerlan on his back and ran wildly.

There were constant screams from the team members.

Eventually, when they ran out of the dragons' territory, only Hook and Dillan were left.

At that time, they were exhausted.

Dillan was terrified and tried to help Captain Hook on his escape.

It was at this time that they heard a gust of wind chimes!

"Where does the wind come from in the underworld?"

Dyerlan instinctively shuddered.

Immediately after, he saw a scene that he will never forget-

On their way to escape, a village appeared full of dazzling holy light.

In the village, there are old people doing farm work.

There are children running around and playing.

In the whole village, there was not a single young man in sight.

Dyerlan felt a sacred smell in them.

The smell made him want to vomit...... After all, he had been with Sanger for so long that he had long been accustomed to the smell of the undead.

But Hook is a normal underground human.

From the moment the village appeared, he seemed to have lost his normal mind.

He persuaded Dillan to flee to the village together!

"This is the Eternal Village we are looking for!"

"They'll definitely help us! Mr. Dilllan! ”

"They'll definitely help me!"

With these words, Hook pulled Dillan into the village.

Dillan was actually a little moved.

But he couldn't stand the smell of sacredness, so he refused Hook's request.

Hook entered the village of Eternal Life, which soon vanished.

Dyerlan could only watch as Hook's figure vanished along with the village.

The wind chimes disappeared, and he suddenly came to his senses, and continued to run alone.

It's just that the underground passage is too chaotic, and he ran and ran, and unconsciously ran back to the vicinity of the ash mound!

Dyerlan was terrified.

As a scholar, he had never seen anything so weird.

This is no longer something that can be explained by magic, evil spirits, or other knowledge.

He just wanted to run away.

It's just that at this time, he saw a figure!

It was the figure of a woman, with her back to Dillan, who seemed to have come out of the ash mound.

She was holding a man in her arms, no, a corpse!

When Dillan saw the corpse clearly, his eyes instantly turned red!

It's Captain Hook who ran all the way behind him!

At that moment, he instantly understood, just as he had speculated-

"Eternal Life Village is a scam from ancient times to the present!"

So, what about this woman?

Dyerlan struggled to control his breathing.

He saw the woman casually dump Hook's body on the ground.

She turned.

Dyerlan saw her face clearly.

That's a nice face.

It's just that the corners of her mouth and cheeks are still filled with hideous blood!

She seemed to be laughing, laughing as she silently chanted some evil incantation.

It was a long time before she disappeared into the depths of the cavern.

Dyerlan didn't dare to check on Hook's body, and he continued to flee.

He fled for a long time in the dark tunnel, never finding the right direction.

All the way to.

He bumps into a group of gray dwarves who are fighting.

……

“…… Later, I was forced to infiltrate the dragonman army, and survived by observing my words. ”

"It was a real nightmare. I understand the real reason for the migration of the Black Dragons. ”

"They're running for their lives! It's just not hiding from the Soul Stealers, it's something that is about to awaken in the ash mound! ”

"Eternal Life Village, it's a scam at all."

"And there is really only one cause of war."

Speaking of this, the wry smile on Dyerlan's face became even stronger:

"The primeval god is about to awaken."

Xu Nan is a little unclear, so:

"Aren't the primeval gods righteous?"

The primeval trios, whether it is truth, justice or contract, should be the existence of justice and goodness!

Why did their awakening cause such a horrific scene?

"Of course the primeval gods are righteous."

"But in the heart of the earth, there is something that will wake up with their awakening."

"That's what worries me the most."

"I must report this to Lord Sangel!"

Dyerlan's tone was very firm.

Xu Nan pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked:

"You mentioned a woman who came out of the grave earlier."

"Can you draw what that woman looks like?"

Xu Nan always felt that this was a clue that could not be ignored, and perhaps he could use the intelligence system of Paradise Lost to determine the identity of that woman.

Dyerlan nodded:

"Of course, I will remember her hideous and terrifying appearance until I die."

"She must have something to do with Eternal Village and Hook's death!"

"Even, Hook was bitten to death by her!"

As a scholar, Dillan's efficiency is quite high, and his painting is excellent.

It only took half an hour for him to hand a lifelike painting to Xu Nan.

"That's her!"

A hint of gloom flashed in Dillan's eyes.

However, in the next second, Xu Nan was stunned.

He looked at the woman in the painting in a daze, and entered a state of shutdown!

Because of this woman, he knew!

"Senior Sister Zhang......"

"How is this possible?"

In his heart, a storm has already been set off!

The smiling woman on the screen is the object of Xu Nan's secret crush.

For Xu Nan, she is not only the introducer of Qianmang Society, but also the senior sister of the Department of Foreign Languages.

Her name is, Zhang Yingluo! (Note 1.)

That look, Xu Nan will not admit it.

……