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Paimon showed a sad expression, "Dain..."

"Are you trying to comfort me? That's not necessary," Dainsleb said calmly, not needing any comfort. "Even if they were my subordinates, the strong curse aura on them and the way they fight without any honor... They are already the minions of the abyss."

Those knights had long forgotten all their past honors, and only their battle instincts, which had been tempered through thousands of trials, remained.

Sora raised his head with a wary expression.

Su followed his gaze and found a Black Snake Knight on a high place staring at them. To be more precise, he was staring at Dainsleb.

The armor of this Black Snake Knight is more majestic, and it is not pure black, but seems to be glowing with a slight blue glow.

Su was also ready for the battle, and whispered to Kong, "It looks stronger than those Black Snake Knights." At least it's a mini-boss.

But the knight holding the greatsword did not rush forward to attack everyone. Instead, he turned around and slowly left as if leading the way.

Dainsleb's originally cold expression softened slightly. "He seems to still have some sanity left? In such a desperate disaster, such a miracle shouldn't have happened..."

Although he said this, a secret hope still rose in Dainsleb's heart.

A group of people followed the strange knight's footprints and arrived at the core area of ​​the city. This place was shrouded in a thick purple-black fog, blocking vision and all means of detection, while also refusing to allow life to approach.

Paimon: "It feels like a strange force is surrounding the core of this city. We can't move forward."

Dainsleb stretched out his hand and removed this obstacle. "Kanreya's technology and the aura of the power of the abyss are obstacles set up by the Abyss Cult. It seems that the Abyss Cult does have secrets that they want to hide here."

For him, who has been chasing the Abyss Cult for hundreds of years, these methods are no strangers to him.

After moving forward for a while, a group of Black Snake Knights formed a formation and blocked the way of the Traveler Group and Dainsreb.

The friction between the armor simulated the sound of talking, but the voice was too hoarse and mocking to make it difficult to distinguish for a moment.

Su opened her eyes wide and was about to reasonably suspect that the Black Snake Knight was trying to trick them in to beat her up, when the strange Black Snake Knight appeared again and made a sharp sound of armor scraping towards the knights who surrounded everyone.

So the group of Black Snake Knights put down their weapons and slowly made way. The existence they had been hiding behind them was also revealed. It was a group of weak Hillbillies sleeping on the straw waiting for death to come.

“······Halfdan.” Dainsreb looked at the figure and finally confirmed the other party’s identity. He also understood why the Black Snake Knight behaved like that.

Dainsleb vaguely remembered that on the day of the Kanreya disaster, as the Sword of the Last Light, shouldering the duty of protecting Her Royal Highness the Princess, he rushed to the palace and gave his final order to the elite knight named Halfdan.

"Tell all Black Snake Knights to protect the people of Kanria no matter what."

Hundreds of years have passed, and perhaps in the hearts of these Black Snake Knights who have lost their minds, they are still fighting to protect the people of Kanreya.

He regarded the ruins as Kanreya in disaster and the hill people as people seeking help, and still carried out his last order instinctively.

This will is so strong that it has not been erased even after five hundred years...

Dainsleb couldn't help but show a moved expression.

After listening to Dain's story, Paimon guessed, "So the Black Snake Knight named Halfdan recognized Dain as the captain, and he still retained his memory and sanity?"

Sora, who had excellent observation skills, guessed, "It seems that there is indeed something in this ruin that weakens the curse. The Black Snake Knights in the depths have retained some of their memories and sanity because of it."

The knights on the periphery were probably not affected due to the distance, so they became dark shells with only fighting instincts left due to the wear and tear of time.

It sounds like a really good thing! Su's eyes lit up, and he began to think about how to get it.

A group of people followed Halfdan's footprints and came to a temple-like place. In the open space in the center, there was a small altar-like stone pier with melon-sized crystals embedded on it.

Su walked over and pulled hard, but found that the crystal and the small altar were connected as a whole and there was no way to get them off.

Su tried to take the stone altar away again, but it seemed that a large part of the altar was still buried underground.

Su, who was exhausted from the whole day, complained, "Why do we have to take such good anti-theft measures? Will anyone come to steal things in such a ghost place?"

Sora, Paimon, and Dainsleib looked at her silently:...

Su said confidently, "The Adventurer's Handbook says that unowned objects found during an adventure belong to the discoverer by default."

"But this thing belongs to someone," Dainsleb said slowly, "Although I don't know what it does, I'm sure it belongs to the Abyss Cult."

Su: ······

Su silently put down the hammer and chisel.

I originally planned to chisel out the crystal, but this thing might be the property of my sister's company... forget it.

Dainsleb looked up at the swaying water waves above his head. "It's not that that weakens the curse, but the pool of water above our heads."

There was a stone fountain pool above everyone's head, with clear water flowing continuously from the core. The water in the pool was hanging above and did not pour down.

Su hesitated to speak, "Gravity...physics...forget it." Asking is the magical magic!

Dainsleb sighed in relief. "This pool of water has a purifying effect. Even I feel an unprecedented sense of tranquility when I am here."

Paimon suddenly had an idea, "Can drinking this pool of water cleanse the curse? Or should I jump in and take a bath?"

"It's impossible," Dainsleb said firmly, "The curse of God is a causal mark, even higher than humans themselves. This pool of water can suppress the curse, but it is impossible to purify it."

"Moreover, the curse has already become a part of the body and soul. To purify the curse..." Dainsleb gave an analogy, "Just imagine that it is like a fire burning a part of the body. Before it is 'cured', you can't even save your life."

After finding the pool of water that could purify the curse, Su concentrated his mind and calmed his breath. He spent more time than usual to gather the wind element and started the Song of the Sky.

The girl flew up with the wind and took a few steps up the ladder before she successfully touched the pool water and scooped up a bucket of it.

"It's not easy to get some water." Su felt a little tired. She found that the elemental power in this place was very thin and could hardly be replenished from the environment. Casting elemental skills could only extract elemental power from oneself, and it was very difficult.

Kong reached out his hand to hold her, and was about to say something when all the heavy stone doors opened, revealing Halfdan behind one of the doors.

Halfdan continued to walk forward and then jumped down a chasm.