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◎The ferryman said...don't look back. ◎

The Stoka continent, which is favored by the God of Light, may be because the continent covers a vast area, and the landforms involved in the border of the Avignon Empire are too complicated...

In short, on a certain day thousands of years ago, the gods began to fall into a deep sleep without warning.Losing their suppression and expulsion, countless demonic energy sprang out from the cracks in the continent that no one had noticed, baring their evil fangs towards the living beings.

The magic energy itself has no fixed form, and those who touch it will fall.

The most frightening thing is that they appear suddenly, and by reading the victim's memory and appearance, they can reappear in front of relatives and friends, or walk on the mainland, expanding the area eroded by demonic energy and their rampant territory .

They multiplied extremely fast, and it seemed that with just one wrong eye, they had conquered many places in the mainland, and even swallowed hundreds of small towns.

In addition to the human race, goblins, dwarves, elves... also reported that their territories have fallen.

No one knows the purpose of the monsters, let alone their end.

In the end, he could only anxiously seek the blessing of the Temple of Light, and pray to the last god who has not yet fallen asleep, hoping to illuminate the fallen land with light and resist the invasion of darkness.

"History of the Temple of Light, have you learned the chapter on monsters?"

Under everyone's envious eyes, Xia Zuo led away the black-haired boy who was almost bruised and swollen.

The latter seemed a little puzzled by this, but apparently the 'warm greeting' from his companions made him want to escape even more.

──I just didn't expect that the new leader of the Dark Guard Battalion would be so tireless...to provide tutoring for the younger generation.

"...I learned it." The black-haired boy whispered rather reluctantly.

The slender officer suddenly burst out laughing. Although he quickly apologized, the latter stepped forward in frustration.

Could it be... Master Xia Zuo will disqualify himself from participating in the task because of his grades and performance in this class?

"I'm sorry, sorry, I just think you're honest." There were tears in the golden eyes, "Maybe you're too honest."

After all, the loyal dog hero, followed the trend and wrote such a character at the beginning, paired with a double-faced and violent heroine, cute and cute, and fell in love and killed each other in the middle, but readers still generally felt that some parts were abused.

So far, Xia Zuo has not found the reason for the mutation of the male and female protagonists, causing the world to ask for help.

Fang Fang, the little elf, also failed to detect any signs of plot deviation in recent years, so he could only rely on Xia Zuo to manage his personal power first to assist the progress of the plot.

"Honestly, it's a trait that a dark guard shouldn't have, right?" Rui found that Master Xia Zuo seemed to be a little different from what everyone had rumored.

The black-haired boy didn't know whether this was good or bad, or maybe everyone usually interacted with Master Xia Zuo who was in a business state, but in private, the other party would be more relaxed.

──But to be honest, Rui felt that this kind of Mr. Xia Zuo was no longer covered with a layer of confusing gauze like before, and appeared more real and intimate.

Just kidding, they all acted humorously and vividly.

"It's not like that either."

Seeing that Rui was probably a little confused by himself, Xia Zuo simply stopped in his tracks and explained to the confused young man while there was no one around.

"Before being a dark guard, you are first and foremost an independent individual."

"You can have joys and sorrows, but you must learn to restrain yourself and not be affected when you are 'working'."

"...As for laughing earlier, I should apologize, but I didn't laugh at you, but almost all the seniors passed the second repair back then."

The full name of the course "History of the Temple of Light" is "History of the Temple of Light and Selected Praises and Folk Songs of the Father God". It is a tenacious course with 42 palm-thick textbooks.

However, it is still a compulsory course. If you have not passed the test, you cannot graduate from the candidate camp, and there are rigid rules that you cannot enter even if you are selected into the dark guard camp.

──Of course, since this course is so tricky, it naturally has its unique features.

──Although, every year, this class is reported by everyone and written various complaints to protest.

"Then tell me, what are the characteristics of monsters?"

To defeat your enemies, you must first start with their origins and weaknesses.

When the monsters first appeared thousands of years ago, the people who were unprepared fought very hard. Many originally tall and strong fronts collapsed overnight, and countless heroes fell.

It wasn't until the experience forged with blood and tears of steel was summed up, and everyone united in Jingcheng to forcibly cut down a moat with extraordinary strength, that the monsters were blocked by Kan Kan from the rugged border.

Bounded by the Jiamansa Mountains, north to the Black Front Fortress in Xueling, and south to the Feiya Sea of ​​Souls──

Divide the fallen land and the continent①.

However, this line of defense is not so strict.

Over the years, there have always been monsters who have sneaked in quietly, becoming names of people, shadows of trees, crawling in the dark, and bewitching people with ravings, lies, and demons.

──Eating its flesh, biting its bones, stretching its skin, not doing human affairs.

──Disturbing the foundation of the scourge of light, intending to pour evil into the earth again.

"Monsters can be anthropomorphic, regardless of gender, and can reproduce asexually, and even directly absorb power and split."

Rui didn't hesitate at all about Mr. Xia Zuo's 'in-class exam'. Although cultural subjects were his weakness, he always studied very seriously and never lost his mind once.

"Monsters don't have specific shapes, they can capture the emotions of creatures at will and imitate them, and even have special talents to steal power."

"As long as you are targeted by monsters, unless you have a strong will, a fighter of light who has an extremely firm belief in the God of Light will hardly escape the claws of the devil."

"This is also the meaning and purpose of the existence of our Dark Guard Camp, because the Son of God and the Goddess usually need to pray to the Father God for protection and send down the power of light for everyone, so it is easier to be noticed and hunted by monsters."

The Dark Guard Battalion did not exist at the beginning, or it should be said that it belonged to a loose force outside the staff of the Temple of Light.

Until the first civil war provoked by monsters broke out, even the Paladins directly under the Temple of Light were divided, divided, and turned into a mess, almost failing to overturn the Light camp on the spot.

It was the seventh leader of the Dark Guard Battalion at that time who stood up and demanded a formal establishment, and proposed eleven commandments of the Dark Guard.

Since the Griffin Group has not yet been established, the Flying Eagle Mercenary Group also started in the bud...

Out of an experimental attitude, the unavailable Pope personally issued a decree together with His Majesty the Empire, and the Dark Guard came into being, and then passed on all the way to the present.

The Dark Guard Battalion became the most important pillar of the Temple of Light.

Not only is the will strong, everyone may have different looks and expertise, but as long as they walk out of the Temple of Light, they will definitely be the darling of everyone, and their abilities and strengths are experts among experts.

The people respect and love them, and the nobles like them and are willing to spend a lot of money on them.

Even the royal family gave the dark guards the highest courtesy, and even the elves and dwarves opened their arms of friendship to the dark guards.

──Someone once laughed and said that it is too strange that the dark guard lives in the darkness, but he becomes a friend of all races by accident.

"That's right, that's not right." Unexpectedly, Master Xia Zuo gently rejected Rui's recitation.

In the astonished gaze of the young man, the golden eyes of the new leader of the Dark Guard Battalion looked into the distance.

"It's true that monsters have all kinds of forms, but of course there are still some basics."

"However, as long as there are evil thoughts in the heart, the monster will always exist in the heart."

It seemed that Rui's recitation brought back some of Xia Zuo's long-lost memories. That day, the leader of the dark guards only led him to the side hall of the saint Vivienne, and then left gracefully.

Of course, even if you are in a bad mood.

The leader, who has always been neat and tactful, did not forget to tell the little student that all the items for this mission trip had already been prepared by him.

──What Rui should do is to clear all established impressions, then recharge his energy, eat his stomach, and then set off with the team.

"However, I don't know that our departure means only the four of us..."

The next day, when standing outside the forest of Sirreel, Rui, who was dressed as a secret guard and had a serious expression, had to ask his own official a question from the depths of his soul.

"What? Are you puzzled by my mother's behavior of going out in person without a guard?" Saintess Vivienne, at the moment, has long platinum-blond hair tied into a bun.

I saw that she did not have the usual holy, gentle and shy appearance in the Temple of Light, not to mention the "innocence stunt" that blushed for a second, the whole person is a grumpy father, who chokes, beats and dies three times, and can take you to the grave at any time Go disco.

And obviously this person is quite disgusted by someone talking about her daily image. In short, all kinds of minefields make it difficult for teammates to guard against.

He also kept urging Xia Zuo to lead the team to set off, don't be verbose, with a long face, looking at Xiang Rui with the same expression as Knight Captain Arthur when he looked at them. meaning is quite clear.

"Master Goddess, what are your rules?" The fourth person at the end is a bandaged man who is more like a dark guard than the two authentic dark guards.

Oh, to be exact, this guy claims to be asexual.

As for what kind of race it is, I'm sorry, people didn't say it.

At present, it can be called... Ake, a mage who is good at using bows.

But it seems that he is quite familiar with Xia Zuo and Vivian.

"...Then get ready to go." Xia Zuo seemed to have nothing to do, even the appearance of studying the map just now was probably pretending.

As for what traces he wanted to leave, or who he wanted to show, no one present knew.

──But the only thing that is certain is that if you want to enter the Forest of Sreel and go to the pier where the 'Ferryman' is stationed, it is best to follow in the footsteps of the leader of the Dark Guard Battalion.

"When we were carrying out the mission before, we accidentally obtained some fragmentary records about the origin of monsters."

After everyone set off, Xia Zuo honestly explained the reason for this temporary mission.

"'Monsters live on the other side, bewitching Fahuazi.' After our countless manpower searches and the efforts of experts to narrow down the scope, we finally confirmed this passage. Perhaps there may be relevant clues and news from the 'Ferryman'."

After all, the history of the entire continent is too long, and gods are involved.

Even with the blessing of the God of Light, the realm of the gods is not something they can set foot in at will.

Therefore, as the "intermediary person" between the mortal world and the realm of the gods, the ferryman who has been wandering and stationed at the dock for many years will be their best and only target.

Ferryman is a general term. Their number is variable, their temperament is variable, their charges are variable, and whether they want to work or not depends on their mood.

However, they share a face, a boat, and a set of weapons, so if one accidentally offends any of the ferrymen...

Then congratulations, probably never want to have the service of a ferryman in this life.

The new leader of the dark guard tried his best to use concise and easy-to-understand words to let the friends know how complicated and difficult this task is, and how important it is.

After a while, just after everyone thought that Xia Zuo finally had nothing to say, he quietly added the last two words that seemed to be admonishing and warning—

"If you meet a ferryman and say don't look back, then you must not look back."

"Whether it's on shore or off shore, whether it's life or death."