In a forest somewhere on the border between Ender and Kovitan.
In the afternoon, the sky was dark yellow, and the middle was black. Dark clouds covered the sky, and large black clouds rolled and flowed.
The strong wind blew by, causing the sea of trees to rustle.
Amidst the sea of trees, a square garden stood quietly in the middle. The garden was only tens of meters wide, small and quiet, and there was no one inside.
The garden was filled with rows of black tombstones, and in the middle stood a black steeple, shaped like a pencil.
The steeple was black, and the surface was densely covered with reliefs of human figures, and there were also metal railings around it.
On the right side of the steeple, on the green grass, Garon and Windling were standing beside the steeple, looking up at the steeple.
Both of them were dressed in black, but Garon's clothes were obviously much cleaner. Windling's clothes were tattered, and he looked a little haggard.
Garon walked in from the broken fence, and reached out to touch the surface of the steeple.
It was cold, and felt like wood. There were some hard and brittle shells stuck on it, and a big piece fell off with a touch, revealing a fat light yellow worm.
"It looks very old. Are you sure it's here? "Garon turned back to look at Windling.
"I'm sure!" Windling nodded. "This is one of the strongholds that I know of, they don't know that I've been captured by you, so they probably won't move."
"It's under this steeple?" Garon asked again.
"It's here!"
Garon squinted his eyes.
"Back off."
Windling shivered slightly, and quickly retreated far away.
After walking for less than ten meters, he saw that the place where Garon was standing, was suddenly filled with a large amount of black fog.
The black fog turned into Cloud Crows, and spiraled up, letting out countless ear-piercing caws.
Hundreds of Cloud Crows gathered into a ball, and smashed down from above. Like a black iron hammer.
Bang!!!
With a dull sound of impact, the ground on the right side of the steeple suddenly caved in. An area of more than ten meters was smashed a few meters deep. A huge hole with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared beside the steeple.
"Go!!"
A sharp voice that was neither male nor female came from the ground. Four figures broke through the ground and shot out in all directions like arrows.
Garon snorted coldly. Hundreds of Cloud Crows turned into a black stream and quickly surrounded the four of them. With him as the center, he drew a huge Yuan Group.
The speed of the Cloud Crows was astonishing, almost leaving behind afterimages. In an instant, the four black figures were completely forced back.
These four figures were all dressed in black robes. It was hard to tell if the person in the lead was male or female, but he looked thin and weak.
"Who are you?!" Sensing the powerful force field around them, the leader of the black-robed men let out a sharp voice and stared at Garon. "Do you know where this is? This was one of the Obscuro Society's branch points! How dare you attack our branch! Do you want to die?! "
"I'm looking for the Obscuro Society!" Garon laughed coldly, waving his right hand.
In the midst of the strange cawing, a huge flood of Cloud Crows rushed over and drowned the four of them.
There were only four of them. One of them was a Form Three Major General, while the other two were only Field Level. They were too weak.
The four of them had just summoned their totems. A black giant elephant, two dark yellow giant birds, and perhaps other totems were not fully summoned. They were completely drowned by the flood of Cloud Crows. They didn't even have the chance to scream.
After the flood of Cloud Crows, it took more than ten seconds. Once again, the situation of the four of them was revealed.
The four black-robed men had completely turned into four skeletons. All their flesh seemed to have been corroded by something, leaving only white and clean bones.
With a crisp crash, the four skeletons fell to the ground at the same time.
Their totems were also drowned in the flood of Cloud Crows. Only the giant elephant let out a long roar, and then turned into a huge elephant skeleton, collapsing with a loud crash.
Garon raised the pocket watch in his hand and kept all the black fog and Cloud Crows back into the pocket watch. He looked at the people and totems on the ground.
He then looked at the potential points added to his Attribute Pane, and showed a satisfied expression.
"Let's go to the next branch point."
He took the lead and walked towards the outskirts of the forest.
Windling showed a bitter smile and followed closely. The two of them quickly disappeared into the nearby forest.
*****
In the forest of pale yellow trees.
Waves of black fog were like snakes, constantly searching in the forest. Sometimes it would turn into the shape of a crow, and sometimes it would turn back into black fog. It was faintly discernible.
A small red bird with a meat bump on its head had just flown down and landed on a tree branch when it was swept by the black fog. The red bird's feathers quickly fell and turned into black ash, revealing the red flesh and skin underneath. Soon, the flesh also quickly dried up. In less than a few seconds, only the skeleton of a small bird was left. It fell from the tree branch with a thud.
A bitter smile appeared on Wind Chimes' face.
Boom!!
Not far in front, there was a violent tremor. A large forest was cut down, falling down one by one. There was a rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other.
A ray of white light shot out and turned into a silver halo in the sky above the forest. The halo instantly shrank and was about to disappear.
Pew!!
A black spike from below shot up into the sky and crashed into the silver halo. Then, there was a second spike, a third spike, a fourth spike …
Densely packed black spikes rushed out and accurately pierced the silver halo in mid-air.
Finally, the halo could not help but tremble.
"Windling! You'll die a horrible death!!! "An angry old woman's voice came from mid-air.
Soundlessly, the wheel of light completely dissipated, turning into a large expanse of silver specks of light that fluttered down. Like raindrops.
Those spikes that protruded out immediately softened and twisted, turning into black fog and flying back into the forest below.
Soon, there was a series of calm footsteps. Garon walked out of the forest, holding the Cloud Crow Formation Pocket Watch in his hand.
"You know each other?" He looked at Windling who was waiting outside.
The latter nodded.
"Do you want to continue?"
"We didn't manage to catch the two people who escaped earlier," Garen said calmly. "Do you have any suggestions?"
"There's no other way. They're the same level as me. I invited them here." Windling spread out his hands to show that there was nothing he could do. "You wasted too much time in that library. They're long gone."
"Then the next one." Garon nodded and continued walking towards the forest outside.
"We can only look for the strongholds nearby. The rest must have received the news and left. We can only catch them when they leave." Windling reminded.
"You lead the way."
*****
In the next three days, Garon and Windling quickly attacked seven strongholds under the guidance of Windling again and again.
All of them were Obscuro's secret strongholds. They killed more than twenty Obscuro members, including four elite members who were above the rank of Major General.
They directly stepped into the Ender Kingdom's territory and quickly passed through the wilderness and the sea of trees.
But then, the nearby strongholds all retreated, avoiding their hunting range. Evidently, the Obscuro Society had finally reacted and determined their approximate location.
After many fruitless attacks, Garon simply let Windling lead the way, passing through the sea of trees and entering the Ender Kingdom's inner city's town area. They started to clear the strongholds in the human town area.
*****
Near a town in the Ender Kingdom, in a small birch forest.
White tree trunks stood tall, and the ground was full of green grass, mixed with some small white flowers. A few white butterflies flew between the small flowers.
"Anselm, the target hasn't appeared yet?"
There were three black-robed people standing in the forest, quietly looking at a small village road outside the forest.
"Not yet." A woman's voice came from the black-robed person in front. She took off her hood, revealing an ordinary, slightly plump face. "Why did we have to execute Navik? Can't we use another method? "
"What method do you want?" The man who spoke earlier showed a slight hint of mockery. "That Vic obstructed our branch's actions, which has already determined his fate. And we should be thankful that we stand on the side of the arbiter of fate. "
"Don't harbor such naive thoughts, Anselm." The last person said indifferently. His voice was hoarse and it was impossible to tell his age.
Anselm actually didn't want to join the Obscuro branch, but she had no choice. Her husband chose to join, for the harmony of the family, she had no choice but to join.
But not long after, her husband was killed in a monster attack. So she was left alone again.
The higher-ups assigned her to this group.
She didn't like the two people in the group. One of them was cruel and perverted, while the other was selfish and vengeful.
But she had no other choice. After joining the Obscuro, she had done many wrong things, but she could only move forward hesitantly.
Now, because of a small matter, she had to assassinate an old friend who had worked with her for many years.
Anselm felt that she hated this kind of life more and more.
"I heard that a ruthless person who specializes in hunting strongholds appeared in the border area. The higher-ups have attached great importance to this and set up a special task force, codenamed Hunting Cloud Crows. One of our branch's General-level has also been transferred over. Do you know? "
The black-robed person with the hoarse voice chatted softly.
"Many strongholds in the border area have been removed. I was wondering why the branch had more manpower recently, so it was because they removed so many strongholds." Another person said in surprise, "What's the situation now, there's someone who can go against the headquarters and live until now?"
"Yeah, that person is very powerful! I heard that he was attacked by the higher-ups and was angered. At that time, he captured an elite member from the headquarters and went around hunting strongholds as revenge. " The hoarse man praised, "Although the headquarters set up a hunting team, they still didn't dare to take action. Now they're retreating again and again."
"Isn't that similar to the Royal Blood Tower and the Green Dragon Swordsman? I heard that the previous operation to kill the Blood Tower also failed. "Another person praised.
"Anyway, I heard from my cousin that the Cloud Crows' hunting area is south of Mason Town, after crossing the Maple Leaf Bridge, don't go there for no reason. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable. "
The two of them chatted for a long time. Soon, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the small path outside the forest.
The three of them instantly quieted down and hid in the forest.
Before the horses on the small path appeared, a muffled sound came from behind them.
Bang!!!
The ground was like an iron blanket under a hammer, it was hit hard and almost jumped up.
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