The foul sewers and the strange jungle exist as the three restricted areas recognized by Midnight City.
They are like tamed beasts for people to visit. But that does not mean they are weak. They have never shown any threat just because they are... in a cage.
But now, the beast of the swamp has escaped its cage and eaten its owner, preparing to escape from the confines of the house.
This street and this area are no longer safe, and the beasts that are about to escape threaten the safety of every resident.
Lu Li's detailed retreat route after recovering his body, according to usual practice, still did not include himself.
"What about you?"
"I'm going to find a way to stop the swamp."
"We can leave together..." As a witness to the destruction of Midnight City, Claire was once again gripped by the shadow of the swamp. "It's nothing to escape from the swamp... The weirdness of the deserted land will prevent it, and you don't need to do it."
"We will escape, and so will they." Lu Li shook his head.
There may be a possibility that the spreading swamp will be blocked by an indescribable existence, but there is also a possibility that the swamp will slowly and steadily eat away at the world.
"I... don't want to see people close to me die in front of me anymore..."
Claire's weeping left Ophelia and others in silence.
Lu Li looked at her calmly, and his tone seemed to become gentler: "We shouldn't place our hopes on the invaders to help us guard the land. Someone has to take responsibility for everything."
Weird people can leave this chaotic and devastated land at any time, but humans born here cannot.
The old sewers are still alive with countless weird things that have lost their own civilization in the long wandering and migration, and they have long lost the weight of their blood and civilization, and have become beast-like weird ones.
"You will die...I have a hunch that you will really die..."
Claire sobbed like a sad little girl.
She treats Lu Li differently than everyone else.
Whether Ophelia's frivolous love or the Swamp Mother's maternal care, they are both between good friends.
When Claire died, it was engraved on her soul that Lu Li was her relative.
Claire had experienced the death of her mother and friends in Midnight City. At this time, the return of the swamp and Lu Li's responsibility were all arousing nightmares that she did not want to recall.
"I will take everyone to Ghost Town." Ophelia stretched out her rough and warm charred palms, lifted up Claire who was curled up in a ball, and assured Lu Li.
"I'll ask mother to help you."
"Don't do anything."
"Mother" cannot fight against Midnight City, nor can it fight against the swamp.
"You can't let us just watch and do nothing!" Claire seemed to be infected by the emotions around her. Ophelia resisted Lu Li's arrangement for the first time, "We need heroes, but we don't need hot-headed heroes."
"The alienation potion and cursed title can help me hide and escape." Lu Li replied
"We need to know what you want to do. Maybe the Land of Light has a better idea..."
"It's too late, He is being eaten away."
How long the swamp will continue to spread depends on when the Ghoul King is eaten away.
It can be expected that this will not take long.
"A group of ghouls larger than the blood plague tribe appeared on the edge of the living sand table of the blood plague tribe. I am going to find them."
If they hadn't stopped, they would have reached the outskirts of Midnight City by now.
"Even their king has been captured... Tell them what can these ghouls do?"
"It doesn't matter what they do." Lu Li said.
Importantly, the weirdos in the city will know about the existence of the swamp.
…
Lu Li wanted to see the outskirts of Midnight City from a distance. The hill hut next to the deep pit couldn't do it, nor did the church tower in the distance. Nor did the mysterious black pillar standing strangely. He could only maintain the image of a ghoul warlock and bypass the terrifying existence in the east.
Gradually move away from dangerous urban areas.
The boundless dark wilderness is exposed before the eyes, and endless fear and despair grip the soul. There is no doubt that this is an area that humans cannot set foot in, just like sheep will not step into a forest inhabited by wild beasts.
It was not silence that enveloped this wilderness, at least not in one corner.
Lu Li saw the sprawling chaotic camp—ghouls gathered in the dark wilderness like ants as densely as ants. Even without a nasal cavity, it seemed like he could smell the putrid plague they exuded.
Wandering ghouls clean up the area around the camp, and soon a group of ghouls that get too close to Midnight City spot a lame ghoul warlock.
"I come from the Blood Plague tribe...the tribe was destroyed by strange things, and our king fell into their power!"
The horrifying truth that Lu Li heard stirred up trouble - but on the contrary, the ghoul team regarded Lu Li as a defiler and attacked him. Lu Li, who avoided using the cursed title, had to devour them in dreams.
This won't work.
The faith of the ghouls cannot be tarnished.
Before a distant camp noticed that a team was missing, Lu Li summoned the faith that haunted him and followed Elena's teachings to transform it into plague and decay that had the same origin as the ghouls - unless the King of Ghouls was here, no one would
Can't see through Lu Li.
Carrying the belief of haunting, Lu Li crawled towards the nest of chaos that was gradually forming, transforming from a ghoul warlock to a ghoul arch warlock.
As he approached, Lu Li was noticed by the Chaotic Camp and received the opposite treatment from before: the ghoul warriors and warlocks knelt down and worshiped, and even the ghoul leader lowered his head to show humility.
"The king's oracle... lest the blood plague tribe encounters danger, all ghoul tribes will support the blood plague tribe!"
"According to the order of the king and the great magician."
The leader raised his head, grabbed the skull of some kind of giant beast, and roared and shook it away.
Woo——
A thick, distant horn sounded from the chaotic camp, echoing across the plains.
Lu Li's solidified blood seemed to surge with heat as the horn sounded.
The chaotic camp boiled, and the gathering blood rushed out of the camp, like waves washing over the rocks, rushing towards Midnight City,
Lu Li accepted the invitation from the ghoul leader and came to the Blood Tide Formation. What he was thinking about was how long could this group of ghouls last when they stormed the Land of Light?
The blood tide of all the ghouls from hundreds of miles around rushed into the city, and the weird ones retreated one after another along the way. Those who had no time to escape were eaten away like insects on the path of the ant tide.
The pit appeared in front, and the ghoul leaders left the group of warlocks with a low roar. With their auras, tribes, courage and faith, they rushed towards the pit one after another. Then, a rotten black giant claw like Optimus Prime emerged from
The pit sticks out, ignoring the rot, ignoring the bite, ignoring the rot - slapping the blood tide like an ant colony.
…
Far from the church, Lu Li stared solemnly at the peaceful pit that had returned to peace.
This group of ghouls did not play their intended role.
Now, all Lu Li can do is announce the Swamp's conspiracy to the Midnight City.
At this moment, a rough, dull roar seemed to come from a distant place, echoing in Lu Li's ears.
"Unfaithful people...useless deeds...even their lord has been captured..."
