Just as Erica witnessed the girl's resurrection, Diana and the others had just experienced a large-scale battle in the outskirts of the dungeon.

The purpose of the battle was to capture the monster that had been hiding near their team. However, although Diana and Aurora were almost fully prepared, there were still many casualties when they came into contact with the monster, and

This time, the dead were not only soldiers from the Principality. An elf magician from Merijil and two magicians from Algasburg were sacrificed due to strong resistance when they used magic to suppress monsters.

The soldiers on the principality side sacrificed a knight and three soldiers while besieging the monster.

At first glance, this kind of casualties doesn't seem like much, but the problem is that a team of nearly 200 people only dealt with one monster and suffered such casualties, and the result was quite tragic.

In short, this result far exceeded everyone's expectations, but the most surprising thing was the monster that everyone had captured. Diana and others used their best to imprison the monster in an empty room with enhanced protection.

After some simple research, they came up with a rather terrifying answer.

"It can't be killed... This is a headache." Aurora looked helplessly at Diana beside her and asked: "Diana, what do you think?"

"I have never seen this kind of monster..." Diana pulled out her long sword and picked up the tentacles of the magic-bound monster in front of her, looked at it, and then said: "But this kind of tentacles... looks similar to Hutto's.

Goss can't get rid of the relationship."

"But this kind of monster has never appeared on that relief, and in terms of species, it has not appeared in any past records..." Aurora glanced at the tentacle on Diana's sword with disgust.

Said: "New variety?"

"Probably not... Didn't Hex say it before? Hertogos has become extinct, so it is impossible for a new alien species to be born. However... this monster has some human atmosphere... and is quite ancient.

"After looking at it for a while, Diana couldn't help but drop the scarred tentacle, and then reached out and used a small water flow magic to clean the scarlet mucus on her sword.

"This thing doesn't look like a human being." Aurora took the lead and walked out of the room filled with a strong smell of blood.

"Who knows, maybe they were once humans, but it doesn't matter what they are now, just remember that they are enemies." After Diana walked out of the room, she looked back at the monster in the room.

"Unkillable enemies... this is too scary." Aurora looked at the wounded nearby and said uneasily: "We have no effective means to fight them..."

"Yeah... forget it, let's ask Desmo."

"Didn't Desmo leave?"

"I feel it, she's back." Diana pointed to an empty house nearby and said, "It's now."

Aurora looked in the direction she pointed, and the room that should have been empty emitted a little light. After a while, Desmo, wearing a cloak, walked out of the door of that room.

came out.

"Do you think she will help us fight against those monsters?" Aurora gently pushed Diana's shoulder and asked.

"It's too much to hope for. The most she can do is help us heal the wounded." Diana did not look in Desmo's direction, but continued to lower her head and wipe the blood stains on her clothes.

"Then...if I go and beg her to be resurrected...well..." Before Aurora could finish speaking, Diana covered her mouth.

Diana glanced at the somewhat decadent Aurora coldly, then squeezed her hand with dissatisfaction and reprimanded: "Ave! Don't get confused! You should know very well that some things cannot be pursued, as that will only

Make you crazy!"

"Um...yeah." Aurora turned her head and looked in the nearby direction. There were several corpses covered with cloaks at the end of the place. Aurora raised her hand and rubbed her red eyes before smiling.

Said: "You are right, I am not crazy."

"What's wrong? Who's crazy?" Desmo just walked up to them and asked with a smile: "Something happened?"

Looking at Desmo's smile, Diana and Aurora didn't feel any discomfort. It would be better to say that seeing the goddess's smile would relieve some of their inner melancholy. And Desmo also felt relieved after seeing their reactions.

I felt something was wrong, so I quickly looked around, finally put away the danger and muttered anxiously.

"The battle...someone died?" After finishing speaking, Desmo turned his head to look at the two of them worriedly, hesitating as if he was trying to say something.

In Desmo's thoughts at the moment, death may have occurred because of his departure. After all, he promised them to help, but in the end, death occurred during the short period of time he left, so it is inevitable that death will occur.

I feel a little guilty.

"Thank you for your concern." Diana could see Desmo's thoughts. After all, she was really bad at hiding her thoughts, but even so, Diana did not intend to blame Desmo for this matter.

, so she quickly said: "This is not because of your responsibility. The cause of their death is mine. It was me who planned a reckless battle that led to their sacrifice. Compared with this, I hope you can help me comfort me.

Their souls...may they not suffer too much pain after death."

"Okay." Desmo nodded and answered decisively.

Then Diana led Desmo to the vicinity of the body, but when Aurora pulled up the curtain, Desmo was suddenly surprised. Her reaction was very subtle, but she was still noticed by Diana beside her.

, but Diana did not ask questions on the spot, but pretended not to see it and stood aside.

Desmo looked at the corpses on the ground and was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked at Diana and the sad-faced Aurora and asked: "What are you going to do with...the remains?"

After hearing this question, Diana raised her eyes slightly but did not answer. Aurora, who was squatting in front of the corpses of her companions with a sad face, said lightly: "Cremate them...and then take their ashes back..."

The tone of Avrola's answer was very indifferent, because she was trying to control her emotions now, and as for the other people who had been staying next to the body, especially the companions of the fallen magician of Algasburg, they were all excited after hearing this answer.

He became sobbing.

Aurora didn't blame them, because compared to the crying members of Algasburg, the camps of Meryl Gil and Michael Duchy were relatively calm and stable. After all, these magicians from Algasburg were not all

They are professional combatants, and many of them are actually traveling for the first time, and this is also the first time they have encountered the death of their companions, so in Avrola's opinion, they have a pretty good psychological quality by not shouting to go home.

.As for crying or something like that, it will not affect the morale here. Anyway, as long as Aurora, as the team leader, and some mentor-level people remain calm, it will be fine. As for other ordinary members, just let them be.

And the Algasburg camp is not the only one who is immersed in sorrow at this moment. For example, the knights of the nearby principality have been guarded by their companions since the body was carried over. Naturally, there is sadness, but

None of the knights cried, even the companions who had a good relationship with the fallen knight. Occasionally, there would even be other knights standing beside the body with a smile and a bottle of wine to say a few words of farewell.

.As for the elves of Merigil, they were even calmer. Although they all looked very sad, they did not retain any attachment to the remains of their companions, and Celine did not agree to cremate the remains.

Aurora didn't quite understand the reason why the elves did this. Perhaps it was because of differences in customs. Aurora always felt that the elves seemed to be a little indifferent to the remains of their companions. In short, Celine said that their magicians would do it later.

They used some special magic to bury their fallen elves, but Diana explained to Aurora that this was a special custom of Meryl Gil. They would take the flower seeds that grew from the corpse back to their hometown.

, and that flower seed entrusts the soul of the elf. The body can be buried as desired, but the soul must be taken back to its hometown for "burial".

Desmo took a look at the chaotic situation at the scene, and then quietly asked Diana: "Can you leave the body first?"

"Okay." Diana nodded, and then walked to the front to discuss with Aurora without asking anything.

Diana's reaction really surprised Desmo. In comparison, Aurora's reaction was quite normal. After hearing this, she looked back at Desmo in confusion, and then walked quickly to Desmo.

In front of Mo Mo, he planned to ask why.

But Diana stretched out her hand to stop her question, and then the three of them came together to a temporarily occupied empty house to talk secretly. Only after Desmo personally applied some kind of isolation magic did she say what she wanted to do.

s reason.

"The soul...is missing?" Aurora was so shocked that she almost couldn't stand still.

"The fallen soldiers we had outside before..." Diana quickly asked about the fallen soldiers.

"They are fine, their souls are still lingering around there, and they will naturally leave on their own initiative after a while." Desmo cupped his hands to support his chin in distress, and then sighed helplessly and said: "I don't know what is going on here.

The thing is, I don’t have much ability to interfere in the mortal world, and I can’t see all the threats in this dungeon... I’m really sorry.”

"No, you don't need to apologize... In other words, the threat here is far greater than you expected, right?" Diana hesitated uneasily for a while, and then tried to ask: "Then... Erica..."

"She should be fine... No, she must be fine." Desmo said decisively: "I said before, the thing that captured her can't hurt her, and in addition, Hex also gave Ai before you came.

Rika is a talisman, so she should be the safest person here."

"That's good... So, regarding this matter, how much of a threat do lost souls pose to us?" Diana asked calmly.

"I don't know. After all, it's about the soul. This is never a trivial matter... I don't have any clue now. The only sure way is to continue exploring here with you. After we figure out the situation, we can find it from the underworld.

I need some helpers to solve it..." Desmo suddenly thought of something as she spoke. Then she nodded silently and added: "I think... this matter probably has nothing to do with Hex..."

"Isn't it a good thing?" Diana asked uneasily.

"Not sure, because the problem of shooting souls is not our area of ​​expertise, so I really can't give you the answer, but I just thought of something, maybe this matter does have something to do with us..." Dessie

Mo seemed very hesitant and unsure whether to speak out about it.

"The Witch of Tartine?" Desmo was slightly surprised when Diana said this name without warning, but then she nodded in relief.

"Well, Tartini was born in the underworld..." Desmo noticed Diana's surprised reaction before she finished speaking.

"Wait a minute, isn't that a place name?" Diana stood up and walked over and asked, "Shouldn't the so-called 'Tardini Witch' refer to a group of people?"

"It seems that there is indeed such a title, but in fact, they were originally called 'fallen'..." Desmo suddenly paused here, because after all, this matter is related to some little secrets between gods.

, usually it is not allowed to be known by mortals, but now the situation is more urgent and Desmo no longer regards Diana and the others as outsiders, so after thinking about it for a while, he slowly explained: "The Fallen are not only

There are only our servants of God. In fact, there were some gods who were corrupted at the beginning, and their leader was Tartini, the envoy of the underworld, but that also happened in the God Realm. As for your records, it should be that we destroyed them.

That’s what happens after that.”

"God Realm? The records of the Chosen One did mention Tartini... in the mortal world." Diana glanced at the dumbfounded Aurora beside her, and then the other party quickly nodded and said: "Yes, the first

This is indeed what the second-generation God’s Chosen records say.”

"The second generation..." Desmo showed a slightly nostalgic expression, then looked at the two of them and said helplessly: "When that incident happened, there was no 'Chosen One'... and

At that time, it had nothing to do with lower species like Hertogos. They were corrupted and degenerated by other forces. The final result was that we eliminated all their power and finally exiled them to the mortal world and became mortals...until later.

, they were just contaminated by Hertogos."

"...It's really...a rather long story." Diana found a clean place to sit down with peace of mind and then asked calmly: "This almost makes sense. Tattiny is a person from the underworld, so the witch

They are the only ones who can make half-dead spirits like 'ghouls', right? Neither the left nor right will threaten the boundary between life and death. Is this why the gods allow such things to exist?"

"Yes, but compared to the real undead threats she created back then, this kind of thing is already worth mentioning. The undead threats that mortals can eliminate are indeed not real threats, so we just let it go.
To be continued...